Halloween Mythbusters!

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Halloween Mythbusters!

by Daniel Carandang

Halloween.

First things that come to mind: candies, costumes, horror flicks, ghost...tons of scares!

Halloween is the day where fear comes to life and is commercialized by the celebrations and festivities surrounding the day. 

Fear, despite the heart attacks it can give, causes thrill. We secretly love the feeling of being spooked out of our minds. Why else do we oblige to watching horror films or roaming around horror houses or just plainly enjoy telling scary stories?

Halloween has been commercialized and is now an excuse to party out on October 31. Kids in costumes knock from door to door, either looking adorable or freaky, for neighbors who are willing to give them free candy. Teens and adults, also in costumes, partying and celebrating a night that honors the dead and the fear that comes along with it. 

Ghosts and the undead- common tags of Halloween. Some of us believe that it's just a hoax, while others are convinced that such does exist. 

So, what's what?

1. Are ghosts real? Are they really our dead relatives who came back to haunt us?

The media has been powerful enough to convince us that the translucent things you see are your dead cousins who are haunting you because they have some unfinished business on earth. Ghosts have been portrayed as levitating white cloths or transparent people you can see through.

Spiritual beings do EXIST but they are not the images of dead people.

 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

Hebrews 9:27

People, once they die, are judged. They go to one of two places: either heaven or hell. There's no wandering around the corners of the earth for the deceased. No one can go to earth once they die nor can they cross from heaven to hell. In Luke 16:23-35, we find the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. As the story goes, the selfish rich man dies and finds himself in hell while Lazarus is in heaven. Seeing his terrible state, the rich man calls out to Abraham in heaven and asks to be able to see his family to warn them.

However, Abraham told the rich man that no one can ever get out from hell nor in heaven. No one can cross from both sides due to the chasm in between. He cannot go to earth nor can he ever go to heaven.

So, what about the apparitions people can see?

Those spirits are evil, minions of Satan who are after distracting us. When Satan was cast out of heaven, he brought with him 1/3 of the angels who became his minions. They are the ones tricking us with illusions of ghosts, some portraying real people in order to sway our faith. 

2. Are zombies (walking dead) real?

As much as most of us want to become survivors of the zombie apocalypse, the honest truth is: zombies do not exist nor will they ever exist. 

Zombies are works of fiction. Those who believe in such creatures and insists that the Bible talks about them use Zechariah 14:12: "This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths." But they have the wrong context of the verse. 

Nope, zombies aren't real. Nor will they ever be.

3. Do third eyes or sixth senses exist?

Possibly. But they are not from God.

These extra sensory perceptions are not of the Lord. In fact, we are warned about mediums in Leviticus 19:31:

“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

The activities of the occult or people who soak themselves in their sixth senses are going against the Lord. In fact in Leviticus 20:27, the Jews are warned of such practitioners and are advised to to stone such people. 

4. Are demon possessions real?

YES.

Mark 1:23-28 tells the story of Jesus and his encounter who was possessed with not just one evil spirit, but more than. If you read through Jesus' life story, you can see more of His demon castings. Demon possession can happen to anyone who doesn't have the Holy Spirit within them and are harboring large amounts of bitter, anger, resentment, etc. 

If we're not guarded by the Holy Spirit, we are vulnerable. 

Release from Satan's power is achieved through God's Salvation.

Now that Halloween Myths have been busted, it's now safe for you to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night cause you have nothing to fear when you're God is here!

Written by Ashley Petallano (c) 2013