From: God's Minute <devotions@godsminute.org>
Subject: Good afternoon everyone
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 12:30pm
Untitled document The History of "Halloween".
Dear Cecil,
As our children get ready to go "Trick-or-Treating" let us
learn a little about the day "Halloween." Therefore Cecil,
we will depart from our usual message to take a look at a
pagan holiday, that changed because of Christianity, and
thus became a Holy Day that is still observed in some
Denominations still today!
Therefore we will look at a ancient pagan ritual, that is still
practiced today. It's original name was "Samhain," however
we know it as "Halloween."
"Samhain" began at sundown on October 31st and extended
into the following day. According to the Celtic pagan religion,
known as Druidism, the spirits of those who had died roamed
the earth on "Samhain" evening. This night was much feared by
the Celtic people, and they sought to ward off the spirits with
offerings of food and drink.
The dark side of this event was the fact that the Celts built
bonfires, at so called sacred sights, and sometimes preformed
rituals involving HUMAN and/or Animal Sacrifices, to honor Druid
gods. Samhain was abandoned only when the people converted
to Christianity during the very early middle ages.
Now during that period of time the Church often incorporated
modified versions of ancient pagan rituals in order to win
converts. For example, Pope Gregory IV successfully replaced
"Samhain" with All Saints Day, which fell on November 1, thus
the evening of October 31 became known as All Hallows' Even,
which was later shortened to Halloween. All Souls Day, as it is
known as today, is a Holy Day in the Roman Catholic, and
Anglican Churches, honoring those who have passed away.
Some aspects of this ancient pagan tradition thought to be
incompatible with Christianity, were linked with folk beliefs
about evil spirits. In British folklore, small magical fairies
became associated with Halloween mischief. The jack-o-lantern,
originally carved from a turnip, originated in medieval Scotland.
A small candle would be put into the turnip, that had a scary face
carved on it. This was to be lit at night and displayed to scare off
evil spirits which they feared roamed about that night.
Between the 15th & 17th Centuries, Europe was seized by a
hysterical fear of witches, who were thought to ride flying brooms
and to assume the form of black cats. Thus the images of witches
and black cats soon joined other European superstitions as
symbols of Halloween.
In the 19th & early 20th Centuries, young people often
observed Halloween by perpetrating minor acts of vandalism,
such as overturning sheds or breaking windows. Beginning in
the 1930's, Halloween mischief gradually transformed into the
modern ritual of trick-or-treating, though some still choose to
perform acts of vandalism on Halloween still today.
A final note, Cecil, is the fact that Halloween is the high
holy day of the satanic church. So it still bears a very dark
side indeed, even today!
References: ( Encarta Reference Library 2008, and the
Encyclopedia Britannica 2006. )
All My Love & Prayers,
Pastor Allen
hello all i like knowing the truth about that don't you
today's blog is call
{take up your cross }
last night i was reading the bible and i saw where jesus told about taking up your cross and following him did you ever think about what he was saying when he said that he was telling that he was not here for him self but for us to show us the love of the father god in heaven he came not on his will but on gods he came to teach and to show love and he tell us to take up are cross he is saying to not think of your self but to think of others more then your self it saying dont be so self center be about others helping loving and caring
show the love the lord has given you
people we all need not to be self seeking but do for others as we would have them do on to us that means if your being mean to someone you want them to be mean to you so think about it help the person next to you and pray for the one who is living a worldly life doing drugs and just not see things as god gives them to you it is also tells about when he went to the cross he went for us not him self he paid for our sins we could not do it our self he paid and his blood washed us clean and we need to tell others about his love he is coming soon and we all need to work with the ones who don't no him or the ones who don't believe in him we must have the hole body of christ to do it get your church together and go out and tell about the love of god and i know i would like to say god loves you if you get a chance go www.jvim.com and watch some of there shows they show the way the world is and the way the bible tells the last day well be we are in them now our freedom here in the usa is about up really it is obama is about to give it all away yell he is trying to become over the hole world that's what the bible tells about in the last days but god tells us not to fear and you well not if you ask jesus in your heart and ask god to forgive you when you ask jesus in heart you are born again i know if you been to church you heard that saying it a good one and your life well be so much better then it is now god loves you and i know this message was in my heart all nigth last and i know someone needed to read it i hope it blesses you and yours today and if you have not ask him in do so now he love and wants you to take your place in heaven where it all about love there well be no bad mood no more pain and crying no more fights and no more evil sin well be gone heaven is sin free well i prayed over this that someone well be touch by the truth now when you read the bible pray before you do it ask god to give you wisdom and clearde i don't now if i spelled it right but i do it the way it sound to me well i hope you all have a good weekend and go to church tomorrow you well be blessed god loves you and me well god bless you all cecil and jason the burdette boy's and always put god first and all other things after him and end your prayers in jesus name he is the reason why we are forgiven his blood washed us clean and he is the reason for the season coming up in dec it's his birth date not that anyone truly knows when he was born but that what chirstmas is about some other say it not but we know it is well god loves you and so do we cece and jj
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