Witchcraft and the supernatural - experiences

Although Halloween is reputed to be Irish in origin where the early Irish Christians incorporated the older Celtic traditions into the early Irish Church, the Catholic Church disapproved of witchcraft in the centuries afterwards - Irish Immigrants brought the concept of Halloween to America where it was shaped into the tradition that we see today, but the Catholic Church has the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls around this time while still disapproving of witchcraft, as no devout Catholic is supposed to engage with any of this stuff, as it’s calling forth evil spirits 

It is interesting to see how Christianity has been an incredible marketing machine through the millenia to allow it to convert other religions to be Christian.

Look at traditions like Christmas - this is nothing to do with Christs birthday:

https://historycooperative.org/pagan-origins-of-christmas/

The origins of Christmas can be traced back to the ancient Roman and Norse civilizations. In fact, 25th December was not even Jesus’ date of birth. The early Christians appropriated what was originally a pagan holiday because it was convenient. Before that, the people of ancient Europe had celebrations of the pagan god Saturn or even Odin at the end of December to mark the shortest day of the year. Indeed, many of the Christmas traditions we have today come from these ancient festivals.

Easter is also only loosely connected to Christs death:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/ancient-pagan-origins-easter-001571

While Easter, as we know it today, was never a  pagan festival , its roots and many of its traditions have associations with ancient pagan customs and beliefs.

The same goes for lots of events throughout the year - most were adaptations of other religions major celebrations that were cunningly  repackaged in a way that allowed any converted religion to keep their current population happy that their beliefs were not being cancelled. A generation or two later the meaning of the origins started to fade and it just became a part of the landscape.

Clever people those christian directors.

The motto of the story - don't believe what you are told without doing some research, unless you are content in your ignorance.

If that's what you find interesting about Christianity I guess so.

What humans did with the faith AFTER it was given us by God is hardly the fault of the faith.

Some Christians did far worse than swap a few dates around.

But unlike many, many other religious systems our faith (almost uniquely) does not actually instruct us to kill or dominate the unbelievers. 

Strawman argument that only holds water for those who like that sot of thing..

Bait noted and ignored.

Strawman argument that only holds water for those who like that sot of thing..

Bait noted and ignored.