It seems odd, that if Jehovah's Witnesses are to have absolutely no association with anything of pagan origin, why they would print on the cover of every Watchtower and Awake magazine, the names of the months of the year...These are Pagan.
The days of the week also have acquired their names from pagan origins.
2007-10-12 18:59:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jehovah's Witnesses recognize the bible to teach that Christians have a relative subjection to secular governments, or "superior authorities". The publications of Jehovah's Witnesses are produced and distributed in deference to secular law.
(Romans 13:1) Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities... the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by God
Bible students may recall that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were actually three Hebrews named Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The Babylonian government insisted that these faithful Jews use names which may have tended to glorify pagan gods, and these faithful Jews obediently used these distasteful Babylonian names. Yet later events clearly show these Hebrews to have had absolute integrity for true worship. Clearly, the matter of a distasteful name can be tolerated by true worshippers.
Like those faithful Hebrews, Jehovah's Witnesses refer to many units and places despite names which fail to honor God and Christ. Jehovah's Witnesses well-recognize that the names of planets and places and stars and weekdays were originally chosen to honor paganisms, such as the pagan worship of the Sun (Sunday), Moon (Monday), Oden (Wednesday), Thor (Thursday), and Saturn (Saturday). Jehovah's Witnesses recognize that secular governments have formally or informally established these names, and the Scriptural precedent allows true worshippers to tolerate their use. The months of the year are understood similarly.
When Jehovah's Witnesses use these universal terms, they are working to demonstrate their relative subjection to secular governments, in a manner compatible with their ancient Hebrew brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/bible/da/chapter_001.htm?bk=da;chp=1;vs=7;citation#bk7
http://watchtower.org/bible/da/chapter_003.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20031208a/article_03.htm
2007-10-13 06:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
True, the origins of these names are of pagan origin.
What should we do,
rename all the months, days, planets, etc...?
Yes, we recognize the names as such,
we are not celebrating them.
We still keep track of the mth, day etc...
we do have bills to pay,
they r due on certain days of certain months.
Among other things.
On a more personal note, even when a shuttle goes up in space (or a rocket-from years gone by) and it is named Apollo or some such name, why can't the secular world give credit to God, instead of mythology...but Noooo.
The world is lying in the power of the wicked one.
And until the time, when the wicked will be gone & done away with; we keep on keeping on.
Allegiance to God first.
Achtung_heiss gave you a very good answer.
2007-10-14 08:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The magazines, years and years ago, were sold for a dime or a nickle a peice. But currently the Watchtower and Awake magazines are offered free of charge, but vonuntary donations are used to cover printing costs.
2016-05-22 04:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that you that are Christian used pagan names and uses clothes made by worldy person despite Jesus told you not be part of this world, whyyou still use clothes and buy applience in the stores? why you have a TV to see "evil programs of this world? , or why you drive a car Jesus never drived it a car...
2007-10-12 19:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If YOU TAKE "Your" Thinking 2 the XTREME then it Would Be Wrong 4 all of JW's To EVEN VOTE on who has the Best Answer ON THIS FORUM ! ! !
OR Even (LEARN) What the NAMES of the MONTHS or DAYS of the Week Are ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I MEAN; Let's Have Some TRUE Christian BALANCE Here !
p.s. You WOULDN'T Be a TOP Contributor on Yahoo Answers if NO One VOTED 4 You !
Would you prefer that NO JW's VOTED 4 YOUR Answers ???
2007-10-14 09:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And we use the PAGAN calendar and could care less huh? So if they were to use the Hebrew calendar, then what? Worry about HALOWEEN, EASTER etc!
2007-10-12 19:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cute, honestly, in other languages the months are not such as January.
Also we are in no way celebrating January.
Hope this helps.
2007-10-13 15:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We don't celebrate the pagan days.
2007-10-12 20:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by VMO 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
so you can see how old the booklet is?
we all use days & months to tell time.
2007-10-12 19:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋