"It's Not Really Halloween" (Part 3)

There are many such comments that fall within the scope of this excuse.

It's not really Halloween....

• it's a Halloween "Alternative"
• because we don't allow scary costumes
• and we don't call it Halloween

 Many years ago, I was boarding at the house of a friend who had 3 children under 8. We were discussing whether or not her children were celebrating Halloween by going to what their church had titled a "Halloween Alternative." They were not to wear scary costumes and they had renamed it, therefore in their thinking, it wasn't really Halloween.

I ecouraged her to test that theory. One by one she called the children into the room and away from preparing their costumes. From the oldest to the youngest, when she asked, "What are you getting ready for, where are you going?" They responded, "Halloween!" There was no hesitation, and no, they did not think they were going to an "Alternative."

Make no mistake, the customs of the ancient pagans are still alive and hiding in the "alternative" celebrations.

In the ancient practice, witches would attend huge bonfires in celebration of Samhain (Halloween). On the way to the bonfires, they would stop at houses along the way to demand foods and treats to offer their god. They would knock on the door and demand a treat or threaten a "trick." They would do some damage to the property of the person refusing to offer food. Hence, "Trick or treat." In order to not get in trouble for the trick, they wore disguises, hence costumes.

By offering candy on Halloween, we are mimicking the practice of offering food to be sacrificed to pagan gods.

When there was an argument among the early church leaders regarding whether or not Christians should be required to be circumcised, the response was sent to the churches that circumcision would not be required, but that they should "abstain from anything that has been polluted by being offered to idols..."

The word sanctified means set apart. I challenge you to find any bag of candy during the month of October that does not bear markings of being set apart for Halloween. We have made an idol of Halloween, the only holiday of the year dedicated (set apart) for satan.

If we are unable to tell children they cannot celebrate Halloween because we don't want to ruin their fun, then their enjoyment has become more important to us than remaining a people sanctified and set apart for God Almighty.

The costumes, the candy, and yes, even the pumpkin carving and bobbing for apples all have pagan roots. The Israelites were instructed to not adopt the pagan practices of the people in the lands in which the Lord sent them. And yet they did. And when they did, there were always consequences. They compromised. So have we.

Calling these practices by some other name and thinking that we are fooling anyone, makes us look like fools.  And make no mistake, the pagans are watching and laughing. We are causing the Lord God to be mocked. That grieves me to my soul!

Father forgve them for thy know not what they do. Unfortunately, in the 12 year since I have been saved, I have been sharing this information. Consequently, I cannot say, Father forgive them for they know NOT what they do, for now they know exactly what they do and they DON'T CARE! Satan's holiday is more important to them than the fact that GOD IS BEING MOCKED BECAUSE OF THEIR ACTIONS!

Lord, HELP ME! I pray again and again and again for another year PLEASE Lord, if YOU are OK with Christians celebrating Halloween PLEASE change my heart! If YOU are OK with this Lord, PLEASE make it wildly successful so that I can see that YOU are blessing it. If Lord, YOU are NOT OK with this, please break it apart, make it a collossal failure so that ALL may see that You are displeased. Break our hearts for what breaks Yours! Father, Jesus Himself was jealous for the sanctity of Your house! How DARE we allow the hallowed grounds of Your Dwelling place to become polluted by celebration to satan! Forgive us Father, forgive us!

If you are reading this, I ask you to please pray for me. As you can see, I am grieved, as I am EVERY SINGLE year. It does not get better. For the next month or more it will get worse and worse.  I will be spending the night of Halloween on my face before the Lord at my church. Please feel free to join me.

Let's Just Give Them a Safe Place (Part 2)

When I became a Christian and began this ongoing debate regarding Christians celebrating Halloween, I asked why Christians think it is acceptable. The excuse I heard most often and continue to hear 12 years later goes something like this… “Kids are going to do it anyway, so we just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

I find this line of reasoning nothing short of remarkable.

This post will be brief, because I have only one response. Let’s replace the “it” of Halloween with any other behavior in which young people would like to engage if left to their own devices.

“Kids are going to do drugs anyway, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

“Kids are going to drink alcohol anyway, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

“Kids are going to engage in sexual activity, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

Ludicrous! Wouldn’t you agree?

“Kids are going to celebrate satan’s highest holiday anyway, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

“Kids are going to adopt pagan practices and cause God and His Bride to be mocked, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

“Kids are going to celebrate the day of the year on which spells are cast and demons called upon, so let’s just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word.”

"Kids are going to celebrate the day on which the spirits of the dead are being contacted, so let's just give them a safe place to do it and use it as an opportunity to preach the Word."

This makes no more sense to me than the previous statements. If it is WRONG, don’t do it. If it is wrong tell kids not to do it! Don’t just give them a “safe” place to do it!

If you want to preach the Word on that day, go to the people who are trapped in Wicca. Pray for the people who are Pagans on that night. Use that night to pray against what they are doing. Use it to pray against their practices and bind the demons they are releasing.

Next…. “It’s not really Halloween, because we don’t allow scary costumes.” (Seriously?)

Christians and Halloween (Part 1)

As Halloween approaches yet again, my heart grows heavier with each passing advertisement. It remains a reminder of years past. You see, before I became a Christian I was one of those who celebrated Halloween for what it really is.  I was involved in Witchcraft and recognized the moon closest to October 31 as Samhain (pronounced sow-en).

For 12 years I celebrated Halloween proudly as a witch, and was extremely annoyed by Christians who “stole” our holiday.  My friends and I would mock them saying, “If they only knew what they were really celebrating, they would be horrified! (Hahahah)! What a bunch of idiots!”

Imagine my surprise when I became a Christian and warned people about what they were really celebrating and THEY DIDN’T CARE!

It is quite literally Satan’s holiday.  Wicca is an art, a science, and a religion. In the religion of Wicca, we were taught by tradition that we turn the “wheel of the year” by recognizing 8 Sabbats. The primary sabbat, or the new year, was celebrated at the moon (full or new) closest to October 31. Wicca teaches of a god and a goddess. During the year, 6 months are controlled by the god while the goddess is in the underworld, and 6 months of the year the god goes to rule the underworld and the goddess comes alive on earth.  The time of the goddess is spring and summer, while the time of the god is fall and winter.  These are based on masculine and feminine attributes of these times. In the fall and winter, the god is the god of the hunt. Therefore, the god they worship is a god of the earth, and according to tradition, he is half-man with cloven feet and in respect for the animals whose life he takes in hunt, he wears their horns.

It is argued by Wiccans that all similarity to the Christian satan is because as Christianity spread into Celtic areas, in order to villainize Wicca, the Church adopted the appearance of their god and called it the Devil. However, make no mistake; in every way, the Wiccan god is the antithesis of God. He is Satan and Halloween is his holiday.

Further, witches believe that on this moon, the veil between the two worlds is at its thinnest. Therefore, on this night more than any other in the year witches and spiritualists contact the dead.

In short, Halloween is the night when satan is being worshipped, spells are being cast, demons are being unleashed and the dead are being contacted. What a delightful time for Christians to celebrate.

Over the next few weeks, I will focus my writing on why I am so adamantly opposed to any form of acknowledgement of this heinous holiday by Christians. In my humble opinion, the ONLY acceptable activity on this dark night would be to gather together and pray for those unfortunate souls who are stuck in witchcraft and are headed directly to hell.

In advance, please forgive my tone as I will undoubtedly reveal my deep aggravation with the attitude of the church which remains one of acceptance.  I have been speaking out about this for twelve years and have fallen on deaf ears. I have prayed over these 12 years that if indeed it is acceptable in the Lord’s eyes for churches to participate in “Halloween alternatives” that they would be wildly successful so I could see that He was blessing them, and that He would remove this burden from my heart. In 12 years, neither has happened. To my knowledge, I can only recall one salvation resulting from these. I would not consider that wildly successful.

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