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Halloween - A christian perspective?

  • 31-10-2008 9:03am
    #1
    --amadeus--
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    In light of the days thats in it and our colourful new template for today a question for you all...

    Today all over the country children will be donning ghoulish costumes, knocking on doors and playing games watched over by smiling adults. Later on teh grown ups will don adult versions of those outfits and the party starts. TV shows and stage plays ham it up for all they are worth and a supernatural theme is hard to avoid.

    What very few people will stop and think about is the origin of the whole thing, the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, the pagan celebration of the end of the harvest season.

    So is it all just harmless fun or are we sinning by celebrating it? Are we breaking the false gods rule today?


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  • #2
    Hagar
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    I don't see false gods in Samhain. The dressing up was to disguise oneself from evil spirits. Fear of evil is a pretty Christian thing isn't it?


  • #3
    robindch
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    --amadeus-- wrote: »
    So is it all just harmless fun or are we sinning by celebrating it? Are we breaking the false gods rule today?
    Well, technically speaking, I don't think that any christians camping it up this evening will be "worshipping" false gods, so I'd imagine that all should be safe.

    Why doesn't somebody ask god if it's sinning? I assume that he should be able to answer it for once and for all.

    Also, the christian feasts at the beginning of November (all souls' day, and all saints' day) derive, I believe, from the day of the dead that is the Samhain festival, or cognate festivals, so perhaps it's quite reasonable, even good, to "celebrate" it.

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  • #4
    metrovelvet
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    Halloween doesnt originate from celebrating evil spirits, it comes from mimicking them to ward them off.


  • #5
    philologos
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    The day comes before All Saints Day, it hasn't really had much relevance for me.


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