Pat Robertson Warns: Children 'Celebrate Satan' On Halloween

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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Televangelist Pat Robertson gave his yearly warning against Halloween on “The 700 Club” on Oct. 29 (video below).

"Well, it used to be called 'All Saints Eve,' now we know it as Halloween," Robertson began, according to The Huffington Post. "And Saturday is Halloween. That's the day when millions of children and adults will be dressing up as devils, witches, and goblins to celebrate Satan. They don’t realize that's what they’re doing."

If that wasn't enough to scare the hell out of viewers, Robertson introduced a story about a woman in Uganda, Jahan Berns, who claimed that her nightmares were caused by her family’s local witchdoctor, reports RightWingWatch.org.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqEy4n86GJc

[deebakes]

:woot: for satan!

and its only one day, he expects people to celebrate that other dude 52 sundays a year :shrug:

[Goofy]

Dyslexic people celebrate Santa on Halloween :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

Halloween was originally a pagan holiday called Sam Hain, and the pagans didn't believe in either God or the Devil. So Pat's off there. It was just a holiday to celebrate the harvest, the passing of the season into winter, and a time to remember and give props to the dead. They believed that on this night, the veil between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead was thinnest, and both the living and the dead could cross over into the opposing realms if they weren't careful. The Catholic Church took this holiday and tweaked it a little to be a precursor to All Saint's Day to win over the pagans and try to convert them to Christianity. And seeing as how there aren't really that many pagans around any more compared to the number of Christians, I think the Church won. So yeah, Pat, you're way off. Halloween is a Christian holiday.

Christmas is the same story.

By the way, Sam Hain is one of the cross quarter days, in this case it's the midpoint between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. Based on the orbit of the planet, Sam Hain actually occurs on November 7th this year. So technically, if we were celebrating the original holiday for its original purpose, we'd have to wait a few more weeks.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

He wrong most of the time

[deebakes]

but still alive :dance:

[Hal-9000]

Halloween was originally a pagan holiday called Sam Hain, and the pagans didn't believe in either God or the Devil. So Pat's off there. It was just a holiday to celebrate the harvest, the passing of the season into winter, and a time to remember and give props to the dead. They believed that on this night, the veil between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead was thinnest, and both the living and the dead could cross over into the opposing realms if they weren't careful. The Catholic Church took this holiday and tweaked it a little to be a precursor to All Saint's Day to win over the pagans and try to convert them to Christianity. And seeing as how there aren't really that many pagans around any more compared to the number of Christians, I think the Church won. So yeah, Pat, you're way off. Halloween is a Christian holiday.

Christmas is the same story.

By the way, Sam Hain is one of the cross quarter days, in this case it's the midpoint between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. Based on the orbit of the planet, Sam Hain actually occurs on November 7th this year. So technically, if we were celebrating the original holiday for its original purpose, we'd have to wait a few more weeks.

And Pat kinda missed the entire point. They were not worshiping evil, they were trying to appease the dead so they wouldn't cross over and start dicking with us as you mention. Respect/not worship.