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T'was the Night Before Hallowmas


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So -- Halloween is about here. What's a balanced way to view this holiday? Is it pagan? If it was, is it okay to celebrate now? Should Christians categorize this with "works of darkness?" Well, to be fair, I don't go too much into how Christians should respond -- that's on you -- but rather take a look at the history of this holiday to decipher whether or not it always was a "pagan" holiday or if some of the ghoulishness and gore are relatively recent infusions into this holiday.


Here's the links I mentioned in the podcast:

An article mentioning why Christians essentially shouldn't celebrate it, since it is reportedly pagan in origin: https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/it-wrong-celebrate-halloween

An admittedly more scholarly and unbiased article correcting the misinformation proffered in the article above: https://historyforatheists.com/2021/10/is-halloween-pagan/?unapproved=43672&moderation-hash=865f37ac85ef34cef7f178a91341dbaa#comment-43672

Hope this helps clear things up a little bit!

Music credit: "Cute Avalanche" by RKVC - No Copyright (Thanks, RKVC!)

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