The JWs in this area (and I hear in other areas) seem to have the custom of sitting down to turkey dinner with family and friends on December 25. I imagine they have the same excuse as for Thanksgiving. It seems to be all right if everyone present is JW, just can't do it with any worldly relatives.
Cellist
Have any of you ever read this account?? How do they explain this away??
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Cellist
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DoubleYouBee
So how's come there're no big 'weaning day' celebrations observed re: Isaac? It's just as scriptural as 'the given ones' being 'replacements' for GB members! It also passes the top WT criteria - it's from the OT and doesn't honor Jesus in any way.
That's an excellent point about celebrating a birth only at birth - but weddings(oh, now they're evil too, darn...) are continuously celebrated on the 'anniversary' date... and surely if Satan hates a person loving his life and being happy to be alive... then he would also hate marriage and anniversary celebrations as they're 'sanctioned-by-God-good-things'?
Yes - Thanksgiving is an evil day....shudder... It has something to do with politics I'm thinking... and also interfaith - wouldn't want to be saying prayers along with the Godless who pray to who-knows-which demons.
Like many of you - I can hardly believe I went along with this unbalanced thinking... I thought it was just me when I didn't understand or felt 'rebellious' - lol - when I really didn't believe something taught - but now I see it was my brain momentarily trying to un-numb itself... Those were the constraints of the religion that I chose, so I went along with it all. The hardest learned and the absolute best life lesson comes from being SO wrong about SO much - humility. Thank you WT, for helping me see how thoroughly I could allow myself to be deluded... it was the ultimate hard-won humbling experience. Thank you VERY much!
WB
ps - Don't want to miss anyone's 'banquet day' - Happy Weaning Day, everyone!
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geevee
This is an interesting angle. I hope that one day I can use it on someone. I am also posting to get this thread included in my post histroy so I can find it again. The Job account of the persons day is also worth recording.
Thanks.