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thefunkyfresh Nov 13, 2003

I just have to work on my informal witnessing confidence. he asked me why we don't celebrate birthdays and why we would celebrate anniversaries, and i was a little shakey on that. i said i could ...

forrestina Nov 13, 2003

That's a tough one. I STILL don't think I really understand that. Share with me whatever understanding you come to.

skaorsk8 Nov 13, 2003

are you serious...wow. birthday = pagan - (see bible under "DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST") anniversaries = celebration of WEDDINGS, something instituted by Jehovah. Commemorating an anniversary ...

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

However, some witnesses do have strong feelings that we should not celebrate anniversaries. Their reasoning is that, we do not celebrate birthdays because we don't want to give excessive honor to a creation as opposed to the Creator, hence we would also not want to celebrate anniversaries since they do the same thing. I'm not saying I feel this way, but we should respect our brothers' conscientious decision not to celebrate anniversaries.

bizarret bizarretOG 2003 ·

he's right, we should respect our brothers' consciences...

...unless they're stupid enough to feel that way about anniversaries!

then we should be swift about kicking them in the eye. ;)

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 ·

That's why it always confused me.

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