Marriage is discussed favorably upon, requirements concerning it are given: Heb. 13:4: Let marriage be honorable, and the marriage bed be without defilement....Mal2:15,16 for he is hating divorcing...and there are a lot more, but nothing to support the celebration of B'days
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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also, just curious, were you ever a JW, or studied?
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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But if you look up the origination of B'days it is linked to Paganistic customs, shouldn't that to be a sign not to celebrate them? Bible references do not put them a favorable light. The origin of B"days lie in the realm of magic and religion. The customs of offering congrats and gifts and celebrating and the lighting of the candles in ancient times were meant to protect the celebrant from the demons and to ensure his security for the year and down to the fourth century christianity rejected the celebration of B'days as a pagan custom. It has never been a biblical practice
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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As detailed and as big as the bible is, what then was the purpose of bringing out the accounts of those three B-days?
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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To me they are discussed enough to tell me that they are not looked highly upon. Look at it like this, if you are reading something that is insinuating that something is scalding hot, but never comes right out and says that it's, would you touch it? to me again it would be common sense.
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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As a bible student with JW's, I have studied a vast majority of all religions, and just happend to run into this web site, so I am not here to offend anyone, just here to get people's perspective. As far as im concerned an aniversary has no paganistic backrounds, and yes I have read most of the other posts, but to me they all seem to be beating around the bush. To me it is common sense, if you consider yourself a christian why participate in paganistic activities? A Marriage as stated before is a relationship that is looked very highly upon, and divorce is considered disgusting in gods eyes, so common sense would tell us that it is oky to celebrate the years that you are with the one we love. The wages of sin is death....so why would we want to celebrate growing old and dying when we were meant to live forever? The bible is a book of events, and accounts put out there for us to live from, and when Jesus died for us he relieved us of all the past laws, and we are to uphold the ten commandments, and gods government is the only government that will relieve us of this present system of things, the government here on earth has yet to be able to give to humans what the bible promises, and apostasy is looked very badly upon. 1tim. 4:1 warns that some will fall away from the faith paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teaching of demons, and I believe that some on this website may be abandoning or deserting the worship and service of god, rebelling against Jehovah god, and rejecting his teachings because it is easier to fall short than to walk in the right path. Just like you would take the time to reasearch a project and put your all into it, and maybe even going a little further than you should just to make that grade.....the bible is that same research project, you dig into it, you research it, and you use any means you have to make sure that you make that grade in gods eyes because his word is not there for you to say...well I will celebrate b'Days even though they are spoken harshly about in the bible, but marriage anniversaries are not mentioned, so I can celebrate B'days just because of that. Gods giving you the message by giving poor examples of B'Days, and speaking highly about the bond of marriage....common sense!
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So is there a new stance on B-days or what? Someone please explain........
by WingCommander ini have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
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There is no new stance on B-days, they are still considered a paganistic custom, non-christian based. There is nothing in the bible that supports them, and the only evidence of them in the bible leads to the death of someone, and there was never a mention of them ever being celebrated by Jesus the son of god. A wedding aniversary has no paganistic backrounds.