They skip Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day,and Birthdays, too. Frankly, I think it's odd. Never heard of it for any religion except theirs, and they never give a name to it.
2006-10-18 14:51:43 · 18 answers · asked by Diana P 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From the religion facts website:
One of the more well-known practices of the Jehovah's Witnesses is their non-celebration of holidays. All holidays, including birthdays, are considered "pagan holidays" and may not be observed by Witnesses. The official website of the Jehovah's Witnesses explains:
Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather, he told his disciples to memorialize, or remember, his death. (Luke 22:19, 20) Christmas and its customs come from ancient false religions. The same is true of Easter customs, such as the use of eggs and rabbits. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.
The only two birthday celebrations spoken of in the Bible were held by persons who did not worship Jehovah. (Genesis 40:20-22; Mark 6:21, 22, 24-27) The early Christians did not celebrate birthdays. The custom of celebrating birthdays comes from ancient false religions. True Christians give gifts and have good times together at other times during the year.
2006-10-18 14:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FUNERAL (Bahá’í Funeral Service)
“Regarding the Bahá’í funeral service: It is extremely simple, as it consists only of a congregational prayer to be read 33 before burial. This prayer will be made available to the friends when the Aqdas is translated and published. In the meantime your N.S.A. should take great care lest any uniform procedure or ritual in this matter be adopted or imposed upon the friends. The danger in this, as in some other cases regarding Bahá’í worship, is that a definite system of rigid rituals and practices be developed among the believers. The utmost simplicity and flexibility should be observed, and a selection from the Bahá’í Sacred Writing should serve the purpose at the present time, provided this selection is not rigidly and uniformly adopted on all such occasions.”
“There is no objection whatsoever to non-Bahá’ís being present when the long prayer for the dead is read, as long as they respect our manner of reading it by rising and standing as the Bahá’ís do on this occasion. Nor, indeed, is there any objection to non-Bahá’ís being present during the reading of any Bahá’í prayer for the departed.
“An official Bahá’í funeral service should only be given for a believer, but there is no objection to the reading of Bahá’í prayers, or indeed, to a Bahá’í conducting the funeral service of a non-Bahá’í if this has been requested.”
2006-10-18 15:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by GypsyGr-ranny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not see the way you would possibly want to no longer flow given the actual incontrovertible truth that you've well-known the girl for 30 years. what's with that lady friend of yours? Does she want you to disrespect each and every man or woman in the universe because you and your ex spouse parted amicably? i imagine you want to flow attend both the funeral residing house besides because the funeral itself. And, if you're there, it would want to no longer be a foul idea so that you'll furnish some severe interest about the variety of lady friend you've in the present day.
2016-12-04 23:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovas Witnesses
2006-10-18 15:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islamic teaching according to Muhammad peace be upon him in his hadith that woman is suggested avoiding to go to a funeral of her own family such as her mother,her father and her brother/sister because in general woman has a weak moral she can not afford her steadfast or fearless or preserverance.
So Muhammad pbuh suggested for women to stay at home during their mourning.But if she has a strong moral or preserve
rance she can go to a fumeral of her family member..
2006-10-18 15:09:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jehovah's Witnesses may be your answer. Seventh-Day Adventists may be another. Both are very legalistic about holiday observances. Ask your relations straight out about this one. If they belong to either of those denominations, they will tell you straight out.
Ask nice. A snarly "Just what kind of crappy religion is this anyway" for example, will not get answered.
2006-10-18 15:01:27 · answer #6 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand, it is Jehovah's Witnesseses who don't celebrate holidays or birthdays. If the mother had left the JW church, and the ex-sis-in-law is still a JW, one of the tenets of the JW seems to be that you are not permitted to attend the funeral of an ex-JW.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2919/reasons.html (#101)
http://www.xjw.com/ron-mom.html
2006-10-18 14:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 points
2006-10-18 14:59:21 · answer #8 · answered by hippiegirl672003 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some take the word of God which says.. let the dead bury the dead,to mean not to go to funerals of people that are not saved.
2006-10-18 14:55:25 · answer #9 · answered by jackiedj8952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How sad. Perhaps you can appeal to her that funerals are for the comfort of the living and others would be helped if she came.
2006-10-18 14:57:39 · answer #10 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋