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Should Christians celebrate Halloween? Opinions differ between Christian leaders, lay people and church members. According to a CBN News Facebook poll, 87% of believers feel that Christians should not celebrate Halloween, while 13% believe it’s okay. 

Former Satanist John Ramirez recently joined Charlene Aaron on CBN News‘ Prayer Link to talk about Christians and Halloween.  “I was a general to the kingdom of darkness in witchcraft,” Ramirez said. “I would sit with the Devil and talk to him like I’m talking to you today. It was that kind of communication. It was that kind of relationship.”

Ramirez warns Halloween isn’t just about costumes and candy – there’s a much darker reality.

“Sometimes people say, ‘I celebrated Halloween 10 years ago, I did this 15 years ago, I did this 20 years ago.’ But the door’s still open. You just cursed your family from three to four generations,” Ramirez told CBN News.

“You have to be aware it’s a curse. You have to go back to the place where you started, that year that you started that Halloween thing, the celebration when you started having that encounter with the dark side. You have to go back to that same spot and renounce and renounce it in the name of Jesus Christ and ask God to forgive you for that so that God can have mercy and close that door so your whole family can move forward,” he continued.

Ramirez, now a pastor, knows all about the dark reality of Halloween. He once sacrificed animals as part of satanic rituals and his friends even knew him as “Lucifer’s son.”

Now as a born again believer, he strongly warns Christians against celebrating Halloween and participating in harvest festivals.

“The only harvest we should celebrate is the harvest of souls,” he adds.

Ramirez says that in his opinion the other events Christians hold instead of Halloween, such as “Trunk or Treat” nights, are really no different.

“Do you know any Satanists who say, ‘Hey, we’re going to come into Good Friday and we’re going to hang out with the Christians and we’re just going to call it a different name?”

However, Pastor Alan Rudnick believes that Christians should take back Halloween.

“Halloween is often associated with the pagan concept of Samhain, the festival where ancient pagans believed that the worlds of the living and dead would have been thinly divided,” he writes on his blog. “But, we have seen from the other ancient pagan festivals associated with Christmas and Easter that these pagan connections do not serve as a reason why we cannot celebrate a Christian holiday.”

According to the website Equipping Godly Women, Halloween can be a good opportunity for outreach and to teach about good vs. evil.

However, Anton LaVey, the late founder of the Church of Satan, once said he took joy in believers taking part in the tradition.

“I am glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year,” he said. “Welcome to Halloween.”

(Excerpt from CBN News.)

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suzan
November 12, 2019

Halloween is a Satanic holiday. Why would we as Christians acknowledge or celebrate it. The devil lies and says, “oh this is just about fun, costumes, and candy…what harm?” We are either for God or we are against Him. We cannot serve 2 masters. This does not celebrate our Lord. It should be taken seriously. Why would we invite the devil into our lives and the lives of our precious and innocent children. It is not worth it. Choose joy; choose God.

Peggy Adams
October 26, 2019

The Word of God says:
1 Thessalonians 5:22 (amp)
Abstain from everything that Appears to be evil (withdraw and keep away from it)

He also said
Psalm 118:24
this is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.

As Christians I believe we should not participate in the celebration of Halloween but we should celebrate and Praise Jesus throughout the day and night so that we can defeat the darkness that has taken that day has their day

Billie Cash
October 26, 2019

This is truth. We bow down . We should not celebrate it .. ever. Holy Father; Bring all people into the celebration only of our God day but day . Praise You! May You be high and lifted up… for You will draw all men unto You in Jesus’ Name

Ann Aschauer
October 26, 2019

For fifteen years some friends and I participated in a Halloween outreach called “Satan’s Worst Nightmare.” It was an outdoor, multimedia performance of the death, burial, resurrection, and ultimate victory of Jesus over Satan – from Satan’s point of view. We would have about 700 people pass through as they were trick or treating, and they would get free Bibles and tracts along with their candy, hot dogs, popcorn, and hot cider. I am writing a book (also entitled “Satan’s Worst Nightmare”) that tells of the struggles, confrontations, and battles we had as we worked to put this on every year, but all in all, it was worth every moment we put into it.

Lynn
October 26, 2019

Lord we stand and pray; please remove all the binding and blinding spirits.

Alvin
October 26, 2019

Well, no one said you shouldn’t go as a biblical hero. David. Samson. Moses. Daniel. Joseph. You already know some biblical heroes.

We need heroes in this age, people are looking for heroes to look up to. On this the secular culture has failed on other than films and merchandise.

    Kathy Rehberg
    October 31, 2019

    Alvin, I agree that we need more heroes in today’s world. I disagree that we allow our children (or ourselves) to dress in costumes of any kind on Halloween. It is participating in the same activity as the demons; a costume changes the identity of the person! That’s the entire point-don’t participate in a day set aside for demonic activity. We can show kids how to be heroes by our actions, pointing to modern day and Biblical heroes, and then showing them how to seek out God’s specific identity for themselves. We aren’t to be David or Moses or Goliath; we are to be who God wants us to be-OURSELVES. Dressing in the whole armor of God EVERY DAY is the only thing we should be dressing up in.
    I mean this in love and hope it doesn’t come across as the opposite. Like I said, I agree with you that this world needs heroes to look up to.

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