Posted on 11/01/2015 7:32:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This year, 64 percent of all Americans will celebrate Halloween, but I will not be one of them. For me, it is a wretched, horrible holiday that celebrates the darkest side of humanity, and it is deeply rooted in ancient pagan traditions that would get people thrown in prison if they attempted to duplicate them today. With each passing year, the sexually suggestive costumes being marketed to our young girls become even skankier, the horror movies become darker and even more demonic, and the number of Americans that participate in occult ceremonies just continues to grow. In fact, it has been estimated that the number of self-identified witches in the United States is doubling every 30 months. Those that are deeply into the occult take this holiday very seriously, and the dark forces that they are dealing with are very real. So no, I don’t want anything to do with this festival of death. In no particular order, the following are 18 reasons why I don’t celebrate Halloween…
#1 I don’t want anyone in my family to observe a holiday that celebrates death, witchcraft and the occult. This year, millions of Americans will participate in activities that could potentially open up a door for demonic activity.
#2 The average American spends $74.34 on the holiday. I would rather save the money.
#3 Millions of women use Halloween as an excuse to dress like street walkers, and millions of men use Halloween as an excuse to act like sexual predators.
#4 Even little girls as young as three years old are being dressed up in sexually provocative costumes. What kind of message does this send to them?
#5 Dressing up little children as ghosts, demons and vampires is not healthy for them. In recent years, there has been a trend to make costumes for children as hellish as possible.
#6 Originally, costumes were worn on October 31st “to change the personality of the wearer to allow for communication with the spirit world“. For 11 years in a row, dressing up as a witch has been the number one costume choice for adults in the United States.
#7 In ancient Britain, the festival known as Samhain was celebrated on October 31st. It was supposedly a day when dead souls would revisit their old homes. Personally, I don’t want anything to do with contacting the souls of the dead.
#8 According to the History Channel, Samhain was also the day when the Druids “gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities”.
#9 As I have written about previously, the fastest growing religion in America still practices a holiday known as “Samhain” to this very day.
#10 According to Wiccans, Halloween is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is considered to be the thinnest. They believe that on this day their god “dies” and is reborn every year on the Winter Solstice. This year the winter solstice falls on December 22nd.
#11 In ancient times, the resurrection of the sun god required human and animal sacrifice. The following is what occult expert Bill Schnoebelen says that the Druids would do at this time of the year…
Druids worshiped the sun god, called by names like Bel (Ba’al?) or Chrom. On October 31, they believed that he died and went into the kingdom of the dead, Anwynn. The purpose of Samhain was to insure his return. Even witches admit this involved human sacrifice.
Both animal and human blood were believed to be needed to resurrect Bel on Samhain. Human blood was believed to open the gates of Anwynn and released the spirits for a night. Thus, October 31 came to be associated with ghosts. This is not just history. Samhain is still celebrated by Pagans and is the most solemn ceremony on their “religious calendar”.
#12 To this day, animal torture and sacrifice is still practiced on Halloween by occultists. Many animal shelters will not adopt out black cats during the month of October for this very reason.
#13 In the early seventh century, a Catholic Pope known as Gregory the First decided that the best approach to ensure the continued spread of Catholicism was to “christianize” existing pagan holidays and practices…
As a result of their efforts to wipe out “pagan†holidays, such as Samhain, the Christians succeeded in effecting major transformations in it. In 601 A.D. Pope Gregory the First issued a now famous edict to his missionaries concerning the native beliefs and customs of the peoples he hoped to convert. Rather than try to obliterate native peoples’ customs and beliefs, the pope instructed his missionaries to use them: if a group of people worshipped a tree, rather than cut it down, he advised them to consecrate it to Christ and allow its continued worship.
#14 The tradition of “trick-or-treating” was one of the existing pagan traditions that was later “Christianized”…
The idea of trick-or-treating is further related to the ghosts of the dead in pagan, and even Catholic, history. For example, among the ancient Druids, “The ghosts that were thought to throng about the houses of the living were greeted with a banquet-laden table. At the end of the feast, masked and costumed villagers representing the souls of the dead paraded to the outskirts of town leading the ghosts away.â€
As already noted, Halloween was thought to be a night when mischievous and evil spirits roamed freely. As in modern poltergeist lore, mischievous spirits could play tricks on the living—so it was advantageous to “hide†from them by wearing costumes. Masks and costumes were worn to either scare away the ghosts or to keep from being recognized by them
#15 The tradition of carving out a “Jack-O-Lantern” also comes from paganism. The following comes from wicca.com…
Turnips were hollowed out and carved to look like protective spirits, for this was a night of magic and chaos. The Wee Folke became very active, pulling pranks on unsuspecting humans. Traveling after dark was not advised.
And as Bill Schnoebelen has noted, pumpkins eventually replaced turnips, but the meaning remained the same…
Here it’s a pumpkin, but in Europe it was often a turnip, or a skull with a candle in it. This serves two symbols, 1) the lord of the Dead, a “god†just like a Buddha – in short, an idol. 2) The fearsome face represented the god, Samhain, who would drive off less powerful demons that night. The lights in the Jack-o-Lantern symbolize the “faery fires†or “Will’o the Wisps†which were believed to be the lost souls flitting through the night. They also hearken back to the huge Samhain “balefires†which were lit to help conjure back the god from the darkness.
#16 On all Satanic holy days, there are children that get ritually abused. This has been documented repeatedly, and yet most people (including most Christians) don’t want to hear about it.
#17 For Satanists, Halloween is one of the most important celebrations of the year. On page 96 of the Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey wrote the following…
“After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht (May 1st) and Halloween.”
#18 The Scriptures are very clear about this sort of thing. Deuteronomy 18:9-13 says the following: “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults with the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord”.
So what about you?
[On all Satanic holy days, there are children that get ritually abused]
There were baby sacrifices going on during Halloween in our region in the 1980s. Mothers would not notify the hospitals they were pregnant, so the births were not registered. The whole thing was kept hush, hush. Horrible.
(The legal arm of baby sacrifices are still being performed through Planned Parenthood.)
Well, since the proper and original name is “All Hallow’s Eve” because it is the evening before All Souls Day, I would think that maybe it could.
Then again, I’m Catholic, so likely an apostate in some folks’ opinion.
You know what they say about opinions, right?
Oops, I made an uh-oh in my reply above. Thanks for the correction.
Oops, I made an uh-oh in my reply above. Thanks for the correction.
That never happened despite the rumor mill.
There were day care center owners jailed and bankrupted over the allegations that were flimsy at best involving hypnotism of toddlers by prosecutors.
They were finally absolved after going through their life savings trying to protect themselves. THAT was horrible.
lol...we think a lot alike. I live for pranks.
Don’t forget the swimming in swimming pools - probably worse even that pool halls. You know, men and women swimming together and the women, those harlots, showing their bare shoulders and knees and ankles out in public. They should be jailed for that and burnt as witches just like in the good olde days or as they do today in the Middle East. /s
[[#1 I don’t want anyone in my family to observe a holiday that celebrates death, witchcraft and the occult. This year, millions of Americans will participate in activities that could potentially open up a door for demonic activity.]]
Which is his main reason for not liking the holiday-
But what did the bible have to say about something similar?
The Jews wouldn’t eat meat off of temple alters after meat was sacrificed to other gods
This meat was offered at a greatly reduced price, and many gentiles (or maybe it was other Jews) felt it was fine to buy the cheap meat and save some money
The Jews complained loudly- Paul stepped In and told them not to condemn them for buying the meat and basically told them that the meat ‘wasn’t contaminated with Satanism’ simply because it was offered on an alter to other gods (This was kind of the crux of what he was telling them)
Bottom line is that Christians are NOT dressing up in costumes hoping that Satan or a demon will possess them, nor are they committing their life to Satan simply by going door to door asking for candy. They dress up in costumes because it’s fun and because it’s one night out of the year when they get to have loads of candy
[That never happened despite the rumor mill.]
I was told about the baby sacrifices in our area by the man who was the County Sheriff at the time. My pastor told our congregation about them in a sermon recently. (He was part of the undercover investigation.) Friends of mine were also aware and part of the undercover investigation.
Halloween is anything but happy.
Puritanism is the haunting fear someone,
somewhere, is having a good time.
No candy for him!
The author shows his ignorance in the description of
Buddha as an idol or god also. It’s pathetic when
someone like this speaks without knowledge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria
It was all made up.
And your sheriff is trying to scare people into voting for him.
Your pastor might actually believe that garbage or he might be trying to fill his collection plate.
Many innocent people were hurt by that witch hunt.
Good gawd. What ‘region’ did you live in?
I especially didn’t like the four @13 year old boys who showed at our door with their pillowcases for the loot...and when I opened the door one said “Hi”...I just stood there waiting...finally had to tell them to say the magic words...Trick or treat...sheesh...
“Does the celebration of Halloween bring honor and glory to God?”
Oh please lighten up. God has nothing against having fun.
You gotta be careful learning about
the religions of other people. When
their beliefs begin to strike you as
ludicrous, a little voice in the back
of your mind (undoubtedly Satan)
whispers, “What about yours?”
Halloween doesn't conflict me at all.
Candy corn, specifically Brach's Candy Corn, is an item over which I am terribly conflicted. Mine is a one-sided love/hate relationship of nearly 60 years. I love Brach's candy corn so much that if I buy a bag of it, I will eat all of it within 24 hours, and that is why I also hate Brach's candy corn.
[[Does the celebration of Halloween bring honor and glory to God?]]
I understand your concern, but but we must ask
“Did the buying of meat that was offered to idols bring honor and glory to God?” If not, then why did Paul ok it?
“Did Jesus going to an all day drinking party/wedding bring honor and glory to God?” (and no folks, Jesus wasn’t creating grape juice out of water- it was wine- and it was GOOD potent wine- usually in those days, people started out giving people the good wine, because they were still sober, and could appreciate the good wine, but then as they became more drunk the host would trot out the terrible cheaper wine to save money, because the now drunk folks wouldn’t care- but in the wedding Jesus attended, He created GOOD wine AFTER everyone was well drunk, not the cheap stuff He could have created since no one at that point would have known the difference)
Be careful about always asking ‘would it bring honor and glory to God- Because people having fun (or buying meat that was sacrificed to other gods) is obviously something God allows-
IF YOU don’t feel right about it, then it’s wrong for YOU- but it’s not something you should impose on others when it comes to ambiguous issues like this- Clear cut issues like condemning homosexuality, bestiality, speaking with witches etc etc etc- then yeah- you clearly have a case to make about applying ‘is it honoring to God’ because God makes it VERY clear it’s not honoring to Him (and please note, that kids dressing up as frogs or whatever is NOT a case of those kids wishing to speak to witches or satan no more so than people buying meat sacrificed to idols was a case of them wanting to connect with demons, or other gods)
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