Should Halloween be banned?

Question

Given that Halloween is the country's second-largest commercial holiday and has pagan roots

Gwendoline · Accepted Answer

A lot of religious Christian holidays have pagan roots. Should we ban Easter and Christmas too, Mexican day of the dead?

Halloween is 3 days in the Catholic calender, it was generally only celebrated by Scottish and Irish catholics but became culturally mainstream in America.

Hallows Eve or Halloween is the eve before All Saints day. Christians prepare themselves with a Nightly vigil and with fasting.

All Saints' Day is a holy day to honour all the saints and martyrs, it's a principal feast day in the christian church.

All Souls' Day is a day to remember and honour all the faithful departed Christians especially family members and friends.

Would you ban Christmas trees also?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes it should be banned

Lliam · Accepted Answer

No! Halloween is fun. Carved pumpkins, corn mazes, haunted houses, yard decorations, kids in costumes, games, parties, fall foods.

Besides, I love pagan traditions, especially those from Ireland. Christians who brand them as Satanic are brain damaged.

Fundamentalist Protestant Christians are no fun at all.
And they don't know history. Do they even know why Christmas is celebrated near the end of winter? Early Christians couldn't stop Romans from celebrating Saturnalia, so they changed the reason for the celebration and let them continue celebrating.
Do they know the origins of the Christmas tree or other Christmas traditions?

_piotr · Accepted Answer

YES!!! Celebrate All Saints day, not pagan/evil Halloween.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

If we ban every pagan holiday then we have to ban Christmas trees too. That has nothing to do with the arabic jewish man that was Jesus Christ and his birth in the middle east. Also Easter cannot have anything to do with bunnies or eggs as that’s a sign of the pagan Easter fertility festival. Also, the tooth fairy is pagan, so we have to ban that as well. Paying children for their baby teeth will become a crime of sorts. And if we’re banning any holidays that have nothing to do with Christ, we’ll also have to ban Thanksgiving.

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

No. There isn't a reason to. Just don't dress up & give out candy if you don't want to celebrate Halloween. But for those that do just let them, they're having fun and so are their kids. As for other adults, they have parties or get-togethers & dress up.

nolabels · Answer

Halloween was one of my favorite days in my younger years.

Now, it's just another day of the year.

Although I miss it, I no longer have the stamina to enjoy having the kiddies coming to my door.
My younger neighbors take up my slack.

Happy Halloween to all those who revel on All Hallows Eve.

electromagnetic · Answer

I think Halloween is just mostly for the candy and pumpkin carving than it is about worshiping the devil or paganism. I enjoy visiting the pumpkin patch and eating pumpkin everything, except the pumpkin spice latte bs

Going against social norms. Strangers giving children candy, all the slutty outfits get dusted..

you're absolutely right though, Halloween season makes a shit tone on money.

NamerOfStars · Answer

... as opposed to? Christmas is basically Yule with more shepards and fewer intestines; Saint Valentine's day is Lupercalia with edible underwear and less sex; May Day is Beltane without bonfires or psychosexual Greek goodness; and Thanksgiving is... well, okay, there's not really any Pagan connection there.

purplepoppy · Answer

It needs to go back to being a day not a season. Early Christians never had a problem with it so why should they today.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Pagan is only a bad thing to Christians or those who are ignorant to not know what pagan means. Therefore no as religious dogma shouldn't control whether people can celebrate something or not.

AviatorTom · Answer

No, that would damage the economy. There's a substantial commerce in Halloween products. Banning something is often a bad idea. Just look at Prohibition in the US... banning alcohol was a complete failure.

slatyb · Answer

How could it be banned? Are you going to remove October 31 and add a day to September or November? The US is not in any sense a Christian nation. At this point, Christians are a bare majority. Only about 1 in 10 attend church weekly.

236color · Answer

The first few replies here made all the points that first came to mind for me. The other one, somewhat beneath that is, why is so much of Christianity so terrified that someone, somewhere may having a good time?

jshm2 · Answer

Why? So cartels can start smuggling low priced candy and Halloween costumes for profit, instead of drugs and guns?

normalice · Answer

Not until I get some free drugs inserted into candy like right wing media has been promising for the last 4 decades.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

As for Halloween if you ban it for having pagan roots you are going to have to ban Christmas as well because surprise surprise that has pagan roots too.

TheLovelyWoman · Answer

It is the only time one can mask up and do whatever you want without people knowing who you are. I was in Vegas once dress up and mask up. It was a fun night because no one knows who is under that mask.

TsundereMatrix · Answer

I say no because paganism generally isn't bad. The media portrays it as being bad so we think all of it is bad.

MisterWack · Answer

No, let kids have fun as kids They already lost snow days, don’t take away Halloween too

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

I don't mind much, we're not big on Halloween here anyway, it's mostly an imported cultural thing with a color given by market, not people.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Should the authoritarian pieces of excrement who are in political offices dictate which celebrations on which days people who are not violating the person or property of another can have? I think my question answered my position on it.

Apple1996 · Answer

Nope Halloween is the best holiday. I love handing out treats to all the neighborhood kiddos

Simslover92 · Answer

No definitely not. It's a fun day for both kids and adults.

Intheclouds00 · Answer

Fuck off with that shit. Hell no. Halloween rocks. Who said the Pagans were so bad? The Bible plagiarizes a large portion of their texts and beliefs

strateguy632 · Answer

Good for economy for buy costumes decorating n candy, so no ban.

Anonymous · Answer

"Halloween is the country's second-largest commercial holiday" "has pagan roots" How do either of these ^ justify banning the holiday? I'm genuinely interested in your thought process here.

Peridot25 · Answer

If anything, let’s ban all holidays. Also birthdays since they force people to spend their money.

Babygirl_S · Answer

It’s not a thing in my country. People are busy preparing for and celebrating Diwali during this time of the year so I couldn’t care less

CubaPirate · Answer

Yes I get pissed with kids knocking on my door saying trick or treat expecting me to give them sweets and getting upset when I squirt them in their faces with a big water soaker

the29thhuman · Answer

Then take it apon yourself to not celebrate it. No ones forcing you

DrPepper12 · Answer

Why are you a killjoy AND oppose capitalism? Hell no!

Still-alive · Answer

It's here to stay so doesn't matter what people think.

Matt_M · Answer

No, of course not! It's the perfect day on which to profess my love for Satan.

DextroShade · Answer

No, it's just a silly holiday were people wear costumes and eat candy.

exitseven · Answer

no. let kids have some fun.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Halloween only happened once a year. If that's the case, let's also Christmas and Easter.

nawtee_me · Answer

You are not going to ban some holiday that people make money on.

JamesRandiDebates · Answer

Yes, ban it. Keep those little shits away from my door.

AmazonChick171 · Answer

Hell no! Halloween is fun!

Wise4myage · Answer

Hell no, I love Halloween.

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

No, I love Halloween 🎃 👻💀

Fireguy17 · Answer

Nope, it's a fun holiday.

paledreams · Answer

I love Halloween 🎃👻

Kelly6 · Answer

@laly520 Has pagen roots?

RedInnocent69 · Answer

WTAF? So does Christmas, BTW…

Agape93 · Answer

Nope

Dongie · Answer

Nah. Just don't allow your own indulgences.

llorando · Answer

No, it's my favorite holiday.

In_Trance · Answer

Stop with this nonsense

MrGSpotHer · Answer

Yes finally some logic

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

No...

impalabill77 · Answer

No it should not

Reijen · Answer

No, don't ask stupid questions.

worldscolide · Answer

Lmao.. No..

gatixek710 · Answer

Do you have a mental issue I should know about?

Update_Available · Answer

Yes it should

Should Halloween be banned?

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No, let kids have fun as kids

They already lost snow days, don’t take away Halloween too

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No, let kids have fun as kids

They already lost snow days, don’t take away Halloween too

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