Thoughts on Halloween?

I personally think even though it may have started out as a pagan thing, today it's pretty much commercialized and fun. (Not that commercialism is great, I just don't think it's necessarily SINFUL.) My old pastor once talked about I think the Percy Jackson books when kids at the church were having similar concerns... He basically said, if something is making you feel weird and uncomfortable, then don't get involved with it. If you feel comfortable and not worried, and you're just having fun, then it's probably alright. If you approach it with the mindset of a fun celebration/tradition that has no more deeper meaning than candy and spending time with loved ones doing something special, I don't think that's an issue. My church actually used to have a harvest festival on Halloween and there would be various games to win little toys and candy, a bouncy house, a cake walk, and everyone got dressed up in costumes. It was a ton of fun and I'm sad to have aged out of it :(

I am 10 and I am thankful that I still get to do these things

whos aging out? Im just staying in and gonna hand out candy

If parents tell us not to take candy from strangers, why do we have Halloween?

And if our Parents tell us not to talk to strangers, then how do we make friends

It began as All Hallows Eve, the Celtic equivalent of new year's eve. It was believed that on that night, the cairns (sacred mounds, usually tombs of some sort) would open, and creatures of the Otherworld could walk freely in ours.This included both fey (fair folk, or elves, if you will) and demons. And neither were on particularly good terms with humans. You can read many stories in Celtic mythology about the harm done to humans by fey and monsters (a particularly good one is the story of Finn McCool, a man who kills a monster with an Otherworldly weapon).

My point in saying this? It shows the roots of it in paganism, and even today celebrates death and horror, neither of which are things for Christians (who have been redeemed from death and in Christ have nothing to fear) to celebrate.

Perhaps you could argue I'm being rather hypocritical, given my change of username. Maybe you'd be right. I'm more doing it for the memes than for the point of celebrating All Hallows Eve, so I'm somewhat justified.

The majority of Christian standpoints have it that All Hallows Eve (Which is presently in reference to All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day) is a day spent in mockery of evil.

so what are your thoughts on D00M?

You mean the video game? I myself don't play it, but from what I know of it, it's not inherently bad. I could be wrong in that, though.

cool

It's about as un-Christian as a game about killing demons in Hell with a shotgun gets.

its weird because the main character (DOOM guy) is supposed to be catholic

Bruh.

You are basically shooting Satan's minions.

and?

How is killing Satan's minions Satanic?

I thought you said the game is un-christian

That was a sarcastic comment.

It is not so much the death itself that is celebrated, but the redemption that was bought by it.

Because His death was the precise moment He defeated the enemy, not because of His death in and of itself. While His death was necessary to achieve that victory, it's not that aspect that we celebrate.

I celebrate reformation day insteas