Enjoy this second installment of our inter-season sneak peeks at our Patreon-exclusive show: The Dusty Tome. In this episode, Ben explores the origin of Halloween.
Can’t help but realize what Halloween should be and what it’s become. Celebrating the saints that have gone to be The Lord and especially our Christian relatives who died in the faith sounds like an amazing holiday full of history, joy and reflection.
James, i also urge caution with this. Celebrate CHRIST and all HE'S Done; Amen. But, remember the boarders of Holy Scripture -the direct Commands of GOD Concerning Those who have died. With GOD'S Given Balance, "whatever you do, do unto ____"!!-) GOD Bless. ~ sDg
@@CHRISTSlave7 I agree you don’t need to pray for the dead. That’s a Catholic thing. It was just a thought I had. Kind of like a Christian heritage day or something.
Let me ask you this, according to Deuteronomy 12:28-31, SHOULD we be “redeeming” pagan practices to use them in worshipful celebrations to Yahweh? Does a time gap really disconnect a holiday from its true meanings? That’s kind of like saying age or location dictates whether a baby is human or not… ie in the womb or out, sort of argument. And that is absurd to say that ancient people, learned or “unlearned”, did not think about the shape of the earth. Every culture has ancient cosmology. They knew very well what they believed.
Redeeming pagan traditions is exactly what the malfunction was with the golden calf incident. If you read it carefully in Exodus 32, who exactly were they worshipping? Who exactly did Aaron declare a feast to in celebration of the golden calf? Looking at the Hebrew words might be helpful if you have a concordance/Bible app.
My thoughts on this would be that there are inappropriate "hows" and "whys". For example, incense is good as long as it was in the temple by the right people. Aaron's sons wouldn't have been struck down if they hadn't tried to offer their strange fire to God. The redemption of giving alms or gathering to remember past saints isn't sinful, otherwise charities or funerals would not be attended by Christians. I agree that time isn't the sole determinant in whether or not a celebration is pagan. I believe we should redeem the whole calendar in Christ's name. 10/31 doesn't belong to the pagans so we should take it. That being said, modern Halloween is mostly if not all pagan and should be replaced. Hopefully this comes off as constructive, not argumentative. Lord bless.
@LintCollection What's crazy to think about for me is that christians, for centuries, have gone out of their way to "redeem" pagan holidays, but when it comes to God's holy days..." No, those are done away with"! There already is an appointed time set apart by God around October. It's called Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). There is no need for believers to adopt or replace pagan holidays when we already have God's appointed times.
@@LintCollection but incense is not inherently a pagan practice. It was commanded by God. I’m not speaking against a holiday to commemorate saints of the faith, I’m arguing that that was not a legitimate “overtaking” of the Halloween holiday…as in that’s not what they were doing… they were mixing and mingling in order to “Christianize” a pagan culture. and that God does not want us to reclaim or redeem worldly holidays. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 explicitly says so. All days of the year belong to God, as does every inch of creation. However the days are evil & the god of this worldly system has got everyone good and deceived. Where in the Bible does it say to reclaim all the days for God? It says come out of the world (system) and be separate.
The thing when it comes to redeeming something is it has to start out good and then turn bad. When it comes to Sanhaim, we know the practices used had origins with necromancy, witchcraft, and overall just demon worship, basically. We know Samhain came first. Even if the practices of Samhain and the start of All Hallows Eve, All Hallows Day, and All Saints Day had a large time gap, was there really no pagan practices going on in the interim? You seemed to skip over that, and that definitely has relevance. Was there something else that ended up happening in that interim that had Christian roots that didn’t borrow from pagan practices and All Hallows Eve, etc. was grabbed from that? Do you know for sure that All Hallows Eve didn't borrow from Samhain practices atvall even with the time gap? If not, the presence of a time gap doesn’t really matter. And as you pointed out at the end, something every Christian has to ponder is that you need to take into consideration what Halloween is today. It definitely does not have Christian tones. It's very worldly, witches view it as a holy day, and there's no doubt demons are having a field day with it. It would seem more pertinent for Christians to just outright reject it from these factors because from the outside looking in, when you still do the practices that Halloween has, it looks like you're caving to the world. Personally, I celebrated Halloween for years, and I took the attitude of Christianizing it. My costumes were appropriate, and I didn't have any scary or demonic decorations. But recently, the Holy Spirit gave me conviction that you can not have two masters. You serve God, or you serve the world. I threw out all my Halloween stuff and don't practice it as a result now. I think people on the fence should also listen to those who came out of the occult and witchcraft. NONE of them celebrate Halloween. I think that says something.
The two seem to be one on this channel. Maybe that is not entirely accurate as Christianity is never referred to as Catholicism from what I have heard. Strangely though, Catholicism is routinely referred to and seemingly regarded as historic Christianity by content writers. Another casualty of the ecumenical counter-reformation..
Confusion comes from the fact that Many Catholics can be Christians through their belief in Jesus. However, Christians cannot be Catholic because praying to/through Mary or dead saints is not found in the New Testament, so they won't go there.
Sounds full of superstition and pagan, which was par the course for rome and those times i think, incorporating pagam traditions and practices to attract followers, just like you get in Mexico, santeria is mixed with roman tradition and practice.
@admiraloatmeal We were, but since then the term has really become more attached to Reformed theology, and what goes for "Protestant theology" doesn't describe our positions at all. Lutherans are the "lonely way" between Rome and everyone else.
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C.S. Lewis was a staunch atheist for a very long time. I do believe he is a Christian but has slid back into non-Christian like theology. He may be the most confusing born again Christian in modern history. I like a couple books of his (“The Screwtape Letters) but then you have arguably his “opus” series of L,W,W books send a confusing message esp. to eager young readership.
Exodus 20:2-5 [2] “I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery. [3] “You have no other mighty ones against My face. [4] “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth, [5] you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,” Deuteronomy 12:30-32 [30] guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones? And let me do so too.’ [31] “Do not do so to יהוה your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones. [32] All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it - do not add to it nor take away from it.
Exactly. I so don’t understand why this is glossed over by Christian’s these days. It’s so so simple. There’s nothing redeemable about pagan rituals/holidays. And why on earth does it make a difference what nationality anyone is or where they’ve come from whether a holiday is acceptable for a Christian? America is a hodgepodge of people groups and cultures, even our language is a mishmash of other languages’ words. The root of the thing is what matters. If you look at the roots of the holidays, untangle them from the mishmash of Americanization, you’ll have no choice but to crucify it all to the Name of Jesus. I just don’t even know anymore. I am so disgusted and saddened by the overarching programming of American Christianity. I am so firm in this conviction but I am afraid that I will never fit in anywhere because of it. It’s so mocked and frowned upon to what… simply believe what God says about himself? He doesn’t want us to “redeem” pagan holidays.
@DonicaTibbetts Exactly 🎯. I come to similar conclusions. I don't know where exactly you are in our faith, but one resource that I have found useful is the fellowship finder on the 119 Ministries website. I have found some great people in my area to fellowship with. I would suggest you check it out if you are looking for fellowship with other believers that do the Bible stuff and not the "churchianity" stuff. Just make sure you vet the people on there thoroughly first, it is open source. Blessings to you.
I think people have forgotten DEUTERONOMY 28 (or never read it) since they think that part of the Bible doesn’t apply to them. I used to think that too, because that’s what I was taught.
Giving the dead a proper burial, as to Resurrect is quite different than making up a Holy Day -esp. given We (as whole) do not even Honor the One's GOD Gave.
we've tried to redeem the holiday like you suggested at the end... but it's too dark and evil up here in Canada to even try. SO now we celebrate Reformation Day and Martin Luther and the 95 theses. This has been much more fun with the kids.
@@jeffhugaboom27 we've tried to redeem the holiday like Ben suggested at the end... but it's too dark and evil up here in Canada to even try. SO now we celebrate Reformation Day and Martin Luther and the 95 theses. This has been much more fun with the kids.
Although the story is difficult to follow because Tolkien never officially finished the story and his son Christopher had to piece some of it together to make a completed story it is still a great story. Tolkien had an incredible imagination.
It is frustrating how quickly people get parallelomania when talking about Pagan holidays but there is so rarely a discussion of parallels to the ancient Hebrew holidays. Halloween comes from the Christian interpretation of the Feast of Tabernacles. Hebrews 11 and 12 is a reference to Tabernacles. 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 is about Tabernacles. The early Church Fathers constantly talked about the body and flesh as a tabernacle. We are sojourners on the earth awaiting heavenly Tabernacles in the resurrection. The glorified body is called a garment, robe, or venture of glory repeatedly by the church fathers. Legends from 1000 after the fact are not good evidence. Look at what St. Methodius of Olympus says about the feast of Tabernacles. The immortal soul dwells in a mortal tabernacle. St. Jerome talks about the vesture of glory we will receive in resurrection. Turtullian talks about the how the Scripture uses closets as graves and bodies will be taken out like garments when the Lord commands it. For some reason everyone is easily bewitched by speculative nonsense about Samhain.
@@LadyPatienceKI am explaining the Christian symbolism that most likely lead to the placement of All Hallows' Day on the Western calendar and the development of customs surrounding it such as All Hallows' Eve. I'm not reading anything backwards. The symbolism of Tabernacles and it's connection to the end, meaning death and final resurrection, is inescapable in the New Testament. This is obviously related to the Church Triumphant and it's relationship to the Church militant, the communion of saints and the mystical body of Christ.
Halloween is just about celebrating evil spirits and Satan and death. This is not a holiday for anyone. I pray for anyone who doesn’t know Christ that you will come to know Christ and receive The Lord in your heart. Please I urge everyone, anyone who is reading this, you don’t want to be Satan’s slave please turn back before it’s too late. I’m praying for you all.❤🙏 God Bless you all💕
9:05 the air goes from warm, to crisp, to cold. As a Canadian, weather elitist, I must point out the absurdity of using warm, crisp, cold to describe Irish weather. On the Canadian prairies we move between -35°C and +35°C every year. Only Siberia can match this. 😜
Personally, I must disagree that ‘HELLoween’ stems from Christianity or that it’s ok for us to celebrate it, but to each their own. We will all have to give an account for every deed and every word.
@@hauntedcosmos_ But when did Christians start celebrating it? Would Paul or Peter have been encouraging others to participate? Would Jesus have participated? 😊
@nsmith9862 th-cam.com/users/liveF_oo53-xgbs?si=cze6uJwZqGgdbIqp Basically there is evidence the Flood came at the end of Oct/ start of Nov. The greatest mass death to ever occur and possibly when a flood of demons were created by the death of the nephilim. It really resonates with me and I have had a gnawing sense that there is something hidden and extremely significant behind Halloween.
I like you video. Although, I think your distinction between syncretism and "redeeming" the art and culture of pagans is really your low opinion of Catholicism and idealism of Protestantism. Don't misunderstand me, I don't believe you or your videos are antiCatholic, just that your Protestantism is showing on this subject. In defense of Catholicism - I know of no Catholic clergy that approves of Voodoo or Paganism found within rural Catholicism in Mexico or Latin America. I think it is a bad practice, like the Prosperity Gospel or redeemed materialism - all an evil byproduct of the culture. Thank you for your videos, new sub.
@@jamesh7554 Yes, I know what the dictionary definition is. That doesn't explain, though, what "30 minutes of cope" means. It just sounds like gen z gibberish to me.
@@stormhawk31 I think he’s trying to say that they’re coming up with excuses to celebrate Halloween and how it’s not evil when he actually think it’s obvious that Halloween is an evil holiday that Christians shouldn’t celebrate. To be clear I myself think that Halloween can be celebrated by Christians as long as it’s done right. Guess I’m coping too though lol
Can’t help but realize what Halloween should be and what it’s become. Celebrating the saints that have gone to be The Lord and especially our Christian relatives who died in the faith sounds like an amazing holiday full of history, joy and reflection.
It wasn't something the early church did, so be cautious.
James, i also urge caution with this. Celebrate CHRIST and all HE'S Done; Amen. But, remember the boarders of Holy Scripture -the direct Commands of GOD Concerning Those who have died. With GOD'S Given Balance, "whatever you do, do unto ____"!!-)
GOD Bless. ~ sDg
Like, praying for the dead.. No go
@@CHRISTSlave7 I agree you don’t need to pray for the dead. That’s a Catholic thing. It was just a thought I had. Kind of like a Christian heritage day or something.
@@jamesmata4579 i like it! i would grab the one's GOD Commands and Feast, Bro!!-) But, ill celebrate with Ya
Let me ask you this, according to Deuteronomy 12:28-31, SHOULD we be “redeeming” pagan practices to use them in worshipful celebrations to Yahweh?
Does a time gap really disconnect a holiday from its true meanings? That’s kind of like saying age or location dictates whether a baby is human or not… ie in the womb or out, sort of argument.
And that is absurd to say that ancient people, learned or “unlearned”, did not think about the shape of the earth. Every culture has ancient cosmology. They knew very well what they believed.
Redeeming pagan traditions is exactly what the malfunction was with the golden calf incident. If you read it carefully in Exodus 32, who exactly were they worshipping? Who exactly did Aaron declare a feast to in celebration of the golden calf?
Looking at the Hebrew words might be helpful if you have a concordance/Bible app.
@@jamesh7554 yep exactly!
My thoughts on this would be that there are inappropriate "hows" and "whys". For example, incense is good as long as it was in the temple by the right people. Aaron's sons wouldn't have been struck down if they hadn't tried to offer their strange fire to God.
The redemption of giving alms or gathering to remember past saints isn't sinful, otherwise charities or funerals would not be attended by Christians.
I agree that time isn't the sole determinant in whether or not a celebration is pagan. I believe we should redeem the whole calendar in Christ's name. 10/31 doesn't belong to the pagans so we should take it.
That being said, modern Halloween is mostly if not all pagan and should be replaced. Hopefully this comes off as constructive, not argumentative. Lord bless.
@LintCollection What's crazy to think about for me is that christians, for centuries, have gone out of their way to "redeem" pagan holidays, but when it comes to God's holy days..." No, those are done away with"!
There already is an appointed time set apart by God around October. It's called Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot).
There is no need for believers to adopt or replace pagan holidays when we already have God's appointed times.
@@LintCollection but incense is not inherently a pagan practice. It was commanded by God.
I’m not speaking against a holiday to commemorate saints of the faith, I’m arguing that that was not a legitimate “overtaking” of the Halloween holiday…as in that’s not what they were doing… they were mixing and mingling in order to “Christianize” a pagan culture.
and that God does not want us to reclaim or redeem worldly holidays. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 explicitly says so.
All days of the year belong to God, as does every inch of creation.
However the days are evil & the god of this worldly system has got everyone good and deceived.
Where in the Bible does it say to reclaim all the days for God?
It says come out of the world (system) and be separate.
The thing when it comes to redeeming something is it has to start out good and then turn bad. When it comes to Sanhaim, we know the practices used had origins with necromancy, witchcraft, and overall just demon worship, basically. We know Samhain came first. Even if the practices of Samhain and the start of All Hallows Eve, All Hallows Day, and All Saints Day had a large time gap, was there really no pagan practices going on in the interim? You seemed to skip over that, and that definitely has relevance. Was there something else that ended up happening in that interim that had Christian roots that didn’t borrow from pagan practices and All Hallows Eve, etc. was grabbed from that? Do you know for sure that All Hallows Eve didn't borrow from Samhain practices atvall even with the time gap? If not, the presence of a time gap doesn’t really matter. And as you pointed out at the end, something every Christian has to ponder is that you need to take into consideration what Halloween is today. It definitely does not have Christian tones. It's very worldly, witches view it as a holy day, and there's no doubt demons are having a field day with it. It would seem more pertinent for Christians to just outright reject it from these factors because from the outside looking in, when you still do the practices that Halloween has, it looks like you're caving to the world. Personally, I celebrated Halloween for years, and I took the attitude of Christianizing it. My costumes were appropriate, and I didn't have any scary or demonic decorations. But recently, the Holy Spirit gave me conviction that you can not have two masters. You serve God, or you serve the world. I threw out all my Halloween stuff and don't practice it as a result now. I think people on the fence should also listen to those who came out of the occult and witchcraft. NONE of them celebrate Halloween. I think that says something.
It is Catholic.not Christian. We don’t pray for the dead
The two seem to be one on this channel. Maybe that is not entirely accurate as Christianity is never referred to as Catholicism from what I have heard.
Strangely though, Catholicism is routinely referred to and seemingly regarded as historic Christianity by content writers. Another casualty of the ecumenical counter-reformation..
If you attempt to speak to the dead, it is necromancy at best. This is dark dark stuff that believers should not get involved in.
Confusion comes from the fact that Many Catholics can be Christians through their belief in Jesus. However, Christians cannot be Catholic because praying to/through Mary or dead saints is not found in the New Testament, so they won't go there.
Don't think he was advocating for that.
@@greyscout01Good sum up.
Sounds full of superstition and pagan, which was par the course for rome and those times i think, incorporating pagam traditions and practices to attract followers, just like you get in Mexico, santeria is mixed with roman tradition and practice.
Very thought provoking. And once again, it's a very good video.
Gotta tell you, I'm pleased you mentioned Lutherans in a separate category from Protestants--made this Lutheran pastor proud :-)
I know you guys are weird about that 😉
@@hauntedcosmos_ Nobody listens to us!
@admiraloatmeal We were, but since then the term has really become more attached to Reformed theology, and what goes for "Protestant theology" doesn't describe our positions at all. Lutherans are the "lonely way" between Rome and everyone else.
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Interesting episode. C.S. Lewis is quoted alot. He had alot of unbiblical theological views. It isn't surprising he also rejected biblical cosmology.
C.S. Lewis was a staunch atheist for a very long time. I do believe he is a Christian but has slid back into non-Christian like theology. He may be the most confusing born again Christian in modern history. I like a couple books of his (“The Screwtape Letters) but then you have arguably his “opus” series of L,W,W books send a confusing message esp. to eager young readership.
Exodus 20:2-5
[2] “I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery. [3] “You have no other mighty ones against My face. [4] “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth, [5] you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,”
Deuteronomy 12:30-32
[30] guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones? And let me do so too.’ [31] “Do not do so to יהוה your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones. [32] All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it - do not add to it nor take away from it.
Exactly. I so don’t understand why this is glossed over by Christian’s these days. It’s so so simple. There’s nothing redeemable about pagan rituals/holidays.
And why on earth does it make a difference what nationality anyone is or where they’ve come from whether a holiday is acceptable for a Christian?
America is a hodgepodge of people groups and cultures, even our language is a mishmash of other languages’ words.
The root of the thing is what matters. If you look at the roots of the holidays, untangle them from the mishmash of Americanization, you’ll have no choice but to crucify it all to the Name of Jesus.
I just don’t even know anymore. I am so disgusted and saddened by the overarching programming of American Christianity. I am so firm in this conviction but I am afraid that I will never fit in anywhere because of it. It’s so mocked and frowned upon to what… simply believe what God says about himself? He doesn’t want us to “redeem” pagan holidays.
@DonicaTibbetts Exactly 🎯. I come to similar conclusions. I don't know where exactly you are in our faith, but one resource that I have found useful is the fellowship finder on the 119 Ministries website. I have found some great people in my area to fellowship with. I would suggest you check it out if you are looking for fellowship with other believers that do the Bible stuff and not the "churchianity" stuff. Just make sure you vet the people on there thoroughly first, it is open source.
Blessings to you.
@@jamesh7554 thank you! I will definitely check that out 💗
@@DonicaTibbettshalleluYAH, and I couldn’t agree more! ❤
I think people have forgotten DEUTERONOMY 28 (or never read it) since they think that part of the Bible doesn’t apply to them. I used to think that too, because that’s what I was taught.
i just have one question, how big were those turnips??
Giving the dead a proper burial, as to Resurrect is quite different than making up a Holy Day -esp. given We (as whole) do not even Honor the One's GOD Gave.
I loved these off season episodes
Love the show and your music.
we've tried to redeem the holiday like you suggested at the end... but it's too dark and evil up here in Canada to even try. SO now we celebrate Reformation Day and Martin Luther and the 95 theses. This has been much more fun with the kids.
So you celebrate reformers who have passed instead of the church fathers and that is somehow different or better?
@@jeffhugaboom27 we've tried to redeem the holiday like Ben suggested at the end... but it's too dark and evil up here in Canada to even try. SO now we celebrate Reformation Day and Martin Luther and the 95 theses. This has been much more fun with the kids.
@embuchan I would suggest just celebrating God's Holy days rather than holidays made up by men.
@@jamesh7554 word.
I need to re-read The Silmarillion. It's so beautiful!
Although the story is difficult to follow because Tolkien never officially finished the story and his son Christopher had to piece some of it together to make a completed story it is still a great story. Tolkien had an incredible imagination.
It is frustrating how quickly people get parallelomania when talking about Pagan holidays but there is so rarely a discussion of parallels to the ancient Hebrew holidays. Halloween comes from the Christian interpretation of the Feast of Tabernacles. Hebrews 11 and 12 is a reference to Tabernacles. 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 is about Tabernacles. The early Church Fathers constantly talked about the body and flesh as a tabernacle. We are sojourners on the earth awaiting heavenly Tabernacles in the resurrection. The glorified body is called a garment, robe, or venture of glory repeatedly by the church fathers. Legends from 1000 after the fact are not good evidence. Look at what St. Methodius of Olympus says about the feast of Tabernacles. The immortal soul dwells in a mortal tabernacle. St. Jerome talks about the vesture of glory we will receive in resurrection. Turtullian talks about the how the Scripture uses closets as graves and bodies will be taken out like garments when the Lord commands it. For some reason everyone is easily bewitched by speculative nonsense about Samhain.
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It sounds like you're reading All Hallows Eve/Halloween backwards into a totally different culture.
Edit: typo
@@LadyPatienceKI am explaining the Christian symbolism that most likely lead to the placement of All Hallows' Day on the Western calendar and the development of customs surrounding it such as All Hallows' Eve. I'm not reading anything backwards. The symbolism of Tabernacles and it's connection to the end, meaning death and final resurrection, is inescapable in the New Testament. This is obviously related to the Church Triumphant and it's relationship to the Church militant, the communion of saints and the mystical body of Christ.
Halloween is just about celebrating evil spirits and Satan and death. This is not a holiday for anyone. I pray for anyone who doesn’t know Christ that you will come to know Christ and receive The Lord in your heart. Please I urge everyone, anyone who is reading this, you don’t want to be Satan’s slave please turn back before it’s too late.
I’m praying for you all.❤🙏
God Bless you all💕
Gnarly bros 👍
9:05 the air goes from warm, to crisp, to cold. As a Canadian, weather elitist, I must point out the absurdity of using warm, crisp, cold to describe Irish weather. On the Canadian prairies we move between -35°C and +35°C every year. Only Siberia can match this. 😜
Personally, I must disagree that ‘HELLoween’ stems from Christianity or that it’s ok for us to celebrate it, but to each their own. We will all have to give an account for every deed and every word.
*Halloween
It is spelled that way because it began as a Christian holiday.
@@hauntedcosmos_ But when did Christians start celebrating it? Would Paul or Peter have been encouraging others to participate?
Would Jesus have participated?
😊
If Roman Catholicism endorses something, I tend to be cautious.
Hopefully you guys will say it marks the Flood of Noah because that is the best theory i've ever heard
Can you elaborate please? I haven't heard that theory
Explain please
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Basically there is evidence the Flood came at the end of Oct/ start of Nov. The greatest mass death to ever occur and possibly when a flood of demons were created by the death of the nephilim. It really resonates with me and I have had a gnawing sense that there is something hidden and extremely significant behind Halloween.
You're gonna have to explain
I like you video. Although, I think your distinction between syncretism and "redeeming" the art and culture of pagans is really your low opinion of Catholicism and idealism of Protestantism. Don't misunderstand me, I don't believe you or your videos are antiCatholic, just that your Protestantism is showing on this subject. In defense of Catholicism - I know of no Catholic clergy that approves of Voodoo or Paganism found within rural Catholicism in Mexico or Latin America. I think it is a bad practice, like the Prosperity Gospel or redeemed materialism - all an evil byproduct of the culture. Thank you for your videos, new sub.
Watching this at 555 views 💪
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Anton Levay had some things to say about Christians celebrating Halloween. You'd do well to know it
You'd do well to know that is actually a fake quote, and reformed folk have exposed this long ago😅
He never actually said those things 😂
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30 minutes of cope. Loved the Tolkien bit though.
You disagree? Care to elaborate?
What do you mean by cope? What's that?
@@stormhawk31 Cope-noun: something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering)
@@jamesh7554 Yes, I know what the dictionary definition is. That doesn't explain, though, what "30 minutes of cope" means. It just sounds like gen z gibberish to me.
@@stormhawk31 I think he’s trying to say that they’re coming up with excuses to celebrate Halloween and how it’s not evil when he actually think it’s obvious that Halloween is an evil holiday that Christians shouldn’t celebrate.
To be clear I myself think that Halloween can be celebrated by Christians as long as it’s done right. Guess I’m coping too though lol