Jehovas Witnesses are right on one specific issue

[Teutone]

"Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate most holidays or events that honour people who aren't Jesus. That includes birthdays, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Hallowe'en. They also don't celebrate religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter in the belief that these customs have pagan origins."

I do not agree with their view on trinity and hell, but here they are spot on, why should I celebrate anything related to paganism?

[Marmara]

Christian fundamentalism ftw.

[Tooting Carmen]

A bunch of po-faced fanatics.

[Teutone]

A bunch of po-faced fanatics.

On this issue they are 100% accurate

The old churches did a miserable job at ereasing anything pagan related, even worse they adapted pagan customs and traditions.

[Loki]

"Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate most holidays or events that honour people who aren't Jesus. That includes birthdays, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Hallowe'en. They also don't celebrate religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter in the belief that these customs have pagan origins."

I do not agree with their view on trinity and hell, but here they are spot on, why should I celebrate anything related to paganism?

Why did you have to bring the JW's into this? You could simply have said you don't want to celebrate birthdays other than Jesus'. This is only a fraction of their beliefs, and with the most fundamental beliefs they are 100% wrong, and heretical. There is simply no good reason to give them any credit for anything with regards to Christianity.

[Teutone]

Why did you have to bring the JW's into this? You could simply have said you don't want to celebrate birthdays other than Jesus'. This is only a fraction of their beliefs, and with the most fundamental beliefs they are 100% wrong, and heretical. There is simply no good reason to give them any credit for anything with regards to Christianity.

I said in the first post I disagree on their view on the trinity and hell.

Im not aware of any other church that is not celebrating pagan and therfor satanic holidays such as halloween.

Birthday is not really something claimed to be christian anyway, I am more concerned with things like christmas.

[Loki]

I said in the first post I disagree on their view on the trinity and hell.

Im not aware of any other church that is not celebrating pagan and therfor satanic holidays such as halloween.

Birthday is not really something claimed to be christian anyway, I am more concerned with things like christmas.

Well why does it have to be a church belief? It's not a very doctrinal issue, more a custom. One can celebrate birthdays or not, it doesn't have to have anything to do with your religion. "Jehovah's Witnesses" (I don't like their name, because they are NOT the real Jehovah's witnesses!) are simply wrong about almost every church doctrine because it's from the devil.

[Teutone]

Well why does it have to be a church belief? It's not a very doctrinal issue, more a custom. One can celebrate birthdays or not, it doesn't have to have anything to do with your religion. "Jehovah's Witnesses" (I don't like their name, because they are NOT the real Jehovah's witnesses!) are simply wrong about almost every church doctrine because it's from the devil.

Change the title if you want, the topic still remains how can we claim "Christ"mas, Halloween or the way we traditionally celebrate easter as christian? No wonder paganism is rising with christians being weak and adapting pagan traditions instead of eliminate them.

[Teutone]

Why does the Vatican using a pagan egyptian basilisk to honor st. peter?

I keep questioning the catholic church

[Loki]

Change the title if you want, the topic still remains how can we claim "Christ"mas, Halloween or the way we traditionally celebrate easter as christian? No wonder paganism is rising with christians being weak and adapting pagan traditions instead of eliminate them.

It is true that Easter and Christmas were originally pagan, and were then Christianized when the people became Christian. Probably not a smart thing to do, but I think at the time, it must have helped the majority of people to gradually (as a population) turn from paganism to Christianity. Remember whole countries became Christian at once sometimes, and it might have been a shock for them to lose all their feasts... so perhaps it can be historically justified. But yes, if one wants to be a purist in your faith, then those specific dates were of pagan origin and one can choose not to celebrate at those times, if you want to honour God by it. However I would not judge other Christians who genuinely use Easter and Christmas times to honour God.