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Selling Your Soul for CandySelling Your Soul for CandyEvery year Halloween rolls by and more and more people participate in all the hoopla that comes with it. What's more surprising is that people who consider themselves Christians also partake in the fiasco. The saddest part is that children who are not mature enough to make decisions for themselves, and can't understand what the concept of Halloween is, let alone what spiritual dangers lie therein (as far as entrapping one's soul), are paraded up and down the street, partaking in the ritual of dressing up in exchange for candy. The question is "Would you knowing, and with a good understanding of Halloween, it's concept, practices and repercussions, sell your soul for candy?" If not, then "why do most parents allow their naive children to unknowingly sell their souls for candy?" It is no coincidence, that the celebration of Halloween coincides with the recognition of the passing of souls, wherein the Christians hold remembrance services to honour the souls of their departed ones, and as thus recognize the 1st Nov. as "All Saints' Day", and the Catholics recognize the 2nd Nov. as "All Souls' Day"; while the Spanish Catholic celebrate "The Day of the Dead." on the 3rd Nov. supposedly with their departed loved ones, by taking food, playing games and other stuff they believe. Who are you really "Trick or Treating" with? In case you didn't know, it really is the devil or satan. Like someone adequately put it
While some are 'praying' for the souls of the departed that they might find eternal rest, Halloween is instead to rouse their souls and cause fear. It is more of a satanic ritual which many partakers are ignorant of. I'm not a pastor, nor do I know all about Halloween, but the little I know especially regarding the spiritual dangers and repercussions is sufficient enough for me to know and make a choice, that this is one event that neither I nor my immediate family will be participating in. If you aren't well versed in what it represents spiritually, you may want to refer to your Pastor, Rabbi, Imam or Reverend for a better explanation, so you can make an informed choice. A good explanation of the 31st Oct. celebration which holds on the eve of the day chosen to honour the departed can be read here: http://www.exposingsatanism.org/halloween.htm I remember some years back while discussing with an ex-friend who mentioned that his children were going to be celebrating Halloween, after he returned from celebrating it at his office. When I questioned his reasoning, since he purports himself to be a Christian, he was very defensive and rude, and I thought it best to leave him to continue to embrace that which he naively believed to be innocent. One lesson I learnt all over again, that very day was that sometimes some people need to make their own mistakes no matter how grave it was. As the Nigerian proverb states "One cannot stop a dog that refuses to hear the owner's whistle." Sometimes, we foreigners migrate to America or other foreign lands, and readily and quickly embrace ideologies, concepts, doctrines, behaviours, celebrations, etc., that we do not understand all in the effort to be Americanized, westernized or to be politically correct; but sometimes the end results aren't necessarily what we bargain for. When repercussions are physical, emotional or psychological, solutions may be easier (not necessarily easy) to seek and gain; but when the repercussions are spiritual, the impact is usually more complicated, and it usually takes longer, or may even be impossible to extricate ourselves from them. The key is to seek knowledge and understand whatever is foreign or new to us, and then to be discerning and use good judgment whenever we are exposed to, rather than simply embracing everything that is thrust at us. Cxsm 8th Nov. '05 © Cxsm 2005 All Rights Reserved |
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Cxsm, I wish you had my old posting from the old site...man, this was a hot topic for me back then!!! | ||
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RE: [Esan_Community] Selling Your Soul for Candy
Thanks for ruining my halloween bash, hehehehe! 
Common now, i understand your take and i am not defending halloween party or trick/treating, i just think that it is not as serious as you take it to be. what's wrong with having fun at the expense of the devil or rejoicing with the saints? thanks for the contribution, it is indeed a good one. now, i have a reason to stop my kids from celebrating halloween but i am not sure one of my child is going to buy it, hehehehe. 
Iguade 10/28/06 |
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Re: Selling Your Soul for Candy
I find your theory very interesting. At an early age I was taught that Halloween meant the Eve of All Hallows, and it was a sacred time on the Christian calendar. Like many current religious rituals, its origins were pagan. This ritual was modified and incorporated into the Catholic (or Christian) church centuries ago. It has since, however, evolved into the hoopla that we see in the USA today - and for many, the original meaning is unknown. Nevertheless, Halloween is meant to ward off death and evil by calling on the saints and other good spirits, it was not meant to conjure up evil (I think that concept came with capitalism and commercialization). Now, just because this was the way I had been taught, it doesn't mean that it's correct 
Karen C. Aboiralor 11/17/05 |
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Re: Selling Your Soul for Candy
Hello Karen, You were correct about the origin and history of Halloween. I think it was only taken seriously by Catholic and Anglican churches. Most everyone else regard Halloween as a "Halmark Holiday", just another trumped up commercialization to sell candy and costumes and is regarded as spiritually void. Adaoma |
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Halloween in Nigeria?
http://naijapositive.myfastforum.org/about1552.html |
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