adoptivemommy

My girls are small now, but I don't believe we will be "celebrating" Halloween with them when they grow up. Halloween is nothing to celebrate! One year when I was still working, just for laughs, I put on some heavy make-up and dressed all in black. I was trying to be Elvira, but I ended up saying I was a vampire. The people at my office actually kind of laughed because they said I was anything but scary; in fact one of them said I looked like Trinity from the Matrix movies. Anyway, my point is this: That year I started looking up Halloween on the internet just so I can read up a little on it because I really didn't know anything concrete about it. What I found stopped my heart. I'm not one to be afraid or to think that evil spirits are stronger than our Lord, but this is one scary "holiday". I never knew, but it actually celebrates satan himself and all his minions and demons. I have no intention to participate in such things. The origins of this thing are so macabre and so evil that I realized I had no reason to take part in it, even if it was just for laughs. For me personally it would be like condoning and taking part in witchcraft. Some friends from my church were discussing this, and we were trying to come up with something to do when people come knocking at our door, maybe hand out track with candy, I don't know. I haven't come up with anything I like yet, so until God directs me in what to do, this is one "celebration" my family will skip! Those are my convictions, anyway!

laura

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JeremiahD84

I need to point out that kids aren't worshipping the devil just because they put on a costume and go out and get free candy.
Halloween isn't an evil, satanic holiday unless you teach your kids to believe that.
To them it is a time to have fun, use their imaginations to dress up, and go get free candy. I guarantee thats all kids think of it.
Is their anyone in here who celebrates christmas?? Does anyone put up a christmas tree, hang lights and give and receive presents? If you're going to shun halloween, then you need to not celebrate christmas as well because it's roots are just as pagan.
Jesus wasn't born on december 25th, in all likely hood he was born in the late september/early october area.
The christmas that most people celebrate on december 25th, is just as pagan as halloween.
Quit trying to sound spiritual, praise God for our awesome imaginations that He created, and let your kids dress up and get free candy.
I personally am going as SpongeBob.
(I should also mention that I don't really agree with dressing up as evil, bloody, horrific things related to death and demons, so on and so forth you get the idea. but I think it's perfectly fine to dress up as fun imaginative stuff like Dinosaurs, Super-Heros, Cartoon Characters, Robots or anything else you can think of that is fun and creative.)
I made my own costume out of cardboard and different colored felt paper and I had a blast doing it.

adoptivemommy

With all due respect, I know what Christmas is and I also know the true story of St Nicholas that started the Christmas idea anyway. That true story is anything but evil. There is a big difference between "pagan" and evil. Halloween is about celebrating satan, his demons and all hell stands for. To compare Christmas to Halloween, I personally think it's a little silly. Not to mention the fact that I never said that dressing up for Halloween means anyone is worshiping the devil. All I said was that after reading about Halloween, I had no desire to participate in it again on principle because of what it celebrates. Everyone is free to do whatever they want! The truth is, just like Paul talking about eating meat offered to idols or the drinking of wine, we all have to follow what we feel the Holy Spirit is telling us personally! When I red the story of Halloween, I was personally convicted and I decided in my heart to never participate in it again, but that is MY conviction and I am not trying to impose it on anyone else! I would suggest to anyone that wants to, before they "celebrate" Halloween again, to read about it! It's quite an eye opener!

Laura

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Whirlwind

I agree, Adoptive...

BTW: One Halloween I was dressing up as a ghoul. I laid down some red face paint and then did the shadows with darker paint. I thought it looked pretty awesome. At the church Halloween party (which they don't have anymore), someone said my costume was excellent! They thought that I was a man choking on a chicken bone. I went into the bathroom and looked...they were right! I looked like a man choking on a chicken bone!

seekinghokmah

I have to wonder which "story of halloween" you read a.m.
The history I've read gives no indication of devil worship etc.

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JeremiahD84

I personally think it's just more genuine to celebrate something based on what it means to you not based on it's history.
For example.... I just returned from a Halloween costume party that was thrown by my family. Some are christians, some are not, but to us it's all about getting together, having a great time, eating food, listening to music, having a fire and enjoying each others company all while being dressed up in various costumes.
A Halloween party to my family has nothing to do with devil worship or pagan rituals, we've basically turned it into a new holiday. To us, Halloween is much like Thanksgiving, the 4th of July, and Christmas, only with a creative costume theme.
My point simply is, Halloween will become what you turn it into.... My family has taken it and turned it into something fun....
Others teach their kids that it's an evil, satan worshipping holiday, and to those kids thats what it becomes, because thats what it was turned into for them.

adoptivemommy

Let it not be said that I am not the pliable kind... I see your point friend, and I am OK with it. Actually, it sounds like fun... Maybe I've let myself be influenced by what I red...

Laura

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adoptivemommy

Thanks Whirlwind... That's funny!

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adoptivemommy

You know, I couldn't tell you exactly! It's been about 4 years, but I think it was a European internet site!

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Whirlwind

Here's some Halloween History for all you ghouls and goblins!

(bwah-haw-haw-haw-haw-haaaa!)

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?c...1&mini_id=1076

http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/history.htm

http://www.neopagan.net/Halloween-Origins.html

http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dyn...allo101498.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

One from a "Christian" point of view...

http://www.new-life.net/halowen1.htm

and a few more from a "Christian" point of view (these are the ones that freaked me out and scared me...)

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0058/0058_01.asp
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1053/1053_01.asp
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0032/0032_01.asp

I don't know...after reading the Christian point of view (not the Chick Comics) I might talk to my spiritual leaders for more guidance on this.