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History of Halloween...
Topic Started: Oct 25 2005, 08:54 AM (611 Views)
madirishdoll
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Halloween...
In North America, the yearly observance of Halloween amounts to a multi-billion-dollar industry, second to Christmas.

Where did it start?

Over 2000 years ago, the Celts lived in what are now Ireland, Great Britain and France. Among these people were an elite intellectual group of people called the Druids, who served as religious priests, judges, lawmakers and scientists. One of their religious festivals which included certain rituals was the Fire Festival called Samhain (sow-en), this was observed at harvest time to mark the Celtic new year.
The Celts believed that on this night, the barrier between the natural world, and the supernatural world was removed, and the spirits of the dead were able to move freely among human beings. Samhain was the most solemn night but also important night in the Celtic year.


The Christians Part
After the Roman Catholic church brought Christianity to the Celtic peoples in the 7th century, some of their traditional folk customs were Christianised. In 835A.D, Pope Gregory IV, moved the Churches 'Feast of All saints' from spring to November 1st to replace the observance of Samhain. All Saints Day is still observed today by many Christians. The night before, which featured a sacred vigil in church, became known as 'All Hallow's Eve' or Halloween. The old practices of the Druids died hard and were denounced by the church as witchcraft. This is how Halloween became knows as a witch's holiday.

Today:
Dressing in costumes and going door-to-door, comes from a much later tradition in the British Isles. Masked players would go from house-to-house, putting a simple drama or musical performance in return for food and drink. Often these performances had Christian themes. The ''trick-or-treat'' custom we know today is thoroughly American in its origin. The night became an occasion for pranks and mischief. Vandals would go through the night, soaping windows, overturning outhouses, and pulling gates from their hinges. These pranks were playfully said to be the work of ghosts and witches. But by the 1920's the joke wasn't funny anymore. And the damage to houses was escalating. To stop this, the Boy scouts began to organise alternatives to make the night safe. The practise was popular nation-wide and young voices cried out 'trick or treat'.
Popular entertainment such as Sabrina the Teenage witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, makes occult themes and witchcraft seem fun and acceptable but the result is that Halloween today has become strongly associated with the occult and a preoccupation with the dead - both that the Scripture and the Church have always warned against.

Now that you know...
Jokes about Satan, may seem funny, but he is not a joke. He is real. The Bible clearly states that God is the worlds highest authority. He gave Satan a certain amount of Power. Satan was the first one in History to openly defy God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty and therefore all deserve sin's penalty/ ''For the Wages of Sin is death''

But God loves you so much that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for your sins. Satan was defeated when Jesus Christ came back to life after first suffering and dying as our substitute. Satan is doomed. But you can escape the punishment or your sins. You can receive God's forgiveness, and love by placing your trust in the fact that Christ died and rose again for you. Once you know the facts, you can act on them by praying
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Intruiging, but unless you are the author of this original article, this is plagarism. If you aren't the author please quote your source.

http://www.eteamrevolution.net/devotions/trick-or-truth
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Steve
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Thats very interesting, even though I don't beleive in Satan, it is interesting to know how Halloween came about.
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madirishdoll
Oct 25 2005, 08:54 AM
Now that you know...
Jokes about Satan, may seem funny, but he is not a joke. He is real. The Bible clearly states that God is the worlds highest authority. He gave Satan a certain amount of Power. Satan was the first one in History to openly defy God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty and therefore all deserve sin's penalty/ ''For the Wages of Sin is death''

But God loves you so much that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for your sins. Satan was defeated when Jesus Christ came back to life after first suffering and dying as our substitute. Satan is doomed. But you can escape the punishment or your sins. You can receive God's forgiveness, and love by placing your trust in the fact that Christ died and rose again for you. Once you know the facts, you can act on them by praying

*cough*notallhavetofollowyourbeliefs*cough*

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QUOTE (madirishdoll @ Oct 25 2005, 08:54 AM)
Now that you know...
Jokes about Satan, may seem funny, but he is not a joke. He is real. The Bible clearly states that God is the worlds highest authority. He gave Satan a certain amount of Power. Satan was the first one in History to openly defy God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty and therefore all deserve sin's penalty/ ''For the Wages of Sin is death''

But God loves you so much that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for your sins. Satan was defeated when Jesus Christ came back to life after first suffering and dying as our substitute. Satan is doomed. But you can escape the punishment or your sins. You can receive God's forgiveness, and love by placing your trust in the fact that Christ died and rose again for you. Once you know the facts, you can act on them by praying 


*cough*notallhavetofollowyourbeliefs*cough*


Yeah, but you have to respect over peoples opinions as I believe this too.
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Fo'rizzle
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Pretty interesting, i believe firmly in what your saying, obviously because i'm a christian. But there will be a major flame war from a bunch of different religions/beliefs.
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Delirium
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I dont care about halloween. or how it started. I just like candy because my mom is a health freak though she smokes
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Solor
Oct 25 2005, 01:56 PM
Now that you know...
Jokes about Satan, may seem funny, but he is not a joke. He is real. The Bible clearly states that God is the worlds highest authority. He gave Satan a certain amount of Power. Satan was the first one in History to openly defy God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty and therefore all deserve sin's penalty/ ''For the Wages of Sin is death''

But God loves you so much that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for your sins. Satan was defeated when Jesus Christ came back to life after first suffering and dying as our substitute. Satan is doomed. But you can escape the punishment or your sins. You can receive God's forgiveness, and love by placing your trust in the fact that Christ died and rose again for you. Once you know the facts, you can act on them by praying 


*cough*notallhavetofollowyourbeliefs*cough*

I was going to post something about that too, I would not have thought to if he said "I think" or something of that sort before those statements. Anyway the story of Halloween's origin is pretty interesting. Also I don't want a flame war/debate over religion as they are all feckless (the debates I mean).
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i believed in halloween is for the witches. its their holy night.
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Right. If this turns into a religion topic or debate, this will be closed.

I found the origin of Halloween fairly interesting. :hehe:
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Wow. Who knew? O_o
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Now that you know...
Jokes about Satan, may seem funny, but he is not a joke. He is real. The Bible clearly states that God is the worlds highest authority. He gave Satan a certain amount of Power. Satan was the first one in History to openly defy God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty and therefore all deserve sin's penalty/ ''For the Wages of Sin is death''

But God loves you so much that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for your sins. Satan was defeated when Jesus Christ came back to life after first suffering and dying as our substitute. Satan is doomed. But you can escape the punishment or your sins. You can receive God's forgiveness, and love by placing your trust in the fact that Christ died and rose again for you. Once you know the facts, you can act on them by praying

Yep, and I am the holy savior of Bethlahem, Jebus Fries!

... I demand you erase that tidbit.

Oh, and Halloween is pointless. It's turned into:

'Take candy from strangers day'.
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Delirium
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what about 'candy snatching from little kids :o"
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lol, halloween... never was alloud to do it in the first place.. but yeah, I saw the same topic somewhere else. I think i saw it posted at Intel on the billboard or something.
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Hylian_Hero20
Oct 27 2005, 06:26 AM
what about 'candy snatching from little kids :o"

Possibly even better.

Maybe even 'Kidnappings that are so sweet' day.
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