Hypocrisy is a terrible thing and all too frequently those who proclaim to follow God the Father with Christ as their savior slide into the practice of walking the fence as tepid examples of Christianity that Christ states He will spit out of His mouth.

I'm sure this happens because there is a very dangerous belief being taught that you only have to believe and nothing you do from that point on will keep you from heaven.

This is not quite true! Christ says that if you love Him you will follow Him. He also says you must be more righteous than the scribes and pharisees. He specifically lays out certain "laws" in Matthews and tells us not to worship idols. He also charges us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect!

When Pastors tell you that you are only human and you cannot be perfect, they are lying to you. If you do not have Christ to hold your hand and help you past temptation, then yes, you cannot be perfect. Otherwise, we are fully capable of not sinning just as Christ said.

Regarding idols by the way:

What of Halloween? Oh, you say that is just all in fun? Do you really think God the Father considers this "fun"? I doubt it. Consider where it comes from. http://www.history.com/content/halloween/real-story-of-halloween

Quote [Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.] Unquote

Then we have Christ Mas. Oh joy goes to Christ in this one right? Absolutely wrong! It goes to Old Saint Nickolas on what is supposedly the birthday of Christ and nearly many Christians celebrate it with Santa as the gift bearer.

The origin of Christmas is as follows at http://www.history.com/video.do?name=christmas&bcpid=2647858001&bclid=1675979322&bctid=1586348684 give the video a moment to load.

Essentially Christmas is a conglomerate of pagan celebrations, at least one of which was for a Goddess, and to appease the public, the church decided to keep the pagan holiday as the day Christ was born even though he was most likely born in March.