Product Description

John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update The Facts on Halloween, a significant book from the popular Facts On Series (more than 1.9 million copies of books from this series sold). Known for their extensive research and Bible knowledge, these authors offer readers the essential facts they need to evaluate and discuss today’s issues regarding Halloween, a widely popular event in which children and progressively more adults participate. The concise, easy–to–follow information helps readers answer such questions as:

• When and where did Halloween originate?
• What customs come from pagan beliefs?
• What should Christians know if they choose to participate in this event?

Parents trying to establish wholesome family traditions and people who are concerned about this growing holiday will find what they are looking for in The Facts on Halloween—easy–to–understand, factual, and relevant information.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #217563 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780736922197
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Nonfiction, no. Propaganda, yes.
If you're looking for a thoughtful, serious, and balanced nonfiction treatment of Halloween, you will need to look elsewhere. While the title promises the facts on one of our more popular holidays, the book actually offers an unbalanced, fundamentalist Christian friendly "interpretation" (in heavy quotation marks) of Halloween.

But take heart: if you like the idea that some people are afraid of what has become a very secular, nondenominational holiday and you're willing to pass on folkloric content, historical richness, and, finally, critical thinking to get it, this could well be the book you're looking for.

Excellent, Factual Information
We purchased this little booklet about 12 years ago when we faced the decision of whether or not celebrating Halloween is something Christians should do. Nobody told us what to think or how we should respond. We researched the topic ourselves, and we found this booklet to be the most thorough explanation of the "holiday." If you are not a Christian, then don't bother reading this because it isn't something that concerns you. However, if you are Christian parents, and for some reason feel like there just isn't something right about celebrating Halloween, I highly recommend this booklet. Read it with an open mind and heart and let the Holy Spirit do the rest of the work in you. If you can read this and truly take the Scripture references seriously, pray about what God would have you do, and then still consciously participate in this pagan festival, then so be it. We surely couldn't!

Fallacies of Halloween
Yeah, yeah... the "dread Lord Samhain" myth rears it's ugly head again. There was no god called Samhain or Druidic sacrifices for it. Samhain is a celtic word meaning "end of summer" Halloween started as a Harvest festival. If he can't even get the origins of the holiday right, why bother believing a word of it? Ridiculous.