Why is everything related to pagan origins? (page 2)

AK - Jeff

Couldn't it be said that eating, even wearing clothes has 'pagan' origins?

The Hebrew God did not choose a nation to be his people for many centuries after Adam. So all the mundane activities of life originated in pagandom didn't they?

Jeff

Honesty

Light from the twisted and demented minds of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Originally, god made animal skins for adam and eve. That was to replace those pagan leaf things that they made for themselves. God made some concessions to the jews. But, obviously, everything except leather is pagan.

S

AlmostAtheist

Except, they just recently inserted a big caveat on the matter of pagan origins as it concerns the "pinata", declaring that it doesn't matter "what it meant hundreds of years ago but how it is viewed today in your area" (g03, 9/22), that Witnesses should not be "preoccupied with the roots and possible ancient religious connotations of every practice and custom" (w98, 10/15), and it is a conscience matter "if it is very obvious that a custom has no current false religious significance and involves no violation of Bible principles" (g04, 7/8).

If you were the Wantpower and you knew you were on shaky ground, would you print this stuff at all? Why not leave it alone and let the R&F figure their own way through it? They've never published an article on "Father's Day" or "Sweetest Day", but next to nobody in the bOrg celebrates them. So why approach these topics, when doing so weakens their stated position?

Are they stupid? Do they not consider the consequences?

Dave

Leolaia

I have a strong feeling that the pinata article by "an Awake! correspondent in Mexico" went to press without adequate proofreading and unintentionally introduced "new light", and everything since has been damage control. I bet they wish they never published that initial positive article on the pinata.

avishai

Well, frankly, it's because most people throughout history were'nt jews or christians. They came up with lot's of fun stuff. Judeo-xtian culture is generally , and the dubs specifically, against "fun". So they are able to, rightly, blame almost all of the fun stuff they did'nt come up with on other cultures. ergo pagan, ergo banned. Jehovahs witnit=party pooper.

upside/down

So pagan=fun in dubese?

therefore no fun allowed.... now that makes some senses and FITS!

u/d

iiz2cool

Couldn't it be said that eating, even wearing clothes has 'pagan' origins?

I'm sure that just about anything can have so-called "pagan origins". I don't know of any JW who shuns Chinese food because it originated with non-jws. For the watchtower, it's all about money. And holidays cost money that could be otherwise contributed to the worldwide work?.

Walter

tijkmo

Who Invented the Necktie?
BY AWAKE! CORRESPONDENT IN GERMANY
AROUND the world some 600 million men wear them regularly. In Germany the average man owns about 20 neckties. Many a man has wondered with some irritation, while putting on a necktie, ?Whose idea was this, anyway?? Where did the tie originate?
Steenkerke, a town in Belgium, claims the honor of having "invented" the necktie. In 1692, English forces made a surprise attack on French troops stationed there. According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, "the [French] officers had no time to dress correctly. But without ado, they tied their uniform scarves around the neck with a loose knot and pushed the ends through the buttonholes of their jacket. Voilà, the birth of the necktie in its original form."
However, the soldiers? fashion novelty was not exactly unprecedented. Experts on the history of neckties point out that centuries earlier, warriors for the Chinese emperor Cheng (Shih Huang Ti) wore a scarflike cloth folded around the neck, indicating their rank.
Perhaps the most famous, though, were the scarves worn by Croatians fighting for King Louis XIV of France. During a victory parade in Paris, the French were so taken by the Croatians? scarves that they called them cravates, from Cravate, a Croat, and began wearing the scarves as well. "From then on," writes the aforementioned newspaper, "there was no stopping necktie fashions, although the soldiers in Steenkerke were the first to make the scarf into a knotted tie."
During the French Revolution (1789-99), a man would indicate his political inclination by the color of the "croat," or scarf, around his neck. In the 19th century, elegant European society "discovered" this form of attire. It was then that the cravat was elevated from the military and political arena and entered the wardrobe of the male population at large. Today the necktie is more than accepted in many societies worldwide; in certain settings, it is even mandatory.

completely military history............but we still had to wear them (im not complaining..i love ties)

GetBusyLiving

:If you were the Wantpower and you knew you were on shaky ground, would you print this stuff at all?

This is a good point. I honestly question the sanity of these individuals. Any sane person can recognize how stupid this is.

GBL

Why is everything related to pagan origins?