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From: Rabbi Moshe Joseph Koniuchowsky
To:     heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: A PASTOR WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH

The History of Halloween

BY Pastor David Brown   <http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> 

Introduction What's going on? The sidewalks are swarming with excited
children masquerading as every imaginable creature and character. There is
Batman and the Joker, Wonder Woman, witches, devils, ghosts, skeletons and
even razor fingered mass murderer Freddy Krueger. These children are going
door to door shouting "Trick or Treat," hoping to collect a "ton" of candy
before the night is over.  Take a look at the houses the children are goin=
g
up to. They are strange, too! Eerie grinning Jack-O-Lanterns watch as the
children approach. Skeletons, witches, black cats and more decorate the
doors and windows.  Oh yes, don't miss the "haunted house" downtown. You'l=
l
be able to find it by the long line and the strange sounds coming out of t=
he
old mansion. Likely you will find a group of kids talking about what they'=
ve
just seen inside... the bloody body in the bathroom, the axe wielding mani=
ac
that chased them, the body hanging by the neck in the closet, and the
bubbling pot in the kitchen filled with body parts.  Then, across town
there's a party going on at a friend's house or perhaps at school. The
activities are different than the usual party though. Someone is telling
fortunes. Perhaps a group is playing with the ouija board and there is goi=
ng
to be a seance right after they watch the newly released horror video.  By
now you have guessed what is going on. It's Halloween. To most people it
seems like harmless fun. But, beneath Halloween's candy coating is a histo=
ry
of diabolical evil, evil that is directly connected to the occult and
Satanism, evil that you need to be warned of!  That is the purpose of this
file, to make you aware of the dark side of Halloween. I have researched
this topic for more than a decade and Halloween's occultic connection is
becoming increasingly evident. As I begin, let me share two first hand
examples of what I am talking about when I refer to the "occult connection=
."
My phone rang one afternoon, early in November of 1989. A friend who works
closely with law enforcement agencies was on the other end of the line. He
said, "I've been notified of what appears to be, two occult sights in your
area. Would you go and check them out?" We talked a bit more and I found o=
ut
where they were located. The next day, camera in hand, I went out to each
sight. The first sight was in the middle of a small woods, which was
adjacent to a large apartment complex. A tin circle had been constructed
which was about 9 feet in diameter and 4 feet high. Numerous Satanic symbo=
ls
were spray painted on the exterior as well as an obscene sexually oriented
word and Slayer, the name of a black metal rock band. This sight was likel=
y
put together by a group of younger teenagers, perhaps junior high age, who
were dabbling in the occult. Inside the tin circle were the ashes of a fir=
e
and several beer cans.  The second sight was quite different. It was in a
rural area of town. I discovered it in a small grove of trees about 25 yar=
ds
from a steep bank that drops down to Lake Michigan. Whoever had built this
sight knew more about the occult. There was a rudimentary altar inside the
intricately built three sided stick enclosure. It looked to me like the wo=
rk
of late teens or young adults.  Perhaps you are wondering, what does any o=
f
this have to do with Halloween? These occultic sights were discovered the
day after Halloween. They were used on Halloween! As I will show you in th=
is
study, Halloween is an Occultic/Satanic worship day. It always has been.
Increasingly, Halloween is being used to attract and introduce people to t=
he
occult. It is a time when bizarre and often illegal rituals are being
performed.  Now, don't jump the gun and "turn me off" before you read the
rest of this expos=E9. I am not criticizing you for celebrating Halloween =
in
the past. The truth is, I took part in Halloween activities for years, unt=
il
I discovered the occultic/satanic connection Since that time, I have
followed the injunction of Ephesians 5:11 "...have NO fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove (expose) them." I will
share the facts that I have uncovered and you must weigh them and make you=
r
choice.  [ Return to Top <http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> ] [
Jump to Bottom <http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> ] My Past
Involvement with Halloween Let me share with you my personal history
relating to my own Halloween involvement.  There are three holidays that
nearly every American kid loves...Christmas, Easter and Halloween! I was n=
o
different than any other American kid. I looked forward to them all. But
there was one that had a dark side, a side that I didn't like, a side that
made me very uneasy and that was Halloween. To be sure I liked the candy a=
nd
I have a "ton" of silver in my teeth to prove it. As I moved into my teen
years I outgrew trick-or-treating or rather, I should say, I was told I wa=
s
too old. So Halloween parties and dances were the "in thing" for teenagers=
.
I remember being on the committee for our class Halloween party. My job wa=
s
decorations. So I went to a long forgotten, overgrown, Civil War era
cemetery and took a broken tombstone and used it as a part of my Halloween
decorations. I felt uneasy about what I had done and to make matters worse=
,
when I cleaned up the old grave marker, I discovered that the person had
died on my birthday, January 20th. That gave me the creeps. The party coul=
d
not get over soon enough for me. I wanted to get that grave marker back to
where I had found it and I did! "You were too superstitious!" you might sa=
y.
I would agree. But that was just a part of the aura associated with what I
call "the dark side of Halloween."  My association with Halloween did not
stop after high school unfortunately. The fact is, until 1980 I had taken
church youth groups on NIGHTMARE OUTINGS sponsored by an international
Christian youth organization. I sponsored Halloween parties in the church.
It was the only day I wanted anything to do with the devil or allowed him =
in
my church.  [ Return to Top <http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> ]=
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Jump to Bottom <http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> ] What Changed
My Mind About Halloween What caused me to change my mind began when I was
leafing through a back issue of Moody Monthly magazine. The October 1975
issue to be exact. An article by Joy A. Sterling caught my eye --"We Shoul=
d
Unmask Halloween" was the title. (Take a moment and read a copy of that
article for yourself) Her article really got me to thinking. If what this
lady said is true, I need to rethink my involvement in Halloween activitie=
s.
I decided to do some research on my own and see if there was anything to
what she was saying. WOW! WAS I SHOCKED by what I discovered.  [ Return to
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<http://www.execpc.com/logos/halloween.html> ] The History of Halloween Ou=
r
Pilgrim forefathers well knew of Halloween's occultic roots. In fact they
banned celebrating Halloween in America. Halloween was not celebrated in
this country until 1845. At that time multiplied thousands of Irish
emigrants flooded into New York because of the Irish Potato Famine of
1845-46. They brought with them the old Druid holiday of Halloween.
Gradually celebrating this day spread throughout the rest of the country.
Now, to understand Halloween better we must go even further back. I found
that the original celebration was not called by its present name, Hallowee=
n.
But, it began long before Christ among the ancient Celtic peoples (Britons=
,
Gauls, Scots, Irish). They observed the end of summer with sacrifices to
SAMAN (Shamhain). He was "the lord of death and evil spirits". This marked
the beginning of the Celtic New Year.	

A Note About Saman	

Depending on your source material, the Druid lord of death and evil spirit=
s
was called Saman, Samana, Shamhain or Samhain. His "holiday" was called "T=
he
Vigil Of Saman" or Samhain (pronounced so-wein). You probably have seen a
modern day version of SAMAN without even knowing it. This pagan god was
shown as a ghostly, skeleton holding a sickle in his hand. He later came t=
o
be known as THE GRIM REAPER. 		

More About the History of Samhain (Halloween)	

Ralph Linton in his book Halloween Through the Centuries, says "The Americ=
an
celebration (of Halloween) rests upon Scottish and Irish folk customs whic=
h
can be traced in a direct line from pre-Christian times. The earliest
celebrations were held by the DRUIDS in honor of Shamhain, lord of death,
whose festival fell on November 1st."  Searching other sources, I have thi=
s
information to add: The Celts considered November 1st as being the day of
death because the leaves were falling, it was getting darker sooner and
temperatures were dropping. They believed Muck Olla, their sun god, was
loosing strength because Samhain, lord of death, was overpowering him.
Further, they believed that on October 31st Samhain assembled the spirits =
of
all who had died during the previous year. They had been confined to inhab=
it
animals' bodies for the past year as punishment for their evil deeds. On t=
he
eve of the feast of Samhain, October 31st, they were allowed to return to
their former homes to visit the living. Supposedly to protect these people=
,
Druid priests led the people in diabolical worship ceremonies in which
horses, cats, black sheep, oxen, human beings and other offerings were
rounded up, stuffed into wicker cages and burned to death. This was done t=
o
appease Samhain and keep the spirits from harming them. 		

The Druids	

Who were the DRUIDS? They were occult practitioners, witches of sorts. In
the century preceding the birth of Christ, Caesar conquered the Britains a=
nd
he records very carefully the account of the DRUID PRIESTS (early
witches)..."All Gallic nations are much given to superstition...they eithe=
r
offer up men as victims to the gods, or make a vow to sacrifice themselves=
.
The ministers in these offerings are the Druids, and they hold that the
wrath of the immortal gods can only be appeased, and man's life redeemed, =
by
offering up human sacrifice, and it is a part of their national institutio=
ns
to hold fixed solemnities (Ceremonies) for this purpose."  I looked deeper
to see if I could find the dates of these "fixed solemnities." In the seri=
es
edited by Richard Cavendish called, Man, Myth and Magic it says, in volume
6, page 720, "...the pagan Celts in Northern Europe held two great fire
festivals each year -- Beltane on the eve of 1 May and Samhain on the eve =
of
1 November -- to mark the beginning of summer and winter." I also came
across an article written by Robert Graves in the Daily Telegraph Magazine=
,
May 21, 1965. Graves said the fixed worship days are the "cross- quarterly
days-Candlemas (February 2nd), May Eve (April 30th), Lammas (August 1st) a=
nd
Halloween (October 31st).  When they got together on these pagan worship
days they would meet in a grove of trees (preferably oak trees) or in a
Druidic stone circle, the most famous surviving circle being located in
Stonehenge, England. It is evident that human sacrifice was common at this
ancient Druid Sacrificial Circle because within three miles of this sight
there are over 350 funeral mounds that contain the remnants of countless
human sacrifices.  Holiday researcher George Douglas adds some interesting
information when he says "Many of Halloween's customs are derived from the
ancient Baal Festivals. Other customs originate from the taking of omens
from the struggles of victims in the fires of druidic sacrifices." (From:
The American Book of Days, by George William Douglas revised by Helen
Douglas Compton).  Alexander Hislop in his book, The Two Babylons, says,
"The god whom the Druids worshipped was Baal, as the blazing Baal-fires sh=
ow
--- We know that they offered human sacrifices to their bloody gods. We ha=
ve
evidence that they made `their children pass through the fire to Molech',
and that makes it highly probable that they also offered them in sacrifice=
;
for, from Jeremiah 32:35, compared with Jeremiah 19:5, we find that these
two things were parts of one and the same system." Further, it is to be
noted that the "priests of Nimrod or Baal were necessarily required to eat
of the human sacrifices; and thus it has come to pass that `Cahna-Bal',
(Cahna is the emphatic form of Cahn which means `a priest') meaning the
priest of Baal, is the established word in our tongue for a devourer of
human flesh." (from The Two Babylons, Hislop. See page 232).  Though the
name of their gods were changed Hislop believes that the Druids practices
were rooted in Baal worship, which is condemned in the Bible. 		

There Are Still Druids Today	

According to Robert Graves, there are still Druid practitioners around
today. In fact, members of one surviving coven in Somersetshire, England
still carry small blue tattoos pricked below a particular finger joint mad=
e
from woad (an Old World plant with leaves that yield a blue dye) as did
ancient Druids. You will still find Druids meeting at Stonehenge this
Halloween symbolically carrying out their grotesque sacrifices. Although
they claim no longer to practice human sacrifices they are one group
responsible for keeping the occultic celebration of Halloween before the
media. The followers of the Druids pagan religion are common in the USA to=
o.
A woman called me and told me a group going around to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
area libraries presenting a program to children which dealt with their
heritage. She engaged one in a conversation afterwards and found that he
claimed to be a druid priest who practiced the "old religion." 		

The Pathetic Paradox of Christians Celebrating Halloween
	

It's no wonder that a onetime witch of our day, Tom Sanguinet, former high
priest in the Celtic tradition of Wicca (witchcraft) said, "Halloween is
purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have or will do
that would make it acceptable to the Lord Jesus."  Owen Rachleff amplifies
this when he wrote, "Halloween can be, and to many is, a deadly serious
affair. [It] originated with pre-Christian Druids or Celts in Northern
Europe, who marked the year by four seasonal festivals. The autumn feast
took place on November 1st. Early Christians, desiring a part in the
traditional festivities, created All Saints' Day to coincide with the paga=
n
rites. Satanists--acting true to form--reversed the Christian procedure.
Because November 1st was All Saints' Day (All Souls' Day, November 2nd,
memorializes the dead), Satanists established October 31st as and "All
Demon's Night." As surely as the Christian martyrs and saints dominated
their own holiday, so did the demons permeate the preceding evening. All
Hallows' Eve predictably became a time of spells, curses, and horrors for
those who did not believe, but for the Satanists, particularly the witches=
,
it was a joyous festival and major sabbat. So it remains in a diluted form=
,
ironically celebrated by Christian society far more vigorously than All
Saints' Day." (Quoted from The Occult Conceit - A New Look at Astrology,
Witchcraft and Sorcery, by Owen S. Rachleff, from page 189-190.)
Historically, Halloween is obviously and totally a pagan, occultic worship
day. There is NOTHING Christian about the day. Pause for a moment. Dig
beneath the candy. What is the primary focus of Halloween, even in our day=
?
I see a three fold focus... 1) DEATH 2) FEAR & HORROR 3) EVIL, THE DEVIL &
THE OCCULT. There is absolutely NO Christian significance to be found in
Halloween. 		

Modern Day Occult, Witchcraft and Satanism Celebrate Halloween
	

You need to understand that even today Halloween is STILL an occult worshi=
p
day. Phil Phillips says in his book, Halloween and Satanism, "...Halloween
is a day witches celebrate above all other days."  Is there any support fo=
r
Phil's statement? Yes! "The Maine State Prison allowed members of a witch
coven (the Coven of Dawn) to hold a two-hour service on the feast day they
call Samhain [Halloween], after the Druidic festival of year's end. `This =
is
our time to give praise to our lord and lady for the bountiful harvest,'
said the founder of the `goddess- oriented' coven. He said that 75 inmates
have been initiated into the religion since its start in 1981." (This repo=
rt
is from Observations, 11/87 by way of the "What In The World!" information
sheet.  Turn your attention to the October 1989 issue of the Baptist
Bulletin magazine. It reported, in the "NEWS" section, "A U.S. Air Force
physical therapist who says she has been a practicing witch for four years
won permission to take Halloween and seven other days off as `religious
holidays.' A spokesman at Lackland Airforce base in San Antonio said
regulations require that Patricia Hutchins...be accorded the same freedom =
to
express her religious beliefs as any other religious believer."  Probably
the best documentation as to whether modern day witches actually celebrate
Halloween comes from their own testimony. When asked "Does anyone today
celebrate Samhain (Halloween) as a religious Holiday?" a major witches'
organization responded, "Yes, many followers of various pagan religions,
such as Druids and Wiccans (witches), observe this day as a religious
festival. They view it as a memorial day for their dead friends similar to
the national holiday of Memorial Day in May. It is still a night to practi=
ce
various forms of divination concerning future events. Also, it is a time
to...initiate new projects." (from Cult Watch Response, October 1988, Vol.
1, No. 1).  Witches and Satanists love Halloween. They get a lot of media
coverage around that time of year. It's good P.R. (public relations) for
them. That coverage usually portrays them in a favorable light. In additio=
n,
it generates interest in "the craft" and is good for recruitment purposes.
As Craig Hawkins put it, "...with increasing vigor, witchcraft is coming
`out of the broom closet.' Many witches are actively seeking public
understanding and acceptance." (quote from an article in Christian Researc=
h
Journal; Winter/Spring 90 entitled "The Modern World of Witchcraft" by Cra=
ig
S. Hawkins.)  Despite the public relations campaign to "sell" the public o=
n
the "virtues" of witchcraft, modern day witches and Satanists still worshi=
p
demon gods & goddesses, practice bizarre & immoral sexual rituals, and
certain groups offer animal and human sacrifices.  Noted New Age Researche=
r
Texe Marrs said this about the activities of witches on Halloween. "...our
own research confirms that on this unholy night [Halloween], witches' cove=
ns
meet, drink, dance, spit out curses and spells, conjure up spirits, engage
in sexual orgies, induct new members, and offer up animal and human
sacrifices. (Witches have become expert at covering up these sacrifices by
use of cremation ovens and the use of privately owned land preserves for
disposal of bodies in deeply dug graves.)" He goes on to say, "Somewhere i=
n
America in the week prior to this coming Halloween, children will be
kidnapped by witches and become statistics as `missing children.' ...While
chances of your children being snatched may be remote, never the less we
believe caution and good judgment is in order."  Jack Roper, occult
researcher with C.A.R.I.S. (Christian Apologetics: Research & Information
Service) says "...the time of the year where you have the highest rate of
Satanic ritual crimes is Halloween."  Jack also said, "Around Halloween, o=
ne
of the things you see are graveyard desecrations." Self-styled Satanists u=
se
human bones in their rituals. Graveyard vandalism is a common Halloween
occurrence.  At this point, I want to share with you some more "Halloween
crimes" I am acquainted with.  A Milwaukee county park worker contacted me
in 1989. He told me of finding numerous remains of small animals that had
been sacrificed in area parks around Halloween. It was clear that these
sacrifices were occult related because the remains were associated with
either an altar, inside a circle, triangle or pyramid structure. That's no=
t
all.  While deer hunting in Marinette County, Wisconsin, I came across the
remains of a bull that had been sacrificed within a stone circle. It is
almost certain that this was part of a Halloween ritual sacrifice performe=
d
by a Satanic group.  Dave Benoit tells of a mother finding a strange diary=
,
called "The Book Of Shadows" in her son's room. She with fear and tremblin=
g
leafed through pages filled with Satanic drawings. Then her eyes fell on
these horrifying words, "Last year I stole a car at Halloween and ran over=
 a
kid and killed him. This year, at Halloween, I plan to do the same thing!"
The words in his satanic diary proved to be true. The teenager is now
incarcerated. He murdered a kid as a sacrifice to Satan.  Halloween is an
evil day. Halloween honors Satan, idol worship, immorality, demonic ritual=
s
and human sacrifice. Halloween is not a day I want to celebrate because of
what it has stood for and what it stands for today. Jack Roper put it simp=
ly
enough, "You would never see Jesus at a Halloween party. Halloween parties
in churches are an abomination [to the Lord]."  I no longer promote or
participate in Halloween activities because of its association with
idolatry, immorality, bizarre rituals and human sacrifice. The Bible warns
us, "...the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils,
and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils=
."
(I Corinthians 10:20). That is why I am exposing the day for what it reall=
y
is, SATAN'S DAY! 		

The Origin of the Name, "Halloween"	

Where did the name Halloween come from? Originally this Druid Holiday was
called "The Vigil Of Saman." In early Britain it was called Samhain, which
is pronounced So-wein. But, here is how we got the name Halloween. It came
from an attempt to "Christianize" this pagan worship day. In A.D. 800 the
Roman Catholic Church moved "ALL SAINTS DAY" from May to November 1st. The
new day was called All HALLOW'S DAY and it soon became the custom to call
the evening before ALL HALLOWE'EN. It was shortened and called HALLOWEEN.
The important fact to note is that the CHRISTIANIZATION of this Celtic New
Year's sacrifice day MISERABLY FAILED. Where is the preeminence of Christ =
or
glory given to the Lord as with Easter and Christmas. It is NOT there but =
on
the contrary, the Devil is dominant!  To summarize this section on "THE
HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN" let me share with you the words of Dr. John MacArthu=
r.
"First of all, dressing up like witches, ghosts, or goblins is incompatibl=
e
with a Christian's testimony. Furthermore, many of the customs of Hallowee=
n
are associated with the worst kinds of pagan beliefs and ceremonies; they
are usually sinister things such as demons, witchcraft and superstition."
He further stated, "If we as Christian parents simply disregard the
unchristian aspects of such practices as mere fantasy or superstition and
then encourage our children to participate in them, we run the risk of
communicating the message that the spiritual battle waged by the rulers of
darkness (Ephesians 6:10) is not to be taken seriously."  Let's move on to
the origin of some of Halloween's customs. 		

Origin of Costumes	

How did the practice of wearing costumes at Halloween develop? The early
origin of costumes is repulsive. On the evening of October 31st, the Druid=
s,
who were the occultic priests and teachers of the Celts, ordered the peopl=
e
to put out their hearth fires. The Druids built a huge new year's bonfire =
of
oak branches, which they considered sacred. They burned animals, crops and
human beings as sacrifices to their sun god Muck Olla and Samhain, their g=
od
of death. During this diabolical ceremony the PEOPLE WORE COSTUMES made of
animal heads and skins. They then practiced divination, looked for omens i=
n
the struggle of the victims sacrificed in the fires, jumped over the flame=
s
or dashed through them, danced and sang. All of this was done to frighten
the evil spirits away. According to Man, Myth & Magic, volume 1, page 68,
"The guisers went from house to house, singing and dancing. Their
bloodcurdling masks and grotesque costumes may have been meant to keep evi=
l
at bay, or more likely, were visible representations of the ghosts and
goblins that lurked in the night..."  In the 11th edition of Encyclopedia
Britannica, volume 12, page 8578 it states, "It was the Druids belief that
on the eve of this festival (November 1st, Celtic New Year) Saman, lord of
death, called together the wicked souls (Spirits) that within the past
twelve months had been condemned to inhabit the bodies of animals." Saman
would then send these evil spirits to attack people on the eve before the
November 1st celebration. The only way these people could escape was by
assuming disguises and looking like evil spirits themselves. (See
Christianity Today, October 22, 1982, p.32). It seems to me that these "ev=
il
spirits" must also have been stupid spirits if they could be fooled by suc=
h
a masquerade. Sadly, the fools were the superstitious idol worshippers who
refused to glorify the true God. As a result they became "vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened." (Romans 1:21). As y=
ou
can see, gross looking costumes have their source in demonism and because =
of
this I want to "...cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of
light." (Romans 13:12).		

TRICK OR TREAT	

Now, just by chance if you had forgotten to dress up or could not fool the
demons by dressing in animal skins or other disguises, there was a way to
exorcise them. You were to set out a TREAT of food and fruit, and provide
the wandering spirit with shelter for the night. If the demon was satisfie=
d
with your TREAT, it was believed that they would not TRICK you by casting =
an
evil spell on you causing havoc. I came across a shocking account of Trick
or Treat written by a former witch, Irene Park. She says, "...the Druids i=
n
Ireland would go through the neighborhoods and countryside on the eve of
October 31st to collect offerings to Satan. They would carry lanterns, bag=
s
of money, and canes with very sharp points on the ends (currently known as
leprechaun staffs, good luck horns, or fairies' wands). At each house, the=
y
would demand a specific amount. If the household would not or could not gi=
ve
the offering (penance or treat), the Druid would use the cane to castrate
the male human or one of their prize animals." (From; Seven High Pagan
Masses and Halloween by Irene A. Park; page 1) In later years James Napier
says, in his book, Holidays of Legend, Irish farmers went house to house
begging for food for their ancient gods. Good luck was promised to all who
donated but threats were made against those who would not give. There is
absolutely nothing in Trick or Treat that honors the Lord that I can see.
Considering the origin of Trick or Treat, I quit giving out candy. I have =
no
desire to reenact Druidic practices. It seems to me that is exactly what y=
ou
are doing when you give out goodies on Halloween. Participating in occulti=
c
worship rituals certainly does not glorify God.		

JACK-O-LANTERNS	

Jack-O-Lanterns, what is their significance? The World Book Encyclopedia,
1977 edition, volume 9, page 24-26 says, "The apparently harmless lighted
pumpkin face of `Jack-O-Lantern' is an ancient symbol of a damned soul."
According to an article I read by Dr. John MacArthur, Jr. according to
folklore "Jack-O-Lanterns were named for a man called Jack, who could not
enter heaven or hell. As a result, he was doomed to wander in darkness wit=
h
his lantern until judgment day." With this in mind, people began to hollow
out pumpkins and turnips, placing candles inside to scare evil spirits fro=
m
their houses. What a tragedy. John 3:16 makes it clear that no one has to =
be
outside of heaven..."For God so loved the world (mankind), that He gave Hi=
s
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should NOT perish, but
have everlasting life." It is also clear that if any individual refuses to
trust Christ as Savior he is condemned already (John 3:18 & 36). There is =
no
wandering. It is either Heaven or Hell depending on whether you have trust=
ed
Christ as your Savior (John 14:6; Romans 10:9-13; Ephesians 2:8-9). There
was another purpose for Jack-O-Lanterns according to author Owen Rachleff.
"The candlelit pumpkin or skull... served as a beacon for the sabbat and a=
s
a signal to mark those farms and homes that were sympathetic to the
Satanists and thus deserving of mercy when the terror of the night
(Halloween) began." (The Occult Conceit; page 190). Moving on, we come to
cats and their connection with Halloween.		

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