Hi.

When I was in the single's ministry, our ordinary day was meeting together to go reach out to unbelievers.  We use to have parties all the time for that reason.  So, on Halloween, we made the most of the opportunity and threw parties for our purpose.   There are many people out there who are looking for pure fun, and are tired of living impure lifestyles.  We use to have open mike nights and wine and cheese parties and the gatherings were pretty cool, and decent.   I don't think that on Halloween we were gathered together for Halloween.  I think we were being all things to all men to save some.

I believe it all depends on our faith.  Some may eat all things and some only vegetables.  If outreach during Halloween bothers the conscience, don't get into it, because anything that is done without faith is sin.  I believe in knowing why you do what you do and feeling secure in that, you can share your faith at a Halloween party with a clear conscience- as long as you are accompanied with other Christians who are strong in the faith.  I don't think it would be wise to go it all alone.

I say don't violate your conscience if it raises an objection. But for others who choose to celebrate it, them be.

My family doesn't for cultural as well as religious reasons.

I don't celebrate 31 October primarily because it's still observed by a small though arguably neglible "pagan" minority, though I will go to a costume party on days around the 31st.

Nov 6, 2010 -- 7:19PM, faith713 wrote:

I found out that Halloween is actually a Pagan holiday. Is it wrong for Christians to participate?

 

 

Don't just blindly follow the masses. know the history, the origins, and the reasons. You would be surprised by what you find(Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Halloween). Not saying it's wrong to celebrate on these days. You just need to know that the traditions were not born in Christianity. A simple search on the web will generate loads of information. There are a lot of pagan rituals adopted by the church some by choice and some not by choice.

You would be surprised to find out about some of the practices and procedures that go on in an typical Sunday service, how they got started(dressing up,ushers, pews, podiums). One example is people dressing up. Some say it's looking your best for God. I say hogwash.. God created us naked, man created clothes out of shame. Nothing we put on our bodies will impress God. In the church of old the rich got sat up front. One of the ushers duties was to sit the rich up front and they did so based on the way the people were dressed.

I'm not saying these things are wrong to do. I am saying, just be informed.