(dont think i spelled the word right-but whateva)---my best friend is a jahoves witness <(is that how you spell it?) anyways, she dont celebrate anything at all, not even her own b-day. when we first met in 5th grade i asked her if she beleived in god and Jesus and she said "yea" but they dont even celebrate Christmas, Jesus' b-day. why is that?
2006-07-23 14:47:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Jesus said to remember his death, which was recorded to the very day and hour, not his birthday, which was not recorded at all. Christmas was instituted hundreds of years after his death and has nothing to do with Christ. Look it up in your own encyclopedia.
2006-07-23 14:56:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
first place it is spelled Jehovah Witness. Jesus was not born on DEC 25 so why would we celebrate a lie. we don't know when Jesus Christ was born. yes we believe in God. but Jesus is not God. Jehovah is God and Jesus is his son. we give gifts anytime. Jesus Christ died on the first night of passover. the last supper and Jesus said to have a memorial for him and since passover is once a year, we celebrate it once a year Nisan 14 each year all around the world in 235 lands. we are not a cult we are a religion. we don't worship the flag because we give worship only to Jehovah God. www.watchtower.org
2006-07-24 12:46:06 · answer #2 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Jehovah's Witness, but I don't either! Why? It came from paganism. God doesn't approve of it!
Scripture doesn't mention Jesus's birthdate or any christians celebrating His Birthday. The only birthday mentioned besides Pharoah is the heathen king Herod. "Christmas" means "mass of Christ"; the celebration coexisted in Rome before there was any in Jerusalem. The early Roman Church however did establish a pagan festival that (Jer.10) coexisted with Jesus's Birth and that was the birthday of the sun god. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., article: "Christmas"). The Catholic sources admit that Christmas didn't co-exist with the earliest festivals. Jesus wasn't born Christmas; even scripture makes this evident. "On the night of Jesus's birth, the shepherd's were still keeping watch over their flocks." (Luke 2:8). The rainy season in Ancient Israel began after the Feast of Tabernacles which generally is early October. In November, it would be cool and wet; the flocks from the pasture had already been brought and kept in winter quarters by the shepherds. This tells us the shepherds were no longer in the fields at night. Another peice of evidence is overlooked is in Luke 1:35-36; it tells us John the Baptist was born to Mary's cousin Elizabeth six months before Jesus. And as we look further in verse 5-17, we see Zacharias an elderly priest burning incense on the altar and then an angel appearing to him and telling him that he and his wife would have a son to prepare Christ's Way. We know however when this announcement was made by the angel because of Zacharias was "of the course of Abijah" Please look at 1Chron.24:1-19; it tells us that King David divided these priests into 24 "courses" that served in the temple by rotation. The Course of Abijah would be the 8th of the 24 courses which usually would occur around the end of May. Pentecost came the week after the 8th course served and he had to serve all 24 courses during the three festival seasons. So Zacharias came home approximately after the first week of June; in which John the Baptist was conceived around mid-June and 9 months later would be his birth. John Baptist's birth came around mid-March while Jesus's was around mid-September. Also notice every year people claim 3 wise men seen Jesus in a stable; is this really true? The Bible nowhere states "3 wise men" or "that the wise men visited Jesus in a stable". Read for yourself: (Matt.2:11); these Magi came from the east beyond the Euphrates River which in the 1st century was called the Parthian Empire (the eastern border of the Roman Empire).
I can't finish this: so you would have to see it on:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/271589370/1342393463049373547FazWzQ
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Why Christmas, Valentine's, New Years, Easter, Halloween, Birthdays, St.Patrick's and April Fool's are bad?
Look what JEREMIAH 10 says about the Christmas Tree.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/185040640/1346571981049373547UVLlet
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Doesn't Paul warn us about other gods?
GAL.4:8-10 = "Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak an beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years."
(note: Easter Time and Christmas time)
cupid(Valentine's) is a god just like (Easter)Ishtar is.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/271589370/1271597516049373547opArYp
http://community.webshots.com/photo/185040640/1162010853049373547rlUMFR
Valentine's Site: http://community.webshots.com/photo/185040640/1274851102049373547oJRioR
Easter site:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/185040640/1346571183049373547eXayxb
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvBFXa7n_5w_tIKJJdQ0gDnsy6IX?qid=20060612053740AAUBCy8
http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/magazine/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine5&item=1103845071
Is Christmas Christian? Where did it originate?
http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/magazine/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine33&item=1104261794
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Avieq96JIEj4sW3uFv_GwtPsy6IX?qid=20060723065109AARPhvg
2006-07-23 16:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by KNOWBIBLE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah Witnesses do not believe that Jesus Christ was God's son. They only see Christ as another prophet and they are still waiting for the Savior to be born. Because of this, they do not celebrate Christ's birthday.
2006-07-23 14:57:28 · answer #4 · answered by jeanhack42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They think that jesus hasn`t come yet. I know that they don`t celebrate easter, Christmas, Birthdays and eta. Very nice people though and very interesting literature............
2006-07-23 16:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they seem to consider that Christmas is nowadays all about presents, consumism and stuff like that.
2006-07-23 14:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by felizmino213 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was told it was because everytime a birthday celebration is mentioned in the bible a beheading was associated with it. they do celebrate wedding anniversaries.
2006-07-24 15:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by roodawgs98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because "its worldly" and they don't want to be apart of the world. Were heathens to Jw's.
2006-07-23 14:51:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its their belief..I have a friend who doesnt either, not even for her grandson who is a different faith...Christmas is my favorite time of year
2006-07-23 14:51:29 · answer #9 · answered by Texas_at_its_best 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend won't be offended if you ask her, so ask. Tell her you're curious, which you are.. and to keep it between friends.
2006-07-23 15:58:26 · answer #10 · answered by sassy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋