why cant Jehovah people celebrate birthdays or halloween.?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses believe strongly in God Jehovah and in his Son Jesus Christ.

Regarding birthday celebrations, bible students are encouraged to consider:
: 0% of faithful biblical Jews celebrated birthdays
: 0% of first century Christians celebrated birthdays
: 100% of birthdays celebrated in the bible were by debauched enemies of God (See Mark 6:17-29; Gen 40:19-22)

Bible historians (M'Clintock, Strong, and others) have noted that faithful Jews of the bible did not celebrate birthdays, and that ancient pagan birthday celebrations were at least partially intended to honor the patron gods of the particular day.

By comparison with such paganisms, the bible does not even tell us the birthdates of Jesus or ANY of his apostles!


Jehovah's Witnesses practice strict political and nationalistic neutrality, so they do not celebrate nationalistic holidays such as Independence Day and Memorial Day.

Other holidays derive from false religion, and so are incompatible with pure worship as adulterating interfaith. For example, Easter derives from the pagan god Oestre and celebrates "rebirth" and "fertility" instead of commemorating Christ's Last Supper and death as Jesus commanded:
(Luke 22:1-22) [Jesus] dispatched Peter and John, saying: “Go and get the passover ready for us to eat.” ...14 At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”

Seemingly innocuous holidays may have only a tangential connection with false worship, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day (although arguably derived from ancestor worship). Understated observance of these is not generally considered interfaith by Jehovah's Witnesses, but it is too easily misunderstood in some cultures.

Since such celebrations are not required in true worship, and can easily become a distraction, so Jehovah's Witnesses focus their attention elsewhere. In particular, they are focussed on the preaching work which *IS* a requirement for Christians:

(Luke 10:1-17) [Jesus] the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

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Answer 2

Probably, on some level, for the same reason others choose not to, We feel Not celebrating these, the right thing to do.

We choose to not celebrate Birthdays for a few reasons. Only two times does the Bible refer to Birthdays, both times they were part of pagan worship and murder. Also several "birthday" customs are often of an unChristian nature.

As for Halloween, much, if not all, of the holiday is unChristian. As Christians we cannot in good conciense celebrate these holidays.

Answer 3

Lol, instead of "our cult telling us not to", the reason why we don't celebrate holidays is because the majority of them stem from pagan roots that involve pretty gross acts.

Here are a few historical excerpts that explain what the true roots of most major holidays are:

Easter. “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament,” states The Encyclopædia Britannica. How did Easter get started? It is rooted in pagan worship. While this holiday is supposed to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection, the customs associated with the Easter season are not Christian. For instance, concerning the popular “Easter bunny,” The Catholic Encyclopedia says: “The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.”

New Year’s Celebrations. The date and customs associated with New Year’s celebrations vary from one country to another. Regarding the origin of this celebration, The World Book Encyclopedia states: “The Roman ruler Julius Caesar established January 1 as New Year’s Day in 46 B.C. The Romans dedicated this day to Janus, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. The month of January was named after Janus, who had two faces—one looking forward and the other looking backward.” So New Year’s celebrations are founded on pagan traditions.

Halloween. The Encyclopedia Americana says: “Elements of the customs connected with Halloween can be traced to a Druid [ancient Celtic priesthood] ceremony in pre-Christian times. The Celts had festivals for two major gods—a sun god and a god of the dead . . . , whose festival was held on November 1, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The festival of the dead was gradually incorporated into Christian ritual.”

Answer 4

We don't celebrate them because they are pagan in origin. There are examples of two birthdays being celebrated in the Bible Scriptures, both were celebrated by pagan worshipers, king Herod and the Pharoah of Egypt, on both occasions bad things happened, John the Baptist was beheaded and the baker of the Pharoah was hanged. You can look at Halloween and see it's pagan. The other holidays have pagan origins as well. We worship Jehovah God alone. Scriptures say; what has light to do with darkness, and what has righteousness to do with unrighteousness. You can't set a table for Jehovah and a table for demons. You can't mix good and bad.

Answer 5

Halloween goes clear back to the time of the flood. After the Tower of Babel was built, false religion once again got another start in the world.
Some feel that the flood took place on Oct 31st by our Gregorian calender.
That is when the children of the Demons called the Nephilim, died.
So out of fear of what the fathers of these Nephilim can do to mankind, they set aside a day to appease them, thus Halloween.
November 1st is know as All Saints Day, because 8 souls survived the flood.

Answer 6

No-one but devil worshipers should observe Halloween. As to birthdays I don't know- Jesus didn't celebrate His birthday- the Angel did. Just a thought...

Answer 7

They don't believe in celebrating holidays not even the religious ones. I'm not quite sure why but I think it has something to do with it not truly being of god or under god. I've heard that they don't even believe in saying the pledge or standing for the national anthem because pledging alligence to a nation is considered devoting yourself to something other than god.

Answer 8

Halloween. Well that is obvious the observing of a pagan night of dark spirit forces. Why would Christians want to do that?

Answer 9

Because that would involve in worldy content (being one with the world), and Jehovah's Witnesses don't do that.

Answer 10

in case you have been to google the origins of Christmas, Easter, Halloween and so on you will see, no longer from our advice yet from secular advice that those are in keeping with pagan festivities back in the early one hundred-4 hundred C.E. back in those circumstances, Christendom included the pagan observances with christian teachings to enumerate the masses to Catholiscm. understanding that, if a social gathering ends up in idolatry that's condemned in the bible, could desire to we proportion in such social gathering? In Ephesians 5:10-11 states that save on making specific of what's suitable to the Lord; and end sharing with [them] in the unfruitful works that belong to the darkness, yet, quite, additionally be reproving [them]. If we are genuine christians and cling to scriptual counseling, we are able to steer faraway from works that are patently condemned by potential of the bible. To state it greater for sure, the Apostle Paul in the letters to the Cornith which replaced into an exceedingly pagan orientated city what courting can we've with such customs and festivities if it brings dishonor to Jesus. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, " do no longer grow to be erratically yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does mild have with darkness? greater, what unity is there between Christ and Be´li·al? Or what element does a dependable individual have with an unbeliever? And what contract does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of a residing God; purely as God reported: “I shall stay between them and walk between [them], and that i would be their God, and that they are going to be my human beings.” “‘for this reason get out from between them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and end touching the unclean situation’”; “‘and that i will take YOU in. and that i would be a father to YOU, and you'd be little childrens to me,’ says Jehovah the Almighty.” Belial is a recognition that's linked with devil pagan worship in the circumstances of early Roman/Greeks. This additionally falls below observances national, political and native holidays that venerate ideologys or human beings as a replace of God of the Bible, Jehovah. in case you may choose to be attentive to greater approximately such bible truths, please be happy without rigidity to open your door on Saturday or Sunday morning while a JW knocks on the door. Be at Peace