Jehovalarious
So Jw's are allowed to celebrate baby showers, but not birthdays?? huh??
by nolongerconfused 28 Replies latest jw friends
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jam
OK folks lets be realistic, a baby shower is is completely different
then a birthday. Like Jesus he received gifts when came into the world(baby shower),
a birthday you may receive a severed head as a gift, that's a big
difference.
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rebel8
This has GOT to be a joke: "And we can be sure that he did not get in any line to kiss the bride either so we leave such woman-exalting practices back in the creature-worshiping world, where they belong. Instead of any such looseness of conduct or excessive use of food or drink, we should control activities and regulate entertainment into profitable channels, such as the singing of Kingdom songs, playing Scriptural quiz games, relating field experiences, and so forth."
CONGRATULATING A BRIDE = WOMAN-EXALTING CREATURE WORSHIP! BRIDES = CREATURES! Playing boring games and talking about fs are what we should do at weddings. OMG.
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Apognophos
If congratulating a woman on getting married was satanic, whoever wrote that must have had a heart attack when women's lib happened a couple decades later. I hope.
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jam
Have you ever wonder what happen to Jesus gifts, gold, frankincense
and myrrh?? Humm did Joseph put it in a trust fund or maybe
he kept it for himself, his son didn't need it.
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Miss.Fit
Graduation parties are big in my area. Even kids who graduate from home school or get their GED usually gets one.
Sometimes they get very elaborate.
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steve2
Have you ever wonder what happen to Jesus gifts, gold, frankincense
and myrrh??
Well, the poor kid never got to enjoy them, did he? Those gifts were long gone by the time the tariff for the night in the manger was paid off. Talk about an unjust beginning to a life that only got worse at the end....
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jam
steve2: LMAO
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SAHS
“blondie”:
“Let me add this Question from Readers. This is definitely a "Vomit Alert."”
Actually, that is more of a “vomit alert,” Blondie. It is really much more of a “steam-coming-out-of-the-ears-angry alert!” And the way the Watchtower Society talks about women – I suppose it was closer to the “What-is-a-woman-anyway,-but-a-hank-of-hair-and-a-bag-of-bones” era enjoyed by Judge Franklin Rutherford. These piggish guys deserved to be slapped profusely.
As for birthdays, all I can think of is Jesus’ choice words at Matthew 23:24: “You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.” (NIV)
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respectful_observer
We have a passive-aggressive tradition where, when giving a baby gift at the hospital or at the shower, we use a "Happy Birthday!" card. It can be any type; the joke tends to get funnier (for us)/more awkward (for them) when it's a card that has a year on it. For example:
Happy 5th Birthday! or "Happy 40th!"
We then "X" out the year with black marker and write "0".
The look on people's faces are priceless when they see the card. A momentary look of fright/puzzlement crosses their face, and that's when we say: "We're here to celebrate his/her birth, right? Enjoy it, it's the last time you'll be able to officially celebrate his/her birth!"
They agree, laugh, and the party goes on. We've never gotten blow-back from doing this repeatedly.
We just bask in the bright light of irony while the rusty gears in their brains try to turn.