Ghosts, ghouls and demons do not exist. PERIOD! Evangelistic preachers and ultra-religious parents come to the surface to shout and vilify a day they should lifted by its meaning. Halloween is not a Satanic celebration, but to know means a little historical study and laying aside audio input to reach the truth.
If you didn't know, Halloween was originally known as "Alls Hallowed Eve," which alone is filled with tips as to why this celebration has nothing to do with Satan and his demonic forces. "Hallowed," out right reveals the holiness of this eve. Interestingly enough, many of those shouting for the removal of Halloween from calendar as as Satanic celebration are simply universally wrong.
Quick research would reveal that Halloween is a Christian celebration, but you'd have to read to know that. On October 31 "All Saints Eve" is celebrated in the Western world. Notice the word "saint." "Saint represents a person especially holy in Christianity one of God's most faithful.
Does Halloween have any connect with Satanism? Yes, but it the connection is largely peripheral and minimal.
"In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic Festival of Samhain was observed on October 31, at the end of summer…. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes." Encyclopaedia Britannica,
However, that description exceptionally misleading and at least reckless in that Saheim was originally part of a Gaelic celebration from sundown October 30 until sunset November. It signaled the end of harvest and the coming of darkness (winter). A shift of belief in 9th Christianity changed the date of "All Saints Day" to November 1, which gradually morphed into "All Souls Day" celebrated on November 2. Eventually, Saheim and All Saints-All Souls came together to create halloween.
There is more drivel on a subject hardly worth discussing in a world of moderniity. Perhaps, the real evil here are the companies that profit from candy and costume sales. There are others, but the is made. By the way, kids don't give a rat's ass about demonic influences and satanism. It's goody night!
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