Why in the world do JW's think it wrong to send a Mother's Day card?

by oppgirl63 21 Replies latest jw friends

  • themonster123
    themonster123

    Honestly, it's so embarassing that Witnesses don't celebrate Mother's and Father's day. I mean, Christmas and all the other big holidays, I think you can pretty much legitimately defend w/ a solid reason why we as a religion don't celebrate those, but MOthers Day!?

    Seriously, if someone this weekend asks me "hey whatcha doin for mother's day?" I am SO gonna lie and just be like, "Oh we're taking her out for breakfast" and leave it at that. I ain't a WItness no mo, but my Mama is... SEriously how can you defend not celebrating MOthers day!? Madness...

    There's so much to this religion that is just plain embarassing.

  • LtCmd.Lore
    LtCmd.Lore

    So yeah we all know that there is no scriptural reason against mothers day. The minions are simply obeying the GB...

    But why is the GB opposed to it?

  • Chameleon
    Chameleon

    Because they want that $2.99 you would spend on a card.

  • garybuss
    garybuss

    Sending a mother's day card might be seen by some as a gateway sin and could lead to a serious sin . . . like joining the YMCA.


  • Clam
    Clam

    You gotta be good to your Mommy all year round, not just on a day that the greetings card companies have concocted. Yes I'm the son of Hickory Holler's Tramp.

  • choosing life
    choosing life

    How they can link Mother's Day to worshp of mothers borders on insanity. They get graduation cards for people. Don't you think it is a much bigger and more important accomplishment to raise children?

    You may spend a few years in highschool and I think it is an accomplishment to be celebrated. But what about the years and the huge part of your heart and soul that you put into raising your precious children. Isn't that an even greater accomplishment that deserves to be celebrated?

    I am sorry for the years that I did not show special appreciation for my parents on Fathers and Mothers Day. Yes, I did show it on other days, but it is kind of a slap to ignore them on a day that is specially set up for just that.

    Making up for lost time now!

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    Using Car-Pool lanes on highways would be forbidden if the person that designed the them was a "pagan"

    Rub a Dub

  • theinfamousone
    theinfamousone

    i think maybe they are right... no one should be honoured... no one has done anything good, because we are all sinners including our mothers... your mother raised you, a sinner, so don't ever laud your mom!

    the infamous one

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    ... no one should be honoured... no one has done anything good, because we are all sinners including our mothers...

    Are you suggesting that the shrine I am erecting for our cat when it dies is not scriptural ?

    Rub a Dub

  • loosie
    loosie

    It's considered creature worship to them.

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