I appreciate this full-throated differentiation between the Christian holiday and what we know today as “Halloween.” I am realizing it’s problematic to say, “Halloween is a Christian holiday” because when I say that, most today will think of trick or treating and costumes. Something I do want to note, though, is that I believe a lot of neo-pagans and Satanists have greatly exaggerated the pagan origins to feed into the myth that the Catholic Church essentially appropriated pagan holidays. That’s something I believed as a young starry-eyed practitioner of Wicca only to discover it was largely unfounded revisionist history when I got older, part of the “Christ myth” claims of the 19th century. But it’s been ages since I looked into to. There’s no doubt that in modern times, the day overtly celebrates the demonic.
Exactly, even if it started as a Christian holiday, it's not anymore, at least not in the way people understand it. So it's important to differentiate the commercial "Halloween" with the actual holiday
Also this is the most dangerous feature of the naturalistic worldview IMO. Most modern people believe that flirting with the occult is perfectly innocent, because they do not believe any such spiritual influence exists.
I appreciate this full-throated differentiation between the Christian holiday and what we know today as “Halloween.” I am realizing it’s problematic to say, “Halloween is a Christian holiday” because when I say that, most today will think of trick or treating and costumes. Something I do want to note, though, is that I believe a lot of neo-pagans and Satanists have greatly exaggerated the pagan origins to feed into the myth that the Catholic Church essentially appropriated pagan holidays. That’s something I believed as a young starry-eyed practitioner of Wicca only to discover it was largely unfounded revisionist history when I got older, part of the “Christ myth” claims of the 19th century. But it’s been ages since I looked into to. There’s no doubt that in modern times, the day overtly celebrates the demonic.
Exactly, even if it started as a Christian holiday, it's not anymore, at least not in the way people understand it. So it's important to differentiate the commercial "Halloween" with the actual holiday
Also this is the most dangerous feature of the naturalistic worldview IMO. Most modern people believe that flirting with the occult is perfectly innocent, because they do not believe any such spiritual influence exists.
Perfectly said. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist"
This is right on 💯 truth!
Thanks for reading!
I think the problem is we project our convictions on others.
The goal of the Christian life is not to escape the world, but to redeem it.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5
How can we be light in the dark if we’re too busy, too afraid or “too good” to walk amongst it and redeem it.
Jesus ate with sinner, not to be influenced by them but to lead them to the truth.
I think in our 21st century Christianity we’re quick to give the devil more power than he actually has.