Because pinatas are just candy-filled balls (and other shapes, of course) that people hit with sticks at certain occasions. The reason the GB is afraid of birthdays, Christmas and other so-called 'Pagan holidays' is because when JG's would start to celebrate those, they would put themselves and other people before and above Jah/GB and cut into their field time in order to celebrate. (Plus, they would meet others who would convince them that it's okay to celebrate birthdays, etc) It's not about "how it is viewed today in your area", and what practices are considered to be religious and/or of Pagan origin and what practices are just harmless fun, everything that detracts from proper and regular worshipping is bad! That's why JG's are also not encouraged to join sports clubs or other 'wordly organisations', even though they admit that it's healty to exercise on a regular basis. You're just not allowed to indulge in anything else besides the Truth...
Posts by MM85
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31Do JW's cherry-pick what to find offensive? Is it hypocricy?
by Terry into take a stand for true worship, we need to have a viewpoint like that of the prophet isaiah, who told true worshipers: touch nothing unclean.isaiah 52:11.. .
jehovah's witnesses are preoccupied with religious "cleanliness" and "purity" of worship.
at least, that's what they say.. for example, jw's aren't permitted to engage in many commonly observed holidays because of connections to pagan false worship.. christmas, easter, thanksgiving are no-no's!
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