Looks like they had to go back to 1912 to find a secular source that suited their agenda.
Christmas Customs and Traditions-Their History and Significance
december awake page 8
by booby 11 Replies latest watchtower bible
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AudeSapere
That's pretty funny.
1912 is nearly 100 years ago.
An yet... If someone is presenting info about WT proceedures and doctrine and tries to use WT material from that time period (1912), well... LOL You just better NOT. Don't even THINK about presenting witnesses with ANY old WT documents, books or brochures from 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 or 1980. They just will not accept that it is current 'light'.
Very interesting double standard.
This is an article that I'd actually like to see. Can you provide a scan?
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straightshooter
That is a very interesting perspective. The WTS does not want jws to use old WTS publications, yet old references is what they refer to.
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serenitynow!
A link to the mag:
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booby
AudeSapere - download a pdf from
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booby
serenity -- thats better clickable
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serenitynow!
You couldn't click it?
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booby
no I mean you making it clickable is better than my pasting it not being clickable. sorry bout that.
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serenitynow!
Ok, cool.
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bennyk
Too bad they didn't return to a Watch Tower of yesteryear for a suitable quote:
Even though Christmas is not the real anniversary of our Lord's birth, but more properly the annunciation day or the date of his human begetting (Luke 1:28), nevertheless, since the celebration of our Lord's birth is not a matter of divine appointment or injunction, but merely a tribute of respect to him, it is not necessary for us to quibble particularly about the date. We may as well join with the civilized world in celebrating the grand event on the day which the majority celebrate - "Christmas day." ( Watch Tower, 01. December 1904, p364)
It matters not particularly that December 25 is not the anniversary of our Lord's birth, according to the Scriptural account; that really he was born about September 25, nine months later. One day, as well as another, will serve us to commemorate our Saviour's birth in the flesh, as a gift of God's love to a condemned and dying world. Indeed, in some respects December 25, which corresponds to the date of our Lord's annunciation or begetting by the holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, may be considered even more appropriate for celebration than the day of his death. (Watch Tower, 15. December 1908, p380)