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Anton Szandor LaVey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan in San Francisco, says he's glad that Christians let their kids worship Satan at least once a year. But what does he mean by that?   

“The modern custom of “Trick or Treat” began in Ireland hundreds of years ago. Good luck was promised to generous donors, and threats were made against those who would not give” (Holiday of Legend, p. 87).

The carved face in the pumpkin called the “Jack-O-Lantern” is a symbol of an ancient damned soul. A man named Jack was said not to be able to enter heaven or hell and was doomed to wander the earth with a lantern lit by a burning coal from hell. (Book of Holiday Festivals, pp. 125-126).

Spirits that floated through the air were allowed to inhabit animals' bodies on Halloween, with the black cat considered the most desirable because it was believed to have nine lives (Halloween Through The Centuries, p. 4). 

The goddess of the harvest would give of her beauty to those who would bow down to her, and from that comes bobbing for apples  (Folklore, p.11).

“It was the Celts who chose the date of October 31 as their New Year’s Eve and who originally intended it as a celebration of everything wicked, evil, and dead.  Also they would gather around a community bonfire (a fire of burning bones) and offer as sacrifices their animals and crops and sometimes humans.”

“And wearing costumes made from the heads and skins of other animals, they would tell one another’s fortunes for the coming year”  (World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 9. pp. 24-25).

So the reasons behind Halloween traditions aren't only not Christian; they're not very nice either.

The Satanic bible describes Halloween as follows: “Originally, All Hallow’s Eve was one of the great fire festivals of Britain at the time of the Druids.  In Scotland it was associated with the time when the spirits of the dead, the demons, witches, and sorcerers, were unusually active and propitious. The youths of the villages carried on with much merry-making and sensual revelry, but the older people took great care to safeguard their homes from evil spirits, and demons who had exceptional power that night.”

The Bible before me tells me that Christians are to “abstain from all appearance of evil” and “whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”  Clearly, the Bible doesn't make light of death, devils, witches, or any other trappings of Halloween.

 Our children need to learn to work hard to make good grades and get ahead in life, but one night of the year we condone blackmail, and kids get candy in exchange for not soaping windows or destroying mailboxes.

All year long, we tell our children to avoid talking to strangers, but on this one night they not only talk to strangers but also go to strangers’ houses and take candy from them.  Police chiefs all over America dread Halloween.

Satanist Anton LaVey says, “I know that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will win out.”  But it doesn't have to be that way, and certainly our children deserve better!

Parents:  Please don't allow your children to call good what is evil.   Pray and ask the Lord if your family should participate in the evils of Halloween.