Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Celebrate Birthday Parties?

[The Librarian]

Though there isn't any specific law, Jehovah's witnesses don't celebrate birthday because 2 Timothy 3:16 clearly states that we can use the inspired Word of God as a guiding tool in everything we do. From the two (2) celebrations recorded in the Bible, specifically Gen. 40:20-22 and Mark 6:21-27, we can easily discern that the two celebrants here, Pharaoh and King Herod, were pagans. You can also note that there is no record in the Bible about Christian celebrating birthday. Even Jesus did not command his disciples to celebrate his day of birth but instead he commanded them to observe his memorial death. For me, this is the simplest way to answer the question.

http://www.jw-archive.org/post/66185028774/why-jehovah-witnesses-not-celebrate-birthday

[Jack Ryan]

Witnesses don't care about the insane things said in 50 year old Watchtowers since they are "too old" but won't celebrate birthdays because a few thousand years ago there were some bad parties?

Not to mention customs/holidays they will avoid due to pagan origins from thousands of years ago.

The entire JW doctrine is a ball of contradictions.

[Jack Ryan]

Did you know that in the Bible someone lost their head while taking a nap? Does this make naps the work of Satan? How about those mothers who gave their children naps when they were young? Evil....EVIL......EVIL!!! NO MORE NAPS!

 

2 Samuel 4:5-7 "5 So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, departed and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest. 6 They came to the middle of the house as if to get wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 Now when they came into the house, as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him and beheaded him. And they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night."

[JOHN BUTLER]

But the JW's have bridesmaids at weddings which is also pagan and spiritistic.