Why you should never celebrate Halloween - Halloween is a demonic pagan celebration and the spiritual opposite of the RESURRECTION of Christ. Celebrating Halloween is a betrayal to the Most High God, Creator of Heaven and Earth. The carved pumpkin is an open invitation for demons to enter your home

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[–]quantum-step 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I'm so glad I'm not forced to use the phrase "Most High". I wonder how many regions actually do that? You know, control how you think and speak.
Shalom.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I mean "most high" makes it sound a lot like there are other gods knocking around.

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I mean "most high" makes it sound a lot like there are other gods knocking around.

Yeah, there always were other gods. Yahweh was just one in a pantheon of Canaanite gods. The monotheism thing was a much later creation. It happened when the Jews were exiled. By tradition Yahweh would have been considered 'slain' by Marduk when the Jews were defeated by the Babylonians, but were not down with this and ended up saying Yahweh was not dead, and in fact was the highest/only true god. Traces of this still exist in the OT "You shall have no other gods before Me" implies they exist, and are real enough to be jealous of their worship.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The existence of other gods was never denied. 1 Corinthians 10:20 warns about sacrifices made to other gods. And "Beelzebub" was the Philistine god. The satan was considered the god or one of the major rulers ("archons") of this universe.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The existence of other gods was never denied. 1 Corinthians 10:20 warns about sacrifices made to other gods. And "Beelzebub" was the Philistine god. The satan was considered the god or one of the major rulers ("archons") of this universe.

Well, somewhere along the way Beelzebul became a demon, and not a god in his own right. Even the spelling you use is not correct and a one-off slur. Beelzebul means something like 'lord of heaven' while beelzebub' is 'lord of the flies'

Satan was not considered a god of any earlier pantheon as far as I am aware of, and it is debatable whether this 'opposer' label even refers to a specific entity

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It can be anyone when it's just a שטן. But when it's השטן with the definite article, and there's no other context specifying who it is, it does indeed refer to a specific entity.