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Should Christians celebrate Halloween?
By Faye Dianne M. Gayo
Everybody agrees that this is a very controversial topic. Halloween or All-Hallow-Eve is usually celebrated on the first day of November. Unaware of the risk they are taking, most parents let their children participate during the 'trick or treat' and costume parties wearing those scary costumes. Before getting into that point, let's take a closer look at first on how, where, and when it began.
“The origin of Halloween are Celtic in tradition and have something to do with observing the end of summer sacrifices to gods in Druidic tradition. In what is now Britain and France, it was the beginning of the Celtic year, and they believed Samhain (sow-in), the lord of death, sent evil spirits abroad to attack humans, who could escape only by assuming disguises and looking like evil spirits themselves. The waning of the sun and the approaching of dark winter made the evil spirits rejoice and play nasty tricks. Believe it or not, most of our Halloween practices can be traced back to these old pagan rites and superstitions.”
Knowing the origin of Halloween might give us the very obvious answer to our title's question – NO! And to make it clearer, there are some points that will support the answer. The celebration of Halloween has no such Christian spiritual features. It is an evils turf. And we are commanded not to become involved with the unfruitful works of darkness (Eph. 5:11).
But then despite of knowing this information, many people still participate in this event. And this are the people who are either un-aware of its roots or are intentionally promoting a world where evil is lauded and viewed as an ultimate power.
According to William J. Schnoebelen, an author and a former witch high priest now saved by Jesus, this problem can be traced back to the children being exposed to Halloween at a younger age. It is hard enough to raise children these days in a godly way without exposing them to Satan's realm.
The debate will likely continue, but the Bible is clear that Christians should oppose sorcery, witchcraft, and the occult -- and should not do anything that would encourage or advance such practices or beliefs.
