Chillext:
proudly JW
From Genesis to Revelation, there is no scripture that quoted 25th of December as Jesus Birthday. The scriptures only described the period that Jesus was born (Ezra 10:9,13; Jeremiah 36:22; Luke 2:8-12). Jesus neither celebrated his birth day nor his 12 Apostles. He only celebrated his death and commanded his Disciplines to keep doing that in remembrance of him (Luke 22:14-20). I think that command is enough for true Christian to follow. only two birth were celebrated and those that did were not servant of the true God - Jehovah and humans life were wasted just for the fond of celebration (Genesis 40:20-22; Mathew 14:6-10; Ecclesiastes 7:1). Life of even animal is sacred to Jehovah, how much more human! Exodus 23:2 encourages us not to follow after the crowd for evil end. It's not a matter of conviction but the truth John 8:32; Ephesian 5:10

Priceless200:
Jehova witnesses indeed. SMH. I just pity you guys shaa. In my own personal experience with JWs shaa. Having read through their literatures all these years, having one or two things to do around their members, I can only say there's no difference between Moslems as we see them amd JWs Walai.
Or should I say pegans. Very wicked set of people, one, which Christian set segregates even among fellow Christian set in Marriage, in many things, hypocrites. You don't celebrate birthdays, Christmas and so what. Leave us naa. Let's celebrate. Their hatred for Catholicism is really annoying . You hardly read any of their write up that doesn't have something to say against Catholic, like for real.? Why the hate. Do your own thing naa. It's almost as if the religion was set up on revenge/competition against Catholic. Well shaa. It's Christmas again, stop disturbing the world with your selfish doctrine, we ve heard enough. Happy Christmas to everyone. May the new born king of peace envelope us all with peace for one another no matter the religion. Amen.

Priceless200:
Jehova witnesses indeed. SMH. I just pity you guys shaa. In my own personal experience with JWs shaa. Having read through their literatures all these years, having one or two things to do around their members, I can only say there's no difference between Moslems as we see them amd JWs Walai.
Or should I say pegans. Very wicked set of people, one, which Christian set segregates even among fellow Christian set in Marriage, in many things, hypocrites. You don't celebrate birthdays, Christmas and so what. Leave us naa. Let's celebrate. Their hatred for Catholicism is really annoying . You hardly read any of their write up that doesn't have something to say against Catholic, like for real.? Why the hate. Do your own thing naa. It's almost as if the religion was set up on revenge/competition against Catholic. Well shaa. It's Christmas again, stop disturbing the world with your selfish doctrine, we ve heard enough. Happy Christmas to everyone. May the new born king of peace envelope us all with peace for one another no matter the religion. Amen.

Bukybabe:
will celebrating Christmas land someone in hell.Anyone that wants to celebrate christmas should...and those are not interested should stop bothering us...

afternysc:

Ask God for forgiveness. You need it

Candycrusher:



Why would they accept an invitation to where ignorance is taught instead of the real teachings of the bible. What will they learn in churches if not how to cast and bind their enemies instead of loving every one as themselves. What will they learn than useless prophesies and predictions from your bet9ja pastors?

dumo1:

A quick question for you: " is wishing someone a merry Christmas when others wish you the same on Christmas day or when someone wishes you a happy birthday on your date of birth the same as celebrating it", even if deep down within you, you do not partake in any celebrations. cos I get confused about this aspect and thanks 4 your reply.

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gagewonda:
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/failed-1914-predictions.php is ur russel free? Go nd do ur own research about ur fold i can send u where u can get some facts nd mind u i am not Pentecostal...i am a christian i wanna be like christ though i am not perfect bt dat is my goal nd Jw will nt help me get der... add dis one also http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/607-1914.php try dis too http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/about-jwfacts.php these same governing council put fear in you to not research outside ur jw publications or risk disfellowship. Dat shld be a pointer dat dey dont want u to question der practices bt d same jws will want a non jw to question ders

bongolistik:
I want to ask JW people in the house this and if they can't answer it, then they should all go and sleep.

'where in the Bible did God condemn birthday celebrations? '

Polyestar:

Good idea!
But where in the bible did Christ say to celebrate his birthday?

Ken4Christ:
We celebrate Christmas because we have the scriptural license to do so. You may wonder, what is the license?

1. Apostle Paul said, "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or WHATSOEVER YE DO, do all to the glory of God". (1st Corinthians 10:31).

We have to know we are living under grace and not under laws. As such, there is no strict rules that runs our lives. We have the liberty to do things we want to do as long as it does not compromise moral standard of the Scripture.

Paul said, 'Whatsoever we do'. And Christmas falls under the category of whatsoever. The only clause is that it should be done to the glory of God.

Concerning the origin been linked to a pagan festival. Christmas celebration is therefore a welcome development as no one celebrates the pagan feast anymore.

I do know there are those who use this period to carry out acts that are ungodly. This is expected as not everyone that claims to be a Christian is truly saved.

Yes, Jesus did not tell us to celebrate his birth but wise men from the east came from a far country to worship and honour the little baby Jesus. Where the wise men instructed to do so? Certainly not but they knew it was a proper thing to do. But the Jews for which Jesus came didn't honour him.

If Jesus was on earth, do you think he will stop the celebration? He will not just the same way he did not stop those spreading their clothes on the ground shouting hosanna to the King when he rode on a donkey.

The essence of Christianity is to spread the gospel by every available means. At least, so many more people hear about Jesus because of the publicity accorded to Christmas.

JW will not celebrate someone they don't believe in.

They claim to be Christians but they deny the son.

They do everything within their power to degrade Jesus. So why should you listen to them.

It is not everything you do the Bible have to approve. Whatsoever you do, as long as it brings glory to God is acceptable.

Merry Christmas.

princetom1:


Lmfao, this articles are quite misleading. One thing abt jw u refused to understand is, jw dont follow blindly, never and ever, we wount. Good night

gagewonda:
well, i wasnt expecting otherwise from u. I doubt u even read through....bt if u want more materials on ur origin i wld send u those were just tips.....an organization founded on questionable beliefs nd falsehood as its foundation does not have d moral standing to say dey r God pple nd hence d only one's to be saved russel was put to shame in 1914 nd on d last day u guys will still face the same tin....peace out bro

adajoe555:
in bible records the two birthday celebration ended in a bad way..pharaoh (Gen 40:20_22)and herod .(matt 14:6_10)..is that a sign that birthday is good..? when you look at birthdays today like this period lots of bad things happens ,people go extra miles to get money in other to celebrate xmas ,ritual ,kidnapping etc...does that showz that it is good ?... when jesus was on earth he told his disciples to celebrate his death not his birth .Human just fix this day ..we jehovah witness dont want to be path of human celebration ...read your bible oh dont depend on what your pastors tells you ..that is all i have to say















Am proudly a Jehovah witness

Candycrusher:
The best form of Christianity is practiced by Jehovah's witnesses


No extortion in the name of tithes and offerings

No daddy G.O's elevated to a mini-god status

They frown at worldly aquisitions contrary to biblical teachings and they don't preach nor encourage materialism




Yet ignorants peeps will call them by bible twisters

adajoe555:
in bible records the two birthday celebration ended in a bad way..pharaoh (Gen 40:20_22)and herod .(matt 14:6_10)..is that a sign that birthday is good..? when you look at birthdays today like this period lots of bad things happens ,people go extra miles to get money in other to celebrate xmas ,ritual ,kidnapping etc...does that showz that it is good ?... when jesus was on earth he told his disciples to celebrate his death not his birth .Human just fix this day ..we jehovah witness dont want to be path of human celebration ...read your bible oh dont depend on what your pastors tells you ..that is all i have to say















Am proudly a Jehovah witness

Candycrusher:
The best form of Christianity is practiced by Jehovah's witnesses


No extortion in the name of tithes and offerings

No daddy G.O's elevated to a mini-god status

They frown at worldly aquisitions contrary to biblical teachings and they don't preach nor encourage materialism


Yet ignorants peeps will call them by bible twisters

Angel1696:
those people are the worst set of human beings they know all the bible verses quit bible portion tell fake prophecy and also into spiritism they preach in the morning about Jehovah and dine with the devil by night.

bongolistik:
I want to ask JW people in the house this and if they can't answer it, then they should all go and sleep. 'where in the Bible did God condemn birthday celebrations? '

Hairyrapunzel:

The bible also says in Gen 40 vs 20-23 pharoah spared the life of the cupbearer. This shows something good can happen on a birtbday.
Answer the question is it pharoah or the birthday that was bad?
In the case of john the baptist death was it herod or the birthday that killed john the baptist?
Somebody does something bad on a day it doesnt make the day bad its the person tbat is bad

Dogs are mentioned in the Bible 40 times, and in every mention they are described disparagingly. They are said to be lowly and unclean, used as an allegory for sodomites (Deut 23:17,18), and said to be no part of the New System (Rev 22:15). Do you not have dogs as pets?

The wearing of eye paint is mentioned twice, once in reference to wicked queen Jezebel (2 Kings 9:30) and secondly to apostate Israel (Jer 4:30). Do you forbid eye makeup?
2 samuel 4 vs 5-7 contains the only instance where a siesta is mentioned in the Bible, and results in a beheading. Do you forbid siestas?

IsaacBuchi:

Jehovah's witnesses don't celebrate birthday because bad things happened that day, but because the only mention of birthdays in the bible is by people who were not God servants. We follow strictly what God ask us to do in the bible or what we find his recorded servants are doing.

Hairyrapunzel:

Something good happened on pharaohs birthday ie he freed the cup bearer. Pharaohs were known to kill children when it wasn't even their birthdays even herods did the same thing.
They were not even isrealites or Christians that's y they did bad things. I asked a question is it the birthday or the pharaoh that was bad? Or is it herod or the birthday that killed John the Baptist
You say you follow what God ask to do in the bible. Did God ask us not to commit murder or celebrate birthday?
You say you do what you find his servants doing in the bible. Did they obey God's commandment and if they did was there any commandment saying we should not celebrate birthday?
After John the Baptist died and Jesus was told what did he do? Did he have compassion or not? Did he curse birthdays? Did he say anything about birthdays?
I believe if Jesus had a problem with it he would have said so the bible has everything we should do and not do.
You also say God's servants did not celebrate birthday.
Did they celebrate wedding anniversary? Did they cut cake on their wedding? Did they accept wedding gifts?

IsaacBuchi:


I mentioned earlier that we don't celebrate it because the mention of it in the bible is associated with bad people or pagans......wedding anniversaries have no such connectations....so it then left to the couple to make their own private decision whether to celebrate it or not.

Hairyrapunzel:


So because something is associated with bad people or pagans you don't celebrate it right?
What of wedding gifts? What about siesta? What about eye paint?
Wedding anniversaries have pagan origin so don't celebrate it.
This is called cherry picking.
Does your jehovah cherry picks?
You contradict yourself.
Eye paint is associated with jezebel and apostate isreal do you forbid eye paint?

Hairyrapunzel:


So because something is associated with bad people or pagans you don't celebrate it right?
What of wedding gifts? What about siesta? What about eye paint?
Wedding anniversaries have pagan origin so don't celebrate it.
This is called cherry picking.
Does your jehovah cherry picks?
You contradict yourself.
Eye paint is associated with jezebel and apostate isreal do you forbid eye paint?

IsaacBuchi:


Are you trying to push pagan origin to weddings, siesta and eye paint? Does the bible not bring such things in a good light? Find a better point, dear.