To take a stand for true worship, we need to have a viewpoint like that of the prophet Isaiah, who told true worshipers: “Touch nothing unclean.” —Isaiah 52:11.
Jehovah's Witnesses are preoccupied with religious "cleanliness" and "purity" of worship. At least, that's what they say.
For example, JW's aren't permitted to engage in many commonly observed holidays because of connections to pagan false worship.
Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving are no-no's! While other Christians warmly embrace and honor God in celebrations the Witnesses cluck their
tongues and shake their heads in disdain.
They are constantly preoccupied with True Worship...PURE worship....
Or, are they?
Don't Jehovah's Witnesses pick and choose what they are going to find offensive rather than simply removing every pagan false religious
connection from their daily lives?
Aren't they haphazard and selective about what is "Pure" and what is to be avoided?
Take the common daily calendar, for example.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are quite aware of the pagan false religious gods saturating that instrument of daily use.
They have known since the early days of the Society at Bethel when it was clearly brought to the attention of the president of the Watchtower
Society by one of the board members in a personal letter.
Was President Rutherford grateful for this information? Did he communicate it to the brothers and sisters around the world?
No! Even though the letter was a private and personal communication, Judge Rutherford publicly humiliated the writer in front of the brothers and
sisters working at Bethel! Was Rutherford embarassed he had missed this connection himself?
Wouldn't the concern over pagan religious influence that had obviously affected Christmas, Easter and Halloween apply to anything and everything
else polluted by false pagan connections?
Yes!
Luke 16:10: New Living Translation(©2007)
"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities.
The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses does claim for themselves greater responsibilty as a Faithful and Discreet "slave" in charge of their Master's true followers.
Yet, a brief look at the history of this religious group refutes that claim instantaneously.
Attorney Olin Moyle in his letter of resignation from the Brooklyn Headquarters wrote a personal letter to President J.F.Rutherford. In this letter
he indicates how astonished and disappointed the workers at Bethel were at Rutherford's treatment of one C.J. Woodworth.
What was Woodworth's "crime"? Woodworth had urgently informed Judge Rutherford how inconsistent it was to RETAIN false pagan
worship in one area of their lives while loudly rejecting it in other areas.
His letter reads in part:
Shortly after coming to Bethel we were shocked to witness the spectacle of our brethren receiving what is designated as a "trimming" from you. The first, if memory serves me correct, was a tongue lashing given to C. J. Woodworth. Woodworth in a personal letter to you stated something to the effect that it would be serving the devil to continue using our present day calendar. For that he was humiliated, called a jackass, and given a public lambasting.
In what way was it "serving the devil" to continue using a calendar? Woodworth was aware of the connection of the names of the days of the
week (and month) with satanic worship of pagan gods!
Sunday -- Sun's day
Monday -- Moon's day
Tuesday -- Tiu's day
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Thursday -- Thor's day
Friday -- Freya's day
Saturday -- Saturn's day
| Name | Comes from | Who or what? | Why? |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Janus | God of Doors | This month opens the year. |
| February | februo | purify | This was a Roman month of sacrifices and purification. |
| March | Mars | God of War | Start of year for soldiers (no fighting during winter) |
| April | aperire | open | This is the month when trees open their leaves. |
| May | Maia | Goddess of Growth | This is the month when plants really start to grow. |
| June | Juno | Queen of the Gods | |
| July | Julius Caesar | Ruler of Rome | He reorganised the calendar. |
| August | Augustus | Ruler of Rome | He thought he was at least as important as Julius Caesar! |
| September | septem | seven | Seventh month (counting from March) |
| October | octo | eight | Eighth month (counting from March) |
| November | novem | nine | Ninth month (counting from March) |
| December | decem | ten | Tenth month (counting from March) |
The Naming of the Days
The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
