Halloween and the Bible: What’s the Connection? - Absolutely zero. Let’s be honest here, the Bible says absolutely zero about Halloween - accept that. One can’t cherry pick verses taken completely out of cultural and historical context and try to make them fit. Further these verses typically refer not to the historical facts concerning the origins of the holiday, but rather the legend, lore, assumptions, myths, and perhaps more importantly, the misinformation, outright lies and religious paranoia that surround it. To say Halloween’s connections to ancient Samhain, or anything “ancient” for that matter, are, at best, extremely tenuous, would be grossly overstating the facts. Virtually all of the customs associated with the modern secular celebration of Halloween developed only in the past 500 years and have no connections to ancient pagan religious practices. In short, Halloween just does not have the “pagan precedent” so many people seem to desperately want it to. Even the concept of ‘Trick or Treat’ is a relatively new phenomenon, originating from right here in the USA from about the 1920’s or so, and represents a mix of cultures, capitalism, and accommodation. All three holidays, Halloween, All Saint’s Day, and Samhain share a common date and perhaps a “feeling”, but that’s really about it. Indeed, so much of Halloween “feels” Pagan that attempts to connect those things to ancient Samhain simply “feels right”.
thank you for this insightful reply! I am always learning and since it is Halloween I was curious what, and if , there was a connection, hence this video. God bless you.
Halloween and the Bible: What’s the Connection? - Absolutely zero.
Let’s be honest here, the Bible says absolutely zero about Halloween - accept that. One can’t cherry pick verses taken completely out of cultural and historical context and try to make them fit. Further these verses typically refer not to the historical facts concerning the origins of the holiday, but rather the legend, lore, assumptions, myths, and perhaps more importantly, the misinformation, outright lies and religious paranoia that surround it.
To say Halloween’s connections to ancient Samhain, or anything “ancient” for that matter, are, at best, extremely tenuous, would be grossly overstating the facts. Virtually all of the customs associated with the modern secular celebration of Halloween developed only in the past 500 years and have no connections to ancient pagan religious practices.
In short, Halloween just does not have the “pagan precedent” so many people seem to desperately want it to.
Even the concept of ‘Trick or Treat’ is a relatively new phenomenon, originating from right here in the USA from about the 1920’s or so, and represents a mix of cultures, capitalism, and accommodation.
All three holidays, Halloween, All Saint’s Day, and Samhain share a common date and perhaps a “feeling”, but that’s really about it. Indeed, so much of Halloween “feels” Pagan that attempts to connect those things to ancient Samhain simply “feels right”.
thank you for this insightful reply! I am always learning and since it is Halloween I was curious what, and if , there was a connection, hence this video. God bless you.