2007-11-13 07:20:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They do not.
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!
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.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20001215/article_01.htm
2007-11-13 07:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I don't know of any. But I'm not a JW and I don't celebrate them either. My children have never celebrated a birthday. We do acknowledge ones birth date and the annual increase in age. We just don't celebrate it. Don't know why the JW's don't, but we don't because there are 2 examples of birthday celebration in Scripture and they are pagan kings, another situation is in Job were it is generally agreed, when Job's children got blown away at least one was celebrating his birthday with the others present. Daddy wasn't there! You know, PERFECT JOB, was not at the birthday party celebration.
>>>> Don't agree with this group on a whole lot, BUT, www.yahweh.com << THEY have a very informative book on the celebration of birthdays issue, shouldn't cost more than a few dollars.
Throw this in too, we don't wear wedding rings either! They are from pagan sources and are actually NASTY PHALLIC SEX WORSHIP IMAGERY picked up by religous groups. Used to a Catholic Encyclopedia that even said so, now got to find it in other literature. However, we do celebrate our wedding anniversary,,,,, when one of us remembers. Not found anything in Scripture to suggest it's bad yet. Please share it if you know of something, I forget about it most of the time anyway. I come home and my mother in law has dropped off a cake or something, then I'm up a creek without a paddle, usually.
2007-11-13 16:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
When I was discussing JW beliefs with a couple of ladies a few years ago they told me they dont celebrate them.
The reason they gave me is because John the Baptist was beheaded on Herods birthday.
2007-11-13 15:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by ChaosNJoy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Birthdays are connected with astrology, horoscopes, and daemonism. None of God's servants in the Bible observed birthdays each year. Nor does the Bible tell the exact day of Jesus' or command an observance of it.
The only 2 birthday festivals in the Bible were pagan (pharoah's and Herods) and murders occurred at each of them.
Debbie
2007-11-13 15:31:48 · answer #4 · answered by debbiepittman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No they do not. (Ecclesiastes 7:1)
Christians are never portrayed in the Bible as celebrating birthdays. The only two birthdays mentioned in the Bible were celebrated by pagans. Birthdays are pagan in nature.
2007-11-13 15:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by johnusmaximus1 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My friend told me that all JW say that they're twenty years old. No matter how old they are in our time, they always say they're twenty.
I personally find that hard to believe, and I think my friend is full of ****. But I answered for 2 points, so ... yeah. =)
Have a nice day! Good luck on your speech.
2007-11-13 15:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by Me 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm
Usually not, birthdays have some Pagan traditions that are still thought of as religious by some. You won’t be cast out or anything, but you won’t be able to receive special privileges in the Congregation. (Such as give talks.)
2007-11-13 15:37:58 · answer #7 · answered by AEH101 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO they do not celebrate Birthdays.!!
2007-11-13 15:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no, they don't, They only celebrate the birth of a baby and the death of someone
2007-11-13 15:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by Gizmo3 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they do not.
my friend Nechole who is JW, told me she doesnt celebrate birthdays due to someone dying on that day, and why celebrate your day of life, when one was just lost.
thats all i was told.
2007-11-13 15:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋