Jehovah Witness Birthday
Jehovahs witnesses base their practices on the biblical interpretations of charles taze russell 18521916 founder c.
Jehovah witness birthday. Jehovahs witnesses emphasize the use of gods name and they prefer the form jehovaha vocalization of gods name based on the tetragrammaton. Jehovahs witnesses do not believe in superstition or good luck. They say that the only birthdays mentioned in the bible were celebrated by two rulers who didnt worship jehovah. Well if you hate jehovahs witnesses then move to russia because they put a religious ban on jehovahs witnesses and they call it.
The birthday cake splendid with colored icing and shining candles is a personal tribute. They say that on may 24 the romans celebrated the birthday of diana a pagan goddess. Info on origins of birthday celebrations https. 1881 of the bible student movement and of successive presidents of the watch tower society joseph franklin rutherford in office 19171942 and nathan homer knorr in office 19421977.
Although the bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand gods view of them. Jehovahs witnesses the two resurrections paradise the never dying more. 175 176 177 they believe that jehovah is the only true god the creator of all things and the universal sovereign. The notion of a birthday festival was far from the ideas of the christians of this period in general.
On may 25 they celebrated the birth of apollo their sun god. How did early christians and jews of bible times view birthday celebrations. Top 10 reasons you shouldnt be a jehovahs witness. According to the witnesses birthdays were celebrated in honor of pagan gods.
School and jehovahs witnesses p18 birthdays are unlike other holidays for they are times when all the presents and good wishes are for oneself. I dont mean to offend anyone who is part of this group but i have my personal reasons to not join these people anytime. They do their best to follow the bibles counsel. Robert king 12965 views.
Consider four of these aspects and related bible principles. Whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything else do all things for gods glory 1 corinthians 1031. Jehovahs witnesses enjoy getting together with their friends and they might choose to drink alcoholic beverages moderately if at all. Jehovahs witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease god.
Since 1976 practices have also been based on decisions made at closed meetings. 1 you cannot celebrate holidays.