BY: CHESKA
Halloween is a contraction of “All Hallows’ Evening”, a celebration observed in number of countries on 31st of October. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films.
Those are fun and exciting activities, especially for kids. However, do you think christians should celebrate Halloween? Maybe, for some would “yes” while others would say “no”, so it depends on how they view this celebration.
Based on the CBN News Facebook poll results, 87% believers think that Christians should not celebrate Halloween, while 13% believe it’s okay.
Ex- Satanist, now Evangelist/Pastor John Ramirez discussed about Christians and Halloween on CBN News’ show Prayer Link”
He used to be called as “Lucifer's son” he knows exactly what’s the dark reality of Halloween and he wants to warn people about it.
He said: "I was a general to the kingdom of darkness in witchcraft, I would sit with the Devil and talk to him like I'm talking to you today. It was that kind of communication. It was that kind of relationship."
During the show, Evangelist Ramirez revealed that Halloween is not only about costumes and treats, there’s a darker side of it.
He told CBN News:
"Sometimes people say, 'I celebrated Halloween 10 years ago, I did this 15 years ago, I did this 20 years ago.' But the door's still open. You just cursed your family from three to four generations,"
"You have to be aware it's a curse. You have to go back to the place where you started, that year that you started that Halloween thing, the celebration, when you started having that encounter with the dark side. You have to go back to that same spot and renounce and renounce it in the name of Jesus Christ and ask God to forgive you for that so that God can have mercy and close that door so your whole family can move forward," he continued.
Photo credit: Via Facebook John Ramirez
Photo credit: Via Facebook John Ramirez
Photo credit: Via Facebook John Ramirez
Since he is now a born-again Christian, he is urging every Christian not to celebrate Halloween and participate in harvest festivals.
"The only harvest we should celebrate is the harvest of souls," he continued
In his opinion, other activities that Christians participate instead of Halloween like “Trunk or Treat” night is no different.
He said: "Do you know any Satanists who say, 'Hey, we're going to come into Good Friday and we're going to hang out with the Christians and we're just going to call it a different name?"
But, Pastor Alan Rudnick thinks that believers should take back Halloween.
He writes on his blog: "Halloween is often associated with the pagan concept of Samhain, the festival where ancient pagans believed that the worlds of the living and dead would have been thinly divided,"
"But, we have seen from the other ancient pagan festivals associated with Christmas and Easter that these pagan connections do not serve as a reason why we cannot celebrate a Christian holiday."
And, as stated on the website Equipping Godly Women, Halloween can be a good opportunity for outreach and teach about good versus evil.
However, the late founder of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey once said that he was happy that Christians are participating in the tradition.
He said:
"I am glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year,"
"Welcome to Halloween."
So netizens what about you? What do you believe in? Do you think Christians should participate in Halloween activities or not? Share your thoughts with us!
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