Is your church against celebrating Halloween and trick or treat?

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

Uh, PP was clearly pointing out the irony and hypocrisy WRT to holidays and claims by the religious. At least I am fairly confident of that.

+ 100. And, rolling my eyes at the pearl clutchers who get mad that public schools are doing away with what isn't even "their" holiday. - another pagan

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

(altar) We don’t do that anymore, and the “pagans” here don’t either. I bet they take Christmas vacation from work and open Christmas presents though!

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We have a harvest festival on 10/31. It's like a carnival with games and candy as prizes, food, rides and fun costumes (but avoid the dark aspects of Halloween).

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They also recognize All Souls Day followed by All Saints Day.

It's the other way around. All Saints, a holy day of obligation for Catholics, is on November 1. All Souls is the next day, November 2.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

(altar) We don’t do that anymore, and the “pagans” here don’t either. I bet they take Christmas vacation from work and open Christmas presents though!

You understand the holiday you celebrate in December is another example of an appropriated festival, right? Pagans have been celebrating the Yule for thousands of years. The tree, the lights, the gifts, the foods, the decorations,….. All pagan.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

(altar) We don’t do that anymore, and the “pagans” here don’t either. I bet they take Christmas vacation from work and open Christmas presents though!

You understand the holiday you celebrate in December is another example of an appropriated festival, right? Pagans have been celebrating the Yule for thousands of years. The tree, the lights, the gifts, the foods, the decorations,….. All pagan.

A description of pagan Yule practices is provided (notes are Hollander's own):

It was ancient custom that when sacrifice was to be made, all farmers were to come to the heathen temple and bring along with them the food they needed while the feast lasted. At this feast all were to take part of the drinking of ale. Also all kinds of livestock were killed in connection with it, horses also; and all the blood from them was called hlaut [sacrificial blood], and hlautbolli, the vessel holding the blood; and hlautteinar, the sacrificial twigs [‌aspergills‌]. These were fashioned like sprinklers, and with them were to be smeared all over with blood the pedestals of the idols and also the walls of the temple within and without; and likewise the men present were to be sprinkled with blood. But the meat of the animals was to be boiled and served as food at the banquet. Fires were to be lighted in the middle of the temple floor, and kettles hung over the fires. The sacrificial beaker was to be borne around the fire, and he who made the feast and was chieftain, was to bless the beaker as well as all the sacrificial meat.[15]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule

The boiling blood sacrifices?

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in Carly, NC in the 1990's, The local evangelical and Catholic churches went full on with hating Halloween.

We were left pamphlets every Halloween how we were going to hell etc....

Then on Halloween, they came to the doors. They were horrific...

spooky!

I was in my late 20's. Had only been in NC for less than a month when this first happened.

I had lived in the same town on Long Island for almost my whole life before that. Halloween was so fun. We went from house to house for hours everyone loved it. Then I move to NC and get this scary crap it was awful. Those pamphlets and those people's words were insanities.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

The only people who celebrate Samhain are neo-pagan or wiccan. Go read wikipedia.

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Not at all, in fact we have a few witches.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

(altar) We don’t do that anymore, and the “pagans” here don’t either. I bet they take Christmas vacation from work and open Christmas presents though!

well, we don’t call it Christmas, we call it Yule.

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No, my Protestant church is fine with Halloween. We even have trick or treat at church, and sermons about all saints day afterwards.

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Anonymous wrote:Another appropriated holiday. Samhain is a very sacred holiday in my faith. It’s the day the veil is at its thinnest. We communicate with and honor our deceased ancestors. Costumes were meant to help the living blend in with the dead. We carve Jack-o-lanterns to scare away any unwanted guests. It is our most important festival. I love that we celebrate Halloween in the US. But I hate how evangelical Christians pretend it isn’t a pagan/Wiccan holiday. Same with Yule (Christmas). Same with Ostara (Easter). All the so-called “Christian” holidays were appropriated.

If you attend a church that celebrates Samhain (Halloween), your church is 10O% hypocritical. It is a pagan holiday.

Do you think only evangelical Christians “pretend” Halloween isn’t your sacred holiday? All other religions, the non-religious, and everyone in between vocally acknowledge your sacred holiday?

This forum is a joke…now evangelicals aren’t acknowledging Samhain!

What I hate is the hypocrisy. It is a pagan holiday. Pretending it isn’t is ridiculous. I actually respect the churches that don’t celebrate it at all. At least they acknowledge that the holiday is not one evangelicals should participate in.

Pagans sacrificed humans and animals, and practiced cannibalism. Do you do such things to authentically worship your most sacred holiday?

Do you smear yourself with the blood of sacrificed animals and humans on Yule?

Well at my church we drink blood and eat Jesus’ body.

Well, you aren’t putting live, screaming infants on altars and murdering them to appease angry gods…which is why Jesus wants us to eat crackers and drink tiny cups of grape juice, instead.

pp isn’t a pagan. pagans needed blood to worship.

Um. God told Abraham to put his baby on an Alter as a sacrifice. 😂

(altar) We don’t do that anymore, and the “pagans” here don’t either. I bet they take Christmas vacation from work and open Christmas presents though!

You understand the holiday you celebrate in December is another example of an appropriated festival, right? Pagans have been celebrating the Yule for thousands of years. The tree, the lights, the gifts, the foods, the decorations,….. All pagan.

Every year someone comes along with faux outrage about Christmas falling on a pagan holiday. And every year Christians say: we already know, and nobody cares. We don’t know what day of the year Jesus was born, so 12/25 is as good as any other day.