Samhain was (and continues to be) celebrated by the Druids and requires human sacrifice. Halloween is the modern term for this satanic highday that hides behind a seemingly innocuous front of fun and games that serves to divert attention from its true purpose: worldwide human sacrifice.
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Oh stop it, children. Don't give us any outrageously loony stories, or we can't believe you if you should ever say something sensible. How many times do you have to shout "The sky is falling!" You are, I believe, big, grown-assed people. Don't you think it's time to stop playing drama queen and "put away childish things"?
Hello Gary. Hello Lisa. Did you know "Halloween III" wasn't a documentary? As far as the Halloween franchise goes, it was rock bottom. Jesus, Michael Myers didn't even show his Spraypainted William Shatner masked face!
Oh, what are you on about! Do you have any idea how many virgins were thrown into volcanoes so you could enjoy that pineapple upside-down cake? None! That's right! Same number that gets sacrificed for wax Dracula teeth, candy corn and pumpkin pie!
@Creativerealms
Samhaim is the name of the old pagan traditions that Romans and Christians later adopted and turned into what we think of as Halloween. You know, going from door to door asking for food, carving faces into vegetables to scare away spirits, and celebrating the fall harvest.
I doubt this moron OP even knows how to pronounce Samhain (it's pronounced something like "Sah-win"), let alone what it actually was.
Not this again!
Nowadays, it's simply our New Year, and a time to honor those that have passed on.
We don't ADD TO THAT BY KILLING PEOPLE!
I go to a wiccan Samhain gathering every year. A simple, dignified and heartfelt ceremony is observed, some games for the kids, a nice potluck supper and lots of good conversation along with a bonfire. Alcohol is perfectly okay, but if you indulge you either have a DD or turn in your car keys and break out a sleeping bag. Nobody has died yet after one of these events, and most definitely not during one.
The only thing sacrificed on Halloween is dental care.
Unless Gary and Lisa have real evidence of these full-on human sacrifices, I'm going to keep on ignoring their crazy rants.
@Grey Rook: I've heard "sow-in" (sow as in cow, in as in INdoors). I'm not fluent in Irish, though, so I can't confirm.
NonProphet
@Grey Rook: Nearest Anglicised pronunciation is "SAH-when."
Irish Gaelic is a bit tricky due to Auld Englisce spelling & grammar combined with a not-entirely-compatible verbal structure. W is a vowel in Gaelic, ffs.
Confused?
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