The scripture quotes aside, I was always told that we don't celebrate birthdays because that is a celebration of the self, which has no place in Jehovah's organization. Then why celebrate anniversaries? Anniversary celebrations are about the joining of two selves, isn't that twice as selfish?
Why are anniversaries allowed but not birthdays?
by hyperpen 51 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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hyperpen
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neat blue dog
"Because. So there." - GB
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scratchme1010
Indeed. Just because. No logic, no sense.
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dubstepped
Marriage is God's arrangement. Birth isn't, see Adam and Eve. Why not?
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Saename
Just stop thinking about it; just let it go, and the problem will disappear. You'll see.
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ShirleyW
because they don't know what the F they're doing and just made up their own rules
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berrygerry
Because Job's children were commemorating their day of birth, and no where in the Bible do we read of marriage anniversaries ...
Umm, wait a minute ?
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punkofnice
Now the spies will report this back to the overfed stuffed pigs back at cult HQ. New light(tm), no nore anniversaries. Give money to the governing overbloated pig body. They need to pay the fines in Loughboro' UK.
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stuckinarut2
Yes.... The double standards will do your head in....
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stuckinarut2
Why doesn't the GB introduce "baptism anniversary parties" where a witness can celebrate annually the day of their baptism?
