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Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them.
Birthdays: Enjoying a feast or a party and generous giving to loved ones are certainly not wrong. (Luke 15:22-25; Acts 20:35) Jehovah’s Witnesses enjoy giving gifts and having good times together throughout the year. However, the only two birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible involved people who were not true believers.
According to Jehovah's Witnesses' official site, they don't believe that their children are missing out on anything by not having birthdays. They choose to celebrate their children throughout the year rather than wait for a special occasion.
Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them.
Partly from the Jews. “In the Bible there is no instance of birthday celebrations among the Jews themselves,” points out M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia, adding: “In fact, the later Jews at least regarded birthday celebrations as parts of idolatrous worship.”.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to celebrate birthdays. Particularly for children, this can cause feelings of embarrassment and loss. The Bible never states birthday celebrations are wrong, and Watchtower reasoning against birthdays is invalid.
What About Celebrating Birthdays? DO YOU enjoy getting together with loved ones? Gathering to ‘eat, drink and rejoice’ in moderation receives favorable mention in the Bible. (Eccl. 8:15; 9:7; Job 1:2, 4, 5) The Scriptures tell of certain “feasts” that servants of God held on special occasions.
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe it is a sin to celebrate birthdays, which they dismiss as heathen superstition or rooted in “ancient false religion.” The prohibition can be found in the Watchtower Society’s Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1 What Does God Require of Us? 2 and What Does the Bible Really Teach? 3. INADEQUACY OF WATCHTOWER ...
Birthday. The day or anniversary of one’s birth; in Hebrew, yohm hul·leʹdheth (Ge 40:20) and in Greek, ge·neʹsi·a (Mt 14:6; Mr 6:21). The Hebrews kept records of the year one was born, as the Bible’s genealogical and chronological data reveal.
Jehovah Witnesses base their stance on birthdays on their interpretation of the Bible. According to their beliefs, the only two accounts of birthday celebrations in the Bible—those of Pharaoh and Herod —involved sinful and immoral acts.