After scouring the articles about Christians and Halloween, I decided to post this one from :
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
THE DAY AFTER A PAGAN “HIGH HOLY DAY”
Well, Hallowe’en is over for another year. It is a day, as a Christian, that I typically ignore. My sensible parents never allowed us to participate in the event other than to deposit gospel tracts in the bags of the candy-beggars. (My daddy was a pastor). We always had a great time, though, rounding up various unused items from the household (old belt buckles, other stuff we didn’t want) and added them to their bags of goodies, hooting with glee as we closed the door behind the unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. It continues to be a day that we don’t acknowledge other than as a pagan holiday. It always seemes to weird to me when people greet each other with “Happy Hallowe’en”! Happy? HAPPY!!? Scary, silly, or even devilish would be a more appropriate adjective to describe the event. It troubles me to think of what is going on behind the closed doors of the growing number of Wiccans, earth-worshippers and Satanists on that day. I hear their numbers are growing rapidly as people are turning away from the living God to worship created things. A lot of physical and sexual abuse is taking place behind those closed doors. It was interesting and informative to watch a television show on VisionTV yesterday talking about the true origins of Hallowe’en. They didn’t make any bones about its pagan past and its pagan present, speaking of its growth in popularity throughout North America.
Well, enough rambling. I found a good article about the issue that I thought I would pass on. “What is This? Christians Celebrating Halloween?” written Ray Gano of Prophezine, likens it to the act of adultery, or flirting with an old boyfriend after geting married. If you and your family are still “celebrating” Hallowe’en, you need to reconsider doing that, and ask yourself if it brings honor to Christ.
DiscernIt 
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November 2, 2008 at 9:05 am
The Green Witch
Wish you hadn’t. Makes me despair even more about the amount of people who insist on telling people like me their opinion, and also insist on spreading erroneous and defamatory garbage about witchcraft and Wicca in general.
I think people like me get the fact that people like you don’t like witchcraft – why not concentrate on the beam in your own eye before you prejudicially cast aspersions on people you don’t know anything much about?
My dear, I assume from your site and writings that you are a thinking, feeling human being – try looking inward and accepting people are imperfect and bound to do things you dislike, and learn to forgive them. As we do!
Blessings,
The Green Witch
November 2, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Kim
Many people like to quote portions of the Do not Judge passage which is found in Matthew 7:1-6
Jesus used hyperbole to make a point. It says to first remove the plank from your own eye then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brothers eye.
This is of course referring to the brethren. Christian to Christian.
I can say that I am not participating in witchcraft. The Bible is very specific about witchcraft saying it is evil, and it is detestable to the Lord.
Deu 18:10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in* the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
Deu 18:12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord
2Ki 9:22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
2Ch 33:6 He sacrificed his sons in* the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
Mic 5:12 I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells.
Nah 3:4 all because of the wanton lust of a harlot, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft.
Gal 5:20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
These are not my words…they are God’s.
November 3, 2008 at 2:11 am
The Green Witch
Jesus was speaking about relationships man to fellow man, not specifically Christian to Christian. He was the first Christian, after all – had he been referring to those brethren he had managed to gather round him, the disciples would have been being fair, good and equable to very few people, so that particular portion of your argument doesn’t stack up.
I am aware of the simile – Jesus was reminding us gently that criticism of others should not be levelled until one had one’s own spiritual house well and truly in order.
You may indeed say you are not participating in witchcraft. I defend your right to believe whatever you please under the First Amendment; however my point remains that I don’t want to hear it. Witchcraft may be detestable to the Lord under your particular system of faith, but not to me. There’s a whole world of belief out there; this you already know.
If your argument from here on in consists in quoting large screeds of scripture at me, then you and I are not going to learn anything new. I was a Born Again Christian from birth to the age of 22. If you want to hear a little bit about what I believe and how I think, I’d be happy to tell you.
Blessings,
The Green Witch
November 3, 2008 at 8:54 am
Kim
Matthew 5-7 is the Sermon on the Mount. The entire sermon was preached to the Lord’s disciples. It reveals the standard of righteousness that Christ requires of all who belong to Him. And what standards they are. This is what drives us to our knees in utter despair to Jesus.
You are the one who brought forward a biblical passage yet when it is explained further, you do not want to hear it. And you do not want to hear any more biblical truths? Once someone is truly born again they receive the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit takes the Word of God and makes it alive, beautiful, and yes….convicting.
Is the Word of God convicting you and that is why you don’t want to hear it? You know the truth, and yet reject it?
Sorry, but i will defend all my positions with the Word of God.
November 3, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The Green Witch
Do please do so – but I hope you will acknowledge that the word of Jesus is broadcast in the New Testament for the edification of the masses – and so therefore the education of those same masses! Matthew would not have recounted the tale had he not believed Jesus was speaking not only to the Chosen Few but to his potential followers at large!
I assure you, I chose the biblical passage advisedly.
I’m afraid that I can see the word of God and appreciate it, but I am not minded to follow Jesus. I can see clearly that the excellence and perfection of his message is echoed in many faiths. Of course parts of the Bible, and of the Good News, speak to me, as they would to any thinking spiritually-aware person. Witches read the Bible too, and take great comfort and spiritual strength from the universal truths therein.
I chose specifically to renounce Jesus. I wonder, both from your tone and stance, whether the fact that I have openhandedly offered to share with you some of my thoughts and beliefs is giving you some qualms. I do hope not. It was a genuine gesture, an openhanded offer across lines of belief. If you would prefer that I left you alone, then of course, I will!
Blessings,
TGW
November 3, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Kim
TGW,
Yes, i agree with your first paragraph.
I have stacks of research on Wicca and witchcraft, but I do appreciate the offer.
December 21, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Clark
I suppose you don’t celebrate any holidays with pagan origins. You know, like Christmas or Easter. The Old Testament actually has a verse that instructs not to cut down a tree and bring it inside the house to be decorated. That was a pagan custom; until Christians (thank you Roman Catholic Church) started celebrating the birth of Jesus on the same day. “We’ll decorate a tree and call it a Christmas tree” they said; and we still do. We also highjacked Easter from the pagan fertility worhippers who celebrated the coming of spring. That’s why there’s a bunny and eggs mixed up with our celebration of the cross of Christ. We (Christians) took traditional pagan festivals and turned them into a celebration of things Christian. We could do the same with Halloween.
December 21, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Kim
Ah, I just commented on this verse on the Christmas article. And yes i do have a problem with the pagan customs myself. I do not do Halloween.