Am I the only one noticing all these contradicting "facts" about Halloween?

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So my goal is not to fear-monger or be presumptuous. I have been trying to to figure out the truth about Halloween for a while now. If you’re wondering why I should not be sure after all the Catholic internet people explaining why it’s actually okay, it’s because every time I research it, all I learn is that there are a vast amount of “historical” sources out there about this holiday that completely contradict each other.

I have no personal opinion on the matter, I would just really like to know the truth.

I talked with a former satanist and also read something from another (both now Catholic,) and they advised strongly against Halloween. However, the first one had less experience of it himself and told me what he read from sources from satanic books, which he says could either be full of lies, being from satanists, or very horribly true.

Of course my evangelical friend is super against it. However I am looking for the Catholic truth.

I have a healthy respect for the danger of the occult, having directly seen some of the negative consequences that might be easy to otherwise dismiss.

I also do not believe in living under superstition and paranoia.

It’s getting ridiculous though. One former satanist will say it’s a time of blood sacrifice and that the “treats” were about demanding things from people or else cursing them. Then a catholic says that the treats were actually about almsgiving. Then someone else says that it’s actually Pagan or Wiccan or whatever. One person has “proof” that we still are being occult by celebrating it and someone else says they know we are standing up to death and the holiday is actually historically Catholic.

I am kinda getting confused here. All I’m seeing is people either getting mad at people who want to know the truth and scoffing at their fear, or else an extreme fear of and refusal to touch anything to do with Halloween.

But I just want to know what is actually historically and spiritually correct!

If anyone has some reliable sources or experience, especially that address all these contradictions, I would most appreciate it.
 
I hope others can post thoughts right here in the thread itself.

I have no doubt that satanists DO do things on Halloween in particular. However, they also say the Mass backwards (or so I’ve heard), and that doesn’t make the Mass dangerous or occultic.

I do look forward to hearing others’ thoughts, as I have the same questions as OP. It gets very difficult to know what’s true in this day with so many voices shouting opposing views and each claiming to have sources to back it up. My personal feeling is that it IS All Hallows’ Eve, and it also has been used for less holy purposes by others.
 
Thanks for the links above everybody, I will watch them.
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I hope others can post thoughts right here in the thread itself.

I have no doubt that satanists DO do things on Halloween in particular. However, they also say the Mass backwards (or so I’ve heard), and that doesn’t make the Mass dangerous or occultic.

I do look forward to hearing others’ thoughts, as I have the same questions as OP. It gets very difficult to know what’s true in this day with so many voices shouting opposing views and each claiming to have sources to back it up. My personal feeling is that it IS All Hallows’ Eve, and it also has been used for less holy purposes by others.
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Good points that satanists can’t make mass bad somehow. All Hallows’ Eve is good to celebrate with services and friendship. However the jury is still out on the “truth” about trick or treat I guess? I hear everything from scary costumes are demonic to that they are usurping and being fearless towards evil. Oy.

Regarding this, Wikipedia says essentially these points: That some scholars say Halloween has a pagan origin, while other scholars maintain that it developed separately. So there’s not a consensus.

That makes it tricky, and it bothers me that a lot of people say that it’s fine and only include their sources that support that, or vice versa.

Anyway, for me I suppose it does matter about the origins. The only costume I will do if any is a saint.
 
Whatever the real facts are about these dates, its pretty clear they have been distorted and molested into what they are today…a reason for stores to make money selling candy, costumes, and other such things, just like they have molested Christmas into what it is today, they found another reason to encourage people to spend spend spend.
 
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