#holyween

[lord-here-i-am]

In this passage, God instructs the Israelites through Moses to avoid any involvement with occult practices, which were common among neighboring nations. The warning specifically prohibits consulting with spirits, divining (predicting the future), sorcery, and necromancy (communicating with the dead). Each of these practices implies seeking knowledge or power apart from God, which the Bible calls "an abomination," meaning deeply offensive to God.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[gemstoneandtriangle]

I'm going Trick or Treating, Witches! May pop in every now and then, but consider me offline!

[lord-here-i-am]

Halloween, celebrated on October 31, has origins in the ancient Celtic festival Samhain, a pagan tradition marking the end of the harvest season and the start of winter. Samhain included rituals to ward off spirits, as people believed this day blurred the boundary between the living and the dead. Over centuries, it was Christianized to become “All Hallows’ Eve,” the day before All Saints' Day.

Reasons to avoid "Halloween"

Halloween’s focus on death, ghosts, and the supernatural can conflict with Christian values, which emphasize the celebration of life, light, and goodness over darkness and death.

While often just in fun, dressing up as demons, witches, or monsters can trivialize or even glorify evil.

Celebrating Halloween without awareness of its deeper meaning may inadvertently desensitize people, especially children, to concepts of good and evil, fostering a casual attitude toward things.

Alternative "Holyween"

Christians celebrate by hosting “All Saints’ Day” parties where children dress up as saints or positive historical figures. Many communities hold fall festivals or “harvest nights” with wholesome games, activities, and treats, celebrating the season without darker themes.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Dead and already rotting; hollow and empty with a hole in your head; a grotesque false grin; completely unnatural; aping and appropriating pagan traditions; forced by someone else to be something you were never intended to be; the light existing independent of you being a pumpkin, and placed inside you actually creates more shadows; irrelevant and unnecessary the overwhelming majority of the time.

When you realise something can be both completely fucking mental and completely fucking accurate at the same time.

[lord-here-i-am]

Der Bamberger Erzbischof Ludwig Schick hat sich kritisch zu Halloween-Feiern geäußert. Diese verbreiteten Angst und Schrecken, erklärte Schick in einem am Samstag auf der Internetseite seines Erzbistums veröffentlichten Interview. Das sei mit Christentum und christlichem Leben unvereinbar, vor allem wenn es auch noch zu Sachbeschädigungen komme. "Im Christentum und in der Kirche geht es immer um das Vertrauen auf Gott, das von der Angst vor bösen Geistern, vor Furcht und Schrecken befreit. Der christliche Glaube will das Wahre, Gute und Schöne bewahren und ausbreiten."

Halloween wird am 31. Oktober gefeiert und hat seine Ursprünge in einem keltischen Winter- und Totenfest. Nach der Christianisierung Irlands wurde es mit dem Allerheiligenfest in Verbindung gebracht, woher sich der Name "All Hallows' Eve" (Vorabend von Allerheiligen) ableitet. Irische Auswanderer brachten das Fest in die USA, von wo in den letzten Jahrzehnten populäre Bräuche wie das Kürbisschnitzen und Verkleiden zurück nach Europa gelangten. Kirchenvertreter kritisieren immer wieder die Kommerzialisierung des Festes und den Verlust seines christlichen Inhalts.

Polnische Exorzisten betonten, Halloween sei "kein unschuldiger, sorgloser Spaß". Es bestehe die Gefahr, dass so "böse Geister" einzögen. "Der Teufel ist nicht lustig", mahnten sie.

[jaybirdunique]

Enjoy your Halloween HolyWeen

Be safe. Don't drink and drive. Smoke and drive be safe everyone.

[jaybirdunique]

Holyween yes lordt say yes to Jesus on Halloween