Now they think on Christmas day they have to go door knocking with me to convert others.
They are gonna be so excited on christmas morning to find presents and that i'm not really a Jehova's witness
I know it's cruel but you have to admit it is funny.
Now for my question
Do you think Jehova's Witnesses kids are unfairly treated because their parents don't celebrate Christmas?
2006-12-08 01:09:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
very funny i might tell my kids the same ....i think Jehovah witnesses are strange people and have very strange beliefs ....yes i think their children are treated unfairly ..Xmas is for children that's the whole point of it .....merry Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-08 01:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Is it unfair that the children of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. are unfairly treated at this time of year?
Here's another question, are the children of Christendom treated unfairly because they have to wait until their birthdays and Christmas to received special gifts from their parents?
JW parents treat their children every day the way others do only a couple of times a year. I celebrated Christmas when I was young. I was seven when my mother and step father became witnesses. I still remember that last Christmas. My stepfather went all out on the decorations because my mother was studying with the witnesses. As a Navy Vet, he was openly hostile to them. A few months later he was studying.
I don't remember missing out on anything. Though my parents didn't give us expensive gifts, they gave us things throughout the year, usually after a good report card from school. I was handicap, so I couldn't go out with my mother when she went house to house. Those were the days before handicap access was common.
I do remember the occasional times of going to the Library while the class had a party. When I was in the 12th grade, my teacher, Mr. Manthy, a polio victim, went to my mother and an elder to ask if I could be a stage manager for the yearly Christmas play. He couldn't be up on the stage because of his wheelchair, so he needed someone to see to it that things got done. Impressed by his arguments and the fact that he came to them to ask, they said okay, provided that my name did not appear on any printed materials.
I don't feel I was deprived. In fact, I received far more than what any of my friends did, and that was knowledge and the desire to research. As a child of a witness, we were taught the Bible as a whole and not the sum of its parts or just Bible stories. No, I didn't understand it until later, but by the time I reached my teens, I had a good basic knowledge and had read the Bible at least once through. I knew more about the early history of the Jews than my Jewish friends, including how to tell what day the Passover, which is also the day of the Memorial of the Last Supper, fell on.
This is also the most significant part of not observing Christmas that you have to wonder about the Churches of Christendom. Why do they promote observance of a day that Christ didn't promote, on a day that was not his birthday, yet they openly ignore observing the the Memorial, which Christ did say to keep? Why is a man made holiday more important than one Christ said to observe? Do they think that they know better than him what days are important and not?
2006-12-08 10:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's bs that Jehova's Witnesses come knocking on everybodys door forcing their religon on others that dont want it! THEY NEVER SEEM TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. What do you have to do to stop forcing a religon on different communities that are irritated by it? Practical jokes? At least kids have the knowledge in school what Christmas is really about. And not just toys. The act of giving is warm. The act of witholding is cold. Celebration is positive.
2006-12-08 01:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by angel eyes 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Jehovah's Witness children receive gifts at various times of the year. Their parents love them and buy them gifts "just because" they want to give them a gift. Their parents are not limited to birthdays and December 25th for gift giving. So, no, Jehovah's Witness children are not unfairly treated because they choose not to celebrate Christmas.
2006-12-08 06:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by izofblue37 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Definitely funny.. would be even funnier if you actually take them out to do the door knocking before you admit it's a joke and give them the prezzies. Might even make the little buggers appreciate them more - you never know...
It's not unfair if you're a different religion, because you've got your own celebrations and Christmas means no more to you than Dvali or Eid mean to a Christian.
2006-12-08 01:19:33 · answer #5 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No!!! not by any means, they are very much loved and cared for, and not deprived of lack of toys. We can demonstrate our love for our children all year round; we don't have to break God's law; take part in something that is so in-twined in paganism, to shower gifts on our kids. There are other religions that don't celebrate Christmas, I would never presume that they are deprived in any way.
2006-12-08 07:18:52 · answer #6 · answered by nicky 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i dont think they are treated unfairly, if they have never been brought up with it to start with they wont know what they are missing, its just like saying muslim, sikh (etc) kids are unfairly treated because they don't celebrate christmas, or that christian kids are unfairly treated because they dont celebrate ede and received gifts at that time of the year..each belief system has its own special days...just let them be!
2006-12-08 01:57:28 · answer #7 · answered by yma 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, its not funny. You might think your being clever, but is hurting their feelings really your aim? And no, finding presents on Christmas morning will not automaticlly cancel out what you've done. Don't be a jerk - you only pass this way once. Why spend your time hurting others? Why not loving them?
2006-12-08 03:02:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It was funny to the point where you go all mushy and reveal it's just a joke. It would be much funnier to just make them think you were being a Jo-ho. You should send them out door knocking and refuse to let them back in the house until they've got 5 converts each.
Then you can say, "ha ha, suckers!!!" and they'll be so glad they're not actually going to be Jo-hos that they won't mind not getting any presents. And you'll have them out of the house for the day, which has got to be a bonus.
Although, if they come round my gaff, they're getting baseball batted... only fair to warn you.
2006-12-08 01:41:37 · answer #9 · answered by dr.twaticus 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
They just have a different belief system, that's all. They also don't celebrate Halloween or Birthdays. My next door neighbors are Jehovah's Witnesses.
2006-12-08 01:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer L 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think YOU are wrong for using another religion to pull a joke on your children. You are teaching them to have no respect for another person's right to believe what they have the freedom to believe, even when it is totally different than your own beliefs.
At least Jehovah Witness children are warm and loved on Christmas Day, what I think is unfair treatment are the millions of children who are not. But you didn't focus on that, did you? Instead of using this time to make your children more aware of children who are truly without and maybe helping one of them, you merely made fun of a religion. Shame on you.
2006-12-08 01:25:58 · answer #11 · answered by Snick S 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋