Christians and Halloween

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

do you "celebrate" Halloween?

It baffles me how far people go in order to defend Halloween.

 

depends, are you a Christian who is bound by OT law, doctrine, dogma and the traditions of man
or
are you a Christian reborn by the Holy Spirit and freed from all that legalistic nonsense?

it is just another day for a true spirit filled Christian, same as X-mas, Easter or Thanksgiving.
there are no holidays in the New Testament, good or evil, as no one day is more important than another.
What is important is how you allow God's love to manifest in your life everyday.

remember, everyday is judgement day, the best you can do is to forgive.

 

Why wouldn't a Christian person or an American, Canadian, Brit, scot, Irish etc celebrate Halloween?

It is a part of the culture!

 

Manmade holiday. Pagan. No way!

 

Culture and God don't mix well

 

Truer words were never spoken.

Or, typed in this case...

 

Anyway, children dress up, children have fun, there's free candy--not sure why anyone would have a problem with one of the most fun and innocent holidays out there.

 

How so? I read it and thought doesn't make sense to me..!
But I see (most interpretations of) God as cultural phenomenom. Religion is clearly an aspect of a culture.

 

Halloween is of Christ. You think Christ is just some one dimensional guy who doesn't understand the darkness that dwells within? Like no other he understands. That is why this Halloween is so spooky.

 

Religion keeps us docile and bland. It is designed to keep us in a neat little box. It's like parents.

And I think that restriction keeps culture from blossoming.

 

This is such a funny post. All of these "Brothers and Sisters in Christ" thinking you have the answers. Ignorant people believe in fairy tales.

 

Ah, already had the feeling he confused God with religious rules and you went along with that.
Well, it seems restrictions/religious rules don't keep culture from blossoming, but it certainly influences culture (just like culture influences religion).
Halloween is actually a perfect example of it! :-D Seriously, look up the origins and history.

 

Halloween has nothing to do with Jesus. Samhain. Day of the dead. All pagan stuff. Jesus would be and is very disappointed with humans celebrating it

 

Not with Jesus, but with the irish catholic religion. All Hallow's Eve.

If you say so

 

What would Jesus have to do with anything evil? Absolutely nothing

 

That's something slightly different than He being disappointed in people celebrating Halloween. Maybe if people were actually busy invoking the dead or worshipping evil or something. But that's not the case. You might see that differently because you find a lot of things evil. But really, dressing up scary and let your kid trick or treat is not evil. Even if you would consider the pagan origin evil. It changed massively over the centuries. For a large part thanks to the irish and english church.

 

How is Halloween evil? Dressing up in silly costumes and getting candy is evil?

Even if you look into the roots of Halloween it still isn't evil unless you believe in zombies or spirits returning to earth. But these things arent actually real.

 

I suppose he believes differently about spirits. Fair enough. The thing is you have to look at what actually is going on. He condems Halloween for what it used to be, like over a 1000 years ago. But its just not that anymore. It's like making a problem about Christmas because Jesus was most likely born on a different day. Is it bad or a problem? No, but one can make it one

 

Even if for one day (Halloween) the veil was thin and those from the other side could visit, I don't interpret that as being evil.

 

Halloween is not "evil" that is your Christian view skewing it. It's not Jesus so it's bad right? The holiday which predates one man claiming to be the son of god my millennia is more of a respect and understanding of the dead and the change of seasons not the "devil".