Stacy.
At 03:38 PM 08/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:13 -0500 Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess > they > didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm curious why the > Jehovah's > Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays but we feel it is okay. > Apparently > they claim they have a Biblical reason not to do so. Yet we > celebrate > them. I noticed this because the latest news always says when > President > Hinckley or Thomas S. Monson, etc., celebrate their birthdays. I'm > really > curious about justifications or the lack of for celebrations of > birthdays. > > Stacy.
Two fold. Accounts of birthday celebrations in the Bible are Pharoah & Harod and since they were wicked-- birthdays are bad!
Also, there is a Bible verse that talks about how we should only honor God. Birthdays are bad because they honor people when all honor should only go to God.
Isn't that just stupid?
Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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