Are you celebrating Reformation or Halloween?

I never understood why people would celebrate a day of the occult. What did the ghosts ever do for any of us, except scare us into not being able to go out in the dark? Did Halloween change world history or saved peoples lives? I don't think so.

You go out on the streets and ask who Martin Luther was and people will not have a clue (or get him mixed up with Martin Luther King Jr.). However thanks to him and the Reformation our world has been changed.

If you go to school, it's thanks to the reformation. If you go to a evangelical church (esp. lutheran one) it's thanks to the reformation. If you read the bible in your language it's also the reformation (though probably by different people). If you are not paying for pieces of paper that buy your soul from purgatory: Reformation.

I can understand if you are catholic, then the reformation is a big black mark in your history.

But if you still want to celebrate Halloween then do so. As long as you celebrate it the way you celebrate christmas(i.e. devoid of any meaning) then it's fine.