Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
Sure. All Saints' Day is a feast day in the Catholic church and is followed by All Souls' day, when all the dead are remembered and prayed for. The eve of All Saints is Hallowe'en of course (from All Hallows Even).ell does your religion believe in celebrating Halloween or Samhein The Day OF The Dead? Or does it claim Halloween is evil?
Amen to that. But he's going to have to ask for an extension, if only to finalise his mad withdrawal deal - and then he may not get it through the Commons. All is not lost.In my opinion Halloween will be evil here in the UK this year if we leave the EU on October 31st, as our idiot Prime Minister has promised.
Halloween is considered very “American” where I live. (Not there’s any ill will towards American culture of course.)
Still, a bunch of lollies and a Simpsons Halloween special is enough for me to semi adopt it.
He claimed we would leave on October 31st come what may, do or die, he would sooner be dead in a ditch if that didn't happen.Amen to that. But he's going to have to ask for an extension, if only to finalise his mad withdrawal deal - and then he may not get it through the Commons. All is not lost.
I'm shocked that you are acting as a "cultural Chernobyl", as a French minister once described EuroDisney.Where i live, Halloween was unheard of 5 years ago. American and Canadian friends along with our family started putting up decorations outside our houses and got our kids to invite a few french kids to go trick or treating.
Met with bewilderment by at the french at first, but for the last couple of years they are catching on and joining in. Last year we had 8 groups of trick or treaters (we hope for more this year), the year before five and the year before that only 2.
We live in a small (mostly catholic village) and consider this a major step in cultural relations.
It is closely followed by Toussaints, or all saints day/day of the dead. Where local villagers spend their day at the cemetery, having a picnic lunch, chatting and offering a drink or two to their dead ancestors. So maybe Halloween is not that weird.
But the whole country knows he is a congenital liar, so what's the surprise?He claimed we would leave on October 31st come what may, do or die, he would sooner be dead in a ditch if that didn't happen.
Boris comes out of the same mould as that idiot across the pond!But the whole country knows he is a congenital liar, so what's the surprise?
I'm shocked that you are acting as a "cultural Chernobyl", as a French minister once described EuroDisney.
Yes Bozolini has tried to copy a lot of the ideas, including that of undermining the institutions of the democratic state by painting them as being in opposition to the will of Das Volk - which he, naturally, represents.Boris comes out of the same mould as that idiot across the pond!
ell does your religion believe in celebrating Halloween or Samhein The Day OF The Dead? Or does it claim Halloween is evil?
That would be even worse!Halloween is awesome! Trick or tract-ing for evangelism!
My religion takes no stance on Halloween. As a matter of fact, my church often has Halloween parties for the kids. Personally, I hate the holiday, but it has nothing to do with a belief that it's evil.ell does your religion believe in celebrating Halloween or Samhein The Day OF The Dead? Or does it claim Halloween is evil?
ell does your religion believe in celebrating Halloween or Samhein The Day OF The Dead? Or does it claim Halloween is evil?
Halloween is an imagination celebration. It's roots are the Christian holy days of All Souls Day and All Saints Day. It is not connected with Samhain. If it were pagan, it would be a harvest festival or something similar.ell does your religion believe in celebrating Halloween or Samhein The Day OF The Dead? Or does it claim Halloween is evil?
The trick or treating and pumpkins have roots in the Celtic Samhaim festival.Halloween is an imagination celebration. It's roots are the Christian holy days of All Souls Day and All Saints Day. It is not connected with Samhain. If it were pagan, it would be a harvest festival or something similar.
The irony of those allegations: festival customs were done to ward off evil.I fail to see how a festival celebrating the harvest and commemorating the beloved dead would be "evil".
Trick or treating have nothing to do with Samhaim. It's an American tradition that developed in the 20th century.The trick or treating and pumpkins have roots in the Celtic Samhaim festival.