by mineralogist 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
So here is a really sincere topic and out of my stomach i'd say it is just something pagan and such and such ...
But - do any of you know about a teaching of the WTS? The library 2001 doesn't mention anything.
And as this is some fun there must be something to discourage JWs of doing it.
Hi min,
do any of you know about a teaching of the WTS?
Who cares? They're bound to be against it - it's joyful!
Ian
There is an Awake from 1947, otherwise the info is under "practical jokes." I feel jokes are funny if everyone can share the humor and no one is hurt.
Blondie
blondie got it, as always
*** g83 11/8 p. 12 Practical Jokes?How Funny Are They? ***The Bible speaks about practical jokes. It says: "Just like someone mad that is shooting fiery missiles, arrows and death, so is the man that has tricked his fellowman and has said: ?Was I not having fun??" (Proverbs 26:18, 19)
: But - do any of you know about a teaching of the WTS?
They MUST believe in it, because with ever-changing Watchtower doctrine and policies, EVERY day is April Fool's Day!
Farkel
You mean the GB members ROFL all days? Sounds reasonable.
I can't see as it matters as long as no one is injured.
My son bought some Oreo cookies last night...took out the centers and filled them with tooth paste...YIKES!
Some scholarly fellow worker told me once that the origins of "April Fool" were that a person was picked in a village for an entire day and given carte blanche on shenanigans. At the end of the day he was killed.
But I've never been able to verify that. Anyone ever heard that?
Pat
From what I've read, it has to do with the change to the Gregorian calendar:
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar ) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. Many countries, however, resisted the change. In fact, some European countries held out for centuries (Scotland until 1660; Germany, Denmark, and Norway until 1700; and England until 1752). In 1564 France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. However, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false.
So you see, an April Fool is someone who celebrates New Year's Day in April. So the WTS could condemn April Fool's Day because it had its origin in the pagan New Year's Day holiday.....Ka-ching!
Thank you Leolaia, that looks like a good explanation to me. Now you wrote it i remember i heard it before.
