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Why don't some christians like Halloween?
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Some christians I know will not go to a party because it has a halloween theme, does anyone know what the origins of Halloween are?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There's lots of arguments about this but there's a book... And me being me I can't remember it but anyway... basically there's an argument regarding christianity and paganism which I think goes along the lines that the reasons there are so many dates mingled with them is that christianity took ideas from paganism. Paganism took ideas from myths and legends... etc, etc...
God is based on such and such who was based on Thor who was based on Zeus.... blady blah... someone please know what I'm talking about! Where's mibs or chakka?!
God is based on such and such who was based on Thor who was based on Zeus.... blady blah... someone please know what I'm talking about! Where's mibs or chakka?!
The pagan festival of halloween was originally called Sainhaim or something I think. It was observed by celts I believe and is also referred to as All souls in the catholic religion (?). Anyway, I think it was orginally signalling the end of harvest actually so was a celebration.
But I could be massively mistaken!
But I could be massively mistaken!
Nah, we had some wild orgies on our Dies Natalis Solis Invicti party nights! In fact through the whole of Saturnalia - tumultuous days indeed.
And don't get me started on some of the costumes me and my mates Marcus and Sulla to our Feralia parties.
Maybe those Christians you know just don't have a costume to wear?
And don't get me started on some of the costumes me and my mates Marcus and Sulla to our Feralia parties.
Maybe those Christians you know just don't have a costume to wear?
Whilst I�ve not directly written about Halloween, I have briefly addressed the homogenisation process from Paganism to Christianity in one of the blogs regarding Easter. If it�s of interest I�ll provide a link below. The actual Halloween festival dates back to Celtic days.
http://bigworldsmallboat.blogspot.com/2006/04/ celebrating-easter-twice.html
These amalgamations move between celebration feasts leading to All Souls Day. Several years ago I spent All Souls in the Philippines. It was a lovely transition to spend the day in the cemetery, cleaning stones and �communing� with passed family members as my Philippine hosts invited me to their family picnic there.
Fr Bill
http://bigworldsmallboat.blogspot.com/2006/04/ celebrating-easter-twice.html
These amalgamations move between celebration feasts leading to All Souls Day. Several years ago I spent All Souls in the Philippines. It was a lovely transition to spend the day in the cemetery, cleaning stones and �communing� with passed family members as my Philippine hosts invited me to their family picnic there.
Fr Bill
Look, to some Christians it is considered abhorrent and dabbling with the occult, devilish behaviour if you like. That�s fine, let them stay at home and peak nervously through the curtains whilst the dark forces play in the dead of night.
For them, I guess, it�s a bit like you refusing to go to Midnight Mass at Christmas when invited.
For them, I guess, it�s a bit like you refusing to go to Midnight Mass at Christmas when invited.
The Pagan/Wiccan festival of Samhain comes from an old celtic word, Samhain (pronounced sa-ween) literally means "summers end"
It's the Pagan "new Year". Wiccan's see the year as a "wheel" which is constantly turning, Samhain is at the end of that wheel, and so the next Sabbat, Yule, is seen as part of "next year's" celebrations. This all dates back from before the time when man had invented the concept of the calendar. Samhain is recognised by Wiccans as an intercalary day - a day when the veil between our world and the world beyond is at its thinnest, and is therefore a great day for divination - tarot readings, seances, scrying etc.
I think that where Christians (or anyone else from any other religion for that matter) have a problem with Samhain is that it's a night where the spirits of those who have passed on are supposedly most likely to be summoned, and in the burning times witches were alleged to be in league with the devil, so samhain was the most "evil" day imaginable.
It's the Pagan "new Year". Wiccan's see the year as a "wheel" which is constantly turning, Samhain is at the end of that wheel, and so the next Sabbat, Yule, is seen as part of "next year's" celebrations. This all dates back from before the time when man had invented the concept of the calendar. Samhain is recognised by Wiccans as an intercalary day - a day when the veil between our world and the world beyond is at its thinnest, and is therefore a great day for divination - tarot readings, seances, scrying etc.
I think that where Christians (or anyone else from any other religion for that matter) have a problem with Samhain is that it's a night where the spirits of those who have passed on are supposedly most likely to be summoned, and in the burning times witches were alleged to be in league with the devil, so samhain was the most "evil" day imaginable.
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