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Some say to have a separate thing at the church so the kids don't feel left out. Others say that is still in an sense celebrating it. All religious holidays have pagan roots. I am not really into celebrating any holidays except the 4th of July.
I don't have a problem with the tick-or-treating aspect of Halloween. I understand the history of Halloween, but if the kids aren't getting involved in the pagan aspects, then I am alright with it. If the kids what to dress up in a costume that isn't focusing on something evil or such and go door to door getting candy, I say that's cool by me. I do understand why my fellow Christians would not want to participate, and that's fine by me too.
We don't celebrate halloween. There is a Christian concert called Light in the Night that started a few years ago as an alternative. It being on Wednesday this year, we'll be at church for the family classes. We're going through the Truth Project.
We don't celebrate halloween. There is a Christian concert called Light in the Night that started a few years ago as an alternative. It being on Wednesday this year, we'll be at church for the family classes. We're going through the Truth Project.
I dont Celebrate it either. Its hard becasue my friends are always on my case. And all of them happen to be very big on halloween. I made the desicison about 2 years ago when my youth group did a study on halloween. I never understood the history behind it and when i did i decided not to celebrate it anymore. This year, Im helping in a booth at my church's Harvest Fest.(Halloween Alternitive).
Our church started a food drive last year and we were overwhelmed with donations. They sent out bags the week before in the weekly flyers. We blitzed the entire city (pop 35000). In our church some people take thier kids out and some don't, no-one is very vocal about it and we don't let our kids dress as ghouls or goblins, but we still run our kids around for a short trick or treat. After that me and the older one go and help with the food drive and it is really a nice way to do something good on a contraversial day.
I ignore the history behind Halloween.
To me, it means nothing.
I don't feel the origin of Halloween is relevant in this day and time anyway - others still do and I respect that.
Halloween to us is just a time where my kids and I can dress up, act silly, eat candy, carve pumpkins
and have fun together just doing something out of the norm - thats what I'm celerbrating...
For those who still read deeper into it than others and choose not to
celebrate (whether it be religious or personal) or those who choose alternatives, I say thats great too.
We all should do what works for us and makes us comfortable...
But for me personally, I enjoy that one crazy night out of the year spent with my kids.
Not because of the origin, but because its something I can enjoy with my children.
[...We all should do what works for us and makes us comfortable...]
Seems to me that I recall (Last weeek [yes a long one] is just now finishing up for me and I'm a bit groggy so I could be remembering wrong or a bit off with the paraphrase) a passage that sums up Let every man (woman too) work out his own salvation with fear and trembling.
I think AKae has spoken well. What is wrong for one may be acceptable for another.
Christians: What do you do on Halloween?
Im curious to know what fellow belivers do with halloween.
Everyone else: What do you think about Christians and Halloween ( What are your thoughts on why Christians dont celebrate it)
Being that Halloween is a pagan celebration, with origins and traditions steeped in false religious beliefs and worship, as a Christian I have absolutely no share in Halloween and completely reject it. Some may say they disregard the background of where Halloween came from and try to lighten it up by making it "just a fun time for the kids", and then these same ones will turn around and say how much they love God, but they fail to consider God's viewpoint on the whole thing. HE doesn't disregard where it came from and what its history is. God's view on everything associated with it should be what's most important to us, and the fact is there is nothing redeeming about a holiday mired in false religious beliefs.
When I was a kid, it was a safe, fun time, and fewer people took witches seriously. All the Christians I knew, freely joined in the fun. Now the manger has been banned from the public square and some are working on the Christmas Tree. How tolerant of public support of paganism should Christians be?
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