Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?

I_love_Jeff

One of their spiritual sisters said that since Jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries. Using this logic, since Jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for Jehovah's Witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.

How exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Is yours coming up?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140116094826AAhroZu

Linsday states (from YA-see link above): "@wob jesus attended wedding festivals but he did not attend birthdays acknowledge amy other pagan holidays so yes weddings and anniversaries are fine to observe"

Ok....with that type of logic, shall the Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate spiritual birthdays?

hamsterbait

Some people started doing this in the 80s - the borg quickly clamped down on it.

The only thing witlesses are allowed to celebrate is their wedding anniversary (ie their first F***)

Who says jehoobie isnt a fertility god?

Ding

What is the "spiritual birthday" of a JW?

Their baptism?

Maybe if they call it "the anniversary of my baptism" that would be okay because it doesn't contain the word "birthday."

4thgen

Nah, too much self glorifcation, I expect. Anything that would detract, (even for a day), from the popularity GB would not be welcome.

Ding

How about "the anniversary of the day I first acknowledged the authority of the faithful and discreet slave"?

I_love_Jeff

Job 1:4-5 His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them. 5 And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. (BBE)

The second translation better emphasizes the "every one on his day" which is clear in the Hebrew text. A regular feast, on a person's "day", is what we call "a birthday!" (Note Job's use of the word "day" in association with his own birth in Job 3:1). When "a period of feasting had run its course", or in other words, when all of the children had had their birthdays that year; Job offered an annual sacrifice on their behalf, acting as a priest for his family. The bottom line is that Job's family celebrated their birthdays, complete with a birthday meal (feast) and fellowship!

http://www.bibleistrue.com/qna/qna65.htm

Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?

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