Serena Williams confirms she will not celebrate daughter’s first birthday due to Jehovah’s Witness beliefs

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

12 minutes ago, Indiana said:

Serena Williams deviates from her staunch Jehovah Witness ‘no celebrations’ and takes her daughter out to Disneyland for fun

Though she is a staunch Jehovah’s Witness follower who never celebrates events, Serena Williams does not want her daughter Olympia Jr to miss out in life.

This is a fallacious premise .... reading some of her statements she actually says SHE IS NOT, a "staunch Jehovah's Witness".  (massive paraphrase ...)

I get the impression she is not even baptized ...  ( anyone REALLY know?)

She agrees with some stuff ... and not others ... sorta like eating parts of a fish.

"But frankly, Scarlett ... I don't give a damn." - Rhett Butler - "Gone With The Wind"

[Evacuated]

34 minutes ago, Indiana said:

a staunch Jehovah’s Witness follower who never celebrates events

Gibberish. And judging from her son's expression, he's not that impressed either.

[TrueTomHarley]

35 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

I get the impression she is not even baptized ...  ( anyone REALLY know?) She agrees with some stuff ... and not others ... sorta like eating parts of a fish.

She says that she was raised a Witness but did not make it her own.

She says that now she wants to.

She says that when she does she is going to track you down, old boy, and wallop the stuffing out of you at the sport of your choice, so long as it is tennis.

[JOHN BUTLER]

Boring, more hero worship. She is only another sinner like the rest of us so why all the fuss ? 

[TrueTomHarley]

44 minutes ago, JOHN BUTLER said:

Boring, more hero worship. She is only another sinner like the rest of us so why all the fuss ? 

She can play tennis, though.

[JOHN BUTLER]

5 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

She can play tennis, though.

I don't know Tom, I'm 'no part of the world' and don't get involved in competitive sports from any viewpoint.  

[TrueTomHarley]

7 minutes ago, JOHN BUTLER said:

I don't know Tom, I'm 'no part of the world' and don't get involved in competitive sports from any viewpoint.  

Do you know what tennis is?

[JOHN BUTLER]

10 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Do you know what tennis is?

Um, when i was in the Children's Home we had a table tennis set up, which was great fun.

The girls school next to my senior school  played 'lawn' tennis, and when our children were younger we would go to the park and try to hit a ball back n forth. 

So i have a basic idea of what tennis is from a fun viewpoint. But no interest in it from a competitive / profesional viewpoint.

My theory has always been that games are for playing not watching. i think it's called exercise :).  

[TrueTomHarley]

8 minutes ago, JOHN BUTLER said:

So i have a basic idea of what tennis is from a fun viewpoint. But no interest in it from a competitive / profesional viewpoint.

Okay. Good answer.

I thought that you might get sanctimonious about it, but you didn’t. 

Following sport can be a religion in itself. It’s amazing the degree to which people get into it.

It is even like when the Witness organization tries to sell everyone that kicking around the soccer ball at a picnic is the equivalent of being on the school sports team, and the kids roll their eyes because they don’t think it’s that way at all. In this regard, they should look to you.

[JOHN BUTLER]

21 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Okay. Good answer.

I thought that you might get sanctimonious about it, but you didn’t. 

Following sport can be a religion in itself. It’s amazing the degree to which people get into it.

It is even like when the Witness organization tries to sell everyone that kicking around the soccer ball at a picnic is the equivalent of being on the school sports team, and the kids roll their eyes because they don’t think it’s that way at all. In this regard, they should look to you.

Thank you. It's obvious that adults and children need exercise to the extent that they are physically capable and it should be fun. 

When the fun turns into 'sport' and it gets competitive then it can cause problems. 

I suppose a professional sports person / athlete etc, that truly wants to serve God properly, would have to approach God in prayer and think it through with a good conscience. But who am i to say or judge. It's just that I've tended to see 'professional sport' as a bit tacky and commercial, big business like. Example, buying and selling football team players etc. 

[Isabella]

The Reddit co-founder and Williams are focused on their daughter's future rather than spending on lavish parties. The couple previously skipped Olympia's first birthday celebration in 2018. 

Williams earlier explained that she and Ohanian are Jehovah's Witnesses and that their family does not practice throwing celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, and other important holidays.

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