Halloween: Friend or Foe
Halloween is a holiday that has a tremendous amount of disagreement about whether or not it should be celebrated. From a Christian viewpoint, this holiday should not be celebrated.
First, the origins of Halloween are all but friendly. The holiday began in Great Britain with a group called the Druids. The Druids were an ancient pagan priesthood and were the early beginning of the present day group, Wicca (an occult that practices witchcraft). The Druids considered this day to be the greatest of all holidays. They called this day Samhain after, Saman, the god of the Dead. They also worshiped a sun god called Bel or Chrom. They believed that on the day of Halloween the sun god died and went to the kingdom of the dead. The purpose of this holiday, Samhain, was to insure the sun gods return. The Druids killed innocent infants to use their blood to resurrect the sun god. This blood opened the gate to the kingdom of the Dead and released spirits for the night.
Second, Halloween is full to the brim of idolatrous symbols. The Jack-o-Lantern has two symbols behind its toothy grin. The first is the representation of the lord of the Dead, much like how the statues of Buddha are used. The other is the fearsome face to represent the god, Saman, who would drive off less powerful evil spirits in the night. The light inside represents faeries or Will o’ the Wisps. The witch and her broomstick appear whimsical but are still pagan in its roots. The broomstick (which is symbolizes the male organ) was used to “fly” around crops to teach them how high to grow. Oddly enough witches never actually flew. They used an ointment mixed with the highly hallucinogenic drug belladonna, which gave them the impression that they were flying. Even the black cat has a sinister tie in this pagan religion. The cat was a form of the Wicca goddess, Diana, who supposedly transformed into a cat in order to commit incest with her brother Lucifer.
The third and final, Halloween is just a ministry of fear. Children are sensitive to begin with and there is no telling how much havoc this devilish holiday will wreak on their small feeble minds. Terrifying experiences can open up doorways for demons to come in to their bodies and mess with their minds. Inducing children to terror is simply not a godly ministry. “God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of sound mind” –2 Timothy 1:7. God has also promised in 1 John 4:18 that “perfect love casts out fear”. Fear has also become a part of trick-or-treat because of the placing of razor blades and other dangerous objects into the candy. An even more threatening danger is the possibility of kidnapping. Albeit it is not very likely with supervision but the threat is real especially during the night with so many children wandering around the streets at night.
In conclusion, if you feel that the any of the Halloween holiday does not seem comfortable to you; your feeling is correct. There is substantial evidence that proves Halloween is definitely not a holiday for any Christian to celebrate. Even former witches, heavily involved in Wicca, who are now Christians share testimonies of having their innocent little souls cracked open as kids by Halloween. The facts from this essay came from one of them.
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