Do you think Halloween is literally evil?

[Frank Goad]

Do you think Halloween is literally evil?I would say yes.I think Halloween has dark tones and light tones to it.

 

[Lain]

I don't think it is. To me it's just a day to remember the damned and the evil things in this world. But I am not sure what you mean by "literally evil," but if it's that (what I just said) then yes I'd agree.

 

[Altfish]

Do you think Halloween is literally evil?I would say yes.I think Halloween has dark tones and light tones to it.

No, it is a money spinning exercise that my grandkids enjoy.

 

[sun rise]

No, I know it's not. Friends of mine have made a fun day for children with helpful fairies and so forth. There's nothing at all dark about what they've created.

 

[Rival]

No.

 

[Yazata]

Do you think Halloween is literally evil?

Definitely not. I like Halloween and it's always been one of my favorite holidays. It's fun and it gives people a chance to kind of thumb their noses at some of humanity's most common fears.

 

[RestlessSoul]

All Hallows’ Eve precedes the Christian festival of All Hallows’ Day, which is a day for remembering, and praying for the souls of the dead. It may well have been a pagan festival before this.

Halloween with pumpkins, bats, decorations, trick or treat etc, is very much a recent, American innovation. Some families with kids observe that aspect of it in the U.K., but when I was a kid, Guy Fawkes Night on November 5th was a much bigger festival. That one seems to be dying out a bit, apart from a few public fireworks displays, which also coincide with Diwali fireworks.

 

[Eddi]

No I don't

It's harmless commercialism

 

[Revoltingest]

Halloween is wonderful.
It brought us....

 

[The Crimson Universe]

All Hallows’ Eve precedes the Christian festival of All Hallows’ Day, which is a day for remembering, and praying for the souls of the dead. It may well have been a pagan festival before this.

Halloween with pumpkins, bats, decorations, trick or treat etc, is very much a recent, American innovation. Some families with kids observe that aspect of it in the U.K., but when I was a kid, Guy Fawkes Night on November 5th was a much bigger festival. That one seems to be dying out a bit, apart from a few public fireworks displays, which also coincide with Diwali fireworks.

I read a book long ago where there was a mention of a festival called 'Samhain' which was celebrated before Halloweeen became popular. On the night of Samhain the veil between the physical world and the spirit world becomes thin and on this night the spirits of the dead come down to Earth where they feast on the offerings left by their relatives. Do you think this Samhain is that pagan festival you were speaking of?

 

[RestlessSoul]

I read a book long ago where there was a mention of a festival called 'Samhain' which was celebrated before Halloweeen became popular. On the night of Samhain the veil between the physical world and the spirit world becomes thin and on this night the spirits of the dead come down to Earth where they feast on the offerings left by their relatives. Do you think this Samhain is that pagan festival you were speaking of?

Yeah, that rings a bell, could be the one. Most religious festivals follow the rhythm of the seasons in some way. Halloween is about a month from the autumn equinox, when day has begun to give way to night.