What Do You Think About Halloween?

[idiosyncrasy]

We are fast approaching the time of the year when we will get the trick & treaters on our doors. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and occasionally in parts of Australia.
But where does it originate?

[petal54]

all now down to shops making money & other's lives hell

[idiosyncrasy]

Naomi@
The many features of today’s Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations can be traced directly back to paganism.

As a Christian I am motivated by scriptural principles. However, I have no objection to children having parties and dressing up in costumes. In fact my grand children had one last week where everyone dressed up as pirates. Including me! There is nothing wrong with some of the games involved, for example, bobbing for apples. But doing such things at Halloween, even in innocence, is partaking of the pagan celebration.
Decorating buildings with Halloween scenes, dressing up for parties, going door-to-door for candy, standing around bonfires and highlighting pumpkin patches are all acts rooted in entertaining familiar spirits. All these activities are demonic and have occult roots.

The word “occult” means “secret.” The danger of Halloween is not in the scary things we see but in the secret, wicked, cruel activities that go on behind the scenes.

Another abomination that goes on behind the scenes of Halloween is necromancy, or communication with the dead. Séances and contacting spirit guides are very popular on Halloween.

You may laugh and scoff at this, but I know one thing. I would not like to think that I am exposing anyone(child or adult) to the dangers involved with the demons.

As to Harry Potter. No I would not like my grandchildren to read the books. Magic and such like is again, demonic.

[naomi24]

idiosyncrasy, I might be wrong, but I doubt you’ve read Harry Potter, otherwise you wouldn’t think as you do. It’s fundamentally a tale of undying love, loyal friendship, and the triumph of good over evil. I’m curious about this. Do you think fairy stories are equally dangerous to children? Most of them contain magic - Aladdin, Cinderella, Peter Pan & Tinkerbell …. What about Christmas pantomimes? Are they damaging? I really don’t understand how you justify teaching children that the superstition of your faith is ‘true’ when it is founded wholly upon the supernatural – the very thing you say is dangerous. You teach your children that their ‘sin’ will incur your God’s eternal punishment – and, since that is personal to the child, it surely has to be far more daunting than Harry Potter will ever be. Without religion our children would have no concept of witches and demons, and neither would we, so I have to ask where the idea of evil comes from in the first place – and furthermore, why the religious feel no sense of guilt in implanting such horrific ideas into young and impressionable minds?

[THECORBYLOON]

IDIOSYNCRAY, is turning water into wine not a form of magic? What about the feeding of thousands with a few loafs and some fish, was that magic? Is bringing the dead back to life demonic?

[idiosyncrasy]

No, I do not teach my children or grand children that they are damned to eternal torment or destruction.
As to the resurrection - no it is nothing to do with magic or demons. The resurrection has not yet taken place and will not do so until wickedness is finally done away with.
As to the Harry Potter books - no I have not read them. I have seen some of the films and that is enough to convince me that it is not a healthy topic. I do know that some children have been frightened by the films.

[THECORBYLOON]

IDIOSYNCRASY, I was meaning Jesus' resurecting Lazarus, was that magic?

[naomi24]

idiosyncrasy, //No, I do not teach my children or grand children that they are damned to eternal torment or destruction.//

Is that because you teach them that if they obey your God’s rules they’ll be saved?

//The resurrection has not yet taken place//

Interesting. Do you mean the resurrection of Jesus – or the resurrection of the faithful who fully expect to inherit the earth?

Children are frightened by a lot of things – Captain Hook and Daleks included – but I know a few grown men who, well into adulthood, still suffer mental trauma emanating from religion imposed upon them from an early age.

[Octavius]

"I do know that some children have been frightened by the [Harry Potter] films."

True, I certainly don't let my children watch beyond Year 3, not yet anyway.

[ludwig]

I know some children that have been frightened by nuns.

[goodlife]

Well the way I see it every holiday is celebrating something false and is focused on false things.

Something that I have that is better than holidays is the wonderful organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Instead of lasting one day, like a holiday, Jehovah God’s Word has a happy message that will lasts forever.

[mazie]

Not as much fun as Halloween though

[naomi24]

Goodlife, you do have a strange way of looking at life. I fail to see how the prediction of the destruction of most of humanity can be a happy message. How can anyone celebrate that?