Halloween and Christianity

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well i always wonder and think.............

jus thinking.....hope it dsnt sound silly?.....but is their connection between halloween and christianity? is it appropriate to celebrate this day?

wots the purpose? dse this day represent something significant? is it linked with modern pagan? dse paganism still exist?

the reason am asking the above questions coz i was watching this programme on BBC....but am still unclear?......

wots the reason behind this day?.....

and others are welcome to answer the above questions inshalah....hope am not offending anyone inshalah...slightly confused...i apologise before hand....

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Re: jus a random question regarding halloween?......

AsalamuAlaykum,

i thought it was sumin made up!
 
Re: jus a random question regarding halloween?......

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day'' (also known as "All Saints' Day"). In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation . Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.

Halloween is often associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).
 
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Halloween in the United States is not religous. Its a day to celebrate the harvest (thats what it was originally). I studied halloween in school, I think its more of a national holiday now.
 
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lolll i didnt kno dat :rollseyes

^more like u juz copied and pasted it 4rm da net hehe lol

haloween annoys me so bad, dese lil anoyin kidz cumn 2 ur door, ur like go away weirdoz ^o)
 
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AbdulHassanAmir said:
Halloween in the United States is not religous. Its a day to celebrate the harvest (thats what it was originally). I studied halloween in school, I think its more of a national holiday now.
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i think you are thinking of thanksgiving. that is the harvest festival and it is a national holiday.
halloween has become more of just a fun thing for kids, tho i think in the Never Ending Quest for More Consumers that now They've gotten adults to buy customs and stuff too.
 
Hmmmmmmmn. fancy! I always thought it a pagan holiday-- who knew?
thanks for link
 
I don't know if I'm allowed to post a link to an article I posted on my website. If I'm not then I'm sure a mod will remove it and reprove me.

http://www.beaconoftruth.com/halloween.htm

It is one of many pagan holydays (called holidays) which the mainstream "Christian Church" has adopted in the quest to assimilate pagans into the "Church". This fits with the practice of Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, commonly known as Constantine the Great who adulterated the Christian faith with pagan practice. This is why the Roman Catholic Church prays to statues, venerates Mary as a goddess, worships the Pope as if he were God himself...

I will say no more as this is a sore point with me.:grumbling

Other than that I have no strong feelings on the subject.
 
hallowen

does anyone find hallowen the most annoyingst day of the year, i hate it so much cos they come to your house every 2 minutes begging for sweets while celebrating the saytan and i know people who also live in non muslim country would undertand :heated: :heated: :grumbling :grumbling
 
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mohammed farah said:
does anyone find hallowen the most annoyingst day of the year, i hate it so much cos they come to your house every 2 minutes begging for sweets while celebrating the saytan and i know people who also live in non muslim country would undertand :heated: :heated: :grumbling :grumbling
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It's not so bad here where I live. No trick-and-treaters so far at all. There may be after school ends, but we put a no-trick-and-treaters sign in the window, turn the front door light off and don't answer the door ...

It'll all be over tomorrow ... :rollseyes
 
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glo said:
we put a no-trick-and-treaters sign in the window, turn the front door light off and don't answer the door ...
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lol

in my country we dont see pples asking for sweets... SOME ppls do halloween partys n thats all (cuz at school, they teach abt halloween n why its bad :D )
so, i dont get bothered abt it ;D
 

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