Former Country Singer Issues Urgent Warning Against Common Halloween Practice
By Movieguide® Contributor
Granger Smith is warning against false belief in spirits, no matter how “convincing” they might seem.
“Halloween coming up, this is the time we should be thinking — all of us, Christians, non-Christians — we should be thinking about what does it mean when we’re celebrating spirits, ghosts, and are we buying into that? And how are we buying into that?” he asked in a recent episode of the GRANGER SMITH PODCAST.
Smith’s producer, Antman, joined him for this episode to share a conversation he had with a friend who was convinced they were talking to a dead relative.
“And as they’re telling me, clearly my face changed, because they were like, ‘What?’ And I said, ‘That’s a demon. That’s not the relative that they think it is,’” he explained. “One, it’s not your relative. Two, your relative is in one of two places…The Bible says in Hebrews that, just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment. Die. Judgment. Not hang around. There’s no in between.”
Smith agreed, citing Hebrews 9:27 — “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” — and emphasizing that we only die once.
He also pointed to Ecclesiastes 9:5-6:
For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.
“Dead people, their bodies are dead,” Smith said. “They’re not coming back out as skeletons and speaking through baby monitors.”
He continued, “People say all the time, like, speaking of the dead, they say, ‘They’re looking down smiling right now.’ They’re not looking at you. They’re looking at Christ. That’s what the Bible says. Christians who die are looking at Christ. People say, ‘Granger, your dad is in heaven right now, so proud of you.’ I’m like, ‘Well, thanks. I know you’re trying to uplift me, but Dad doesn’t have anything to do with me right now. He’s got better things to do, praise God.”
“The Bible is very clear — if you’re hearing from a dead relative, as convincing as it might be…if you are seeing a spirit, it is only an angel or a demon, and if it’s pretending to be your dead relative, it’s not an angel,” Smith concluded.
Movieguide® previously reported on the dangers of attempting to communicate with spirits or engaging in other occult practices:
Former witch Jenny Weaver warns parents about the pagan origins of Halloween, explaining how the celebration is aimed to conjure a response from the dead.
Halloween’s roots date back to an Irish pagan holiday named Samhain, during which pagan worshippers believed that the dead and demonic were at the height of their power and could enter into the world of the living.
“The first form of Trick or Treat, Samhain, assembled souls of the dead on October 31st,” Weaver explained on Instagram. “[The pagan worshippers] were freeing them to return to their homes and their families to entertain them…If the spirit did not find an acceptable welcome, the spirits would cast spells or cause other problems for the family that was alive…They opened the door to the demonic realm.”
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