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Is July 4th evil
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Spice
StewardshipPeaceIntergityCommunityEquality
JWs don't celebrate any specific days, not birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, none. They believe everyday is special because everyday is a gift from God. . .everyday is the Lord's day.
McBell
Unbound
Imagine the money saved on gifts!
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Some people get their fingers blown off by fireworks I think.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Jesus was at a wedding feast.
McBell
Unbound
I did not know that Jesus was a JW...
though it makes sense.
I mean, how could Jesus not be a Jehovah's' Witness...
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
I think maybe lots of countries celebrate their patriotic holidays.
Lol that is true.
I don't think it is wrong.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
That's right. He witnessed, spoke up for, taught about his heavenly Father. and his relationship with Him. Clarified some things. Threw out the money-changers. No record of him going to birthday parties, not even his own. Nothing about celebrating anything patriotic about Israel either.
dfnj
Well-Known Member
What is evil and where does it come from?
As conscious self-aware beings having limitations, when facing our limitations, people make bad choices. At the time these choices are being made, from the person making the choice, it seemed like the only reasonable or intuitive course of action. People then look at other people's choices and dub them as "good" or "evil". I would say there is no good, there is not evil, there's only how we choose to think about other people's choices. We are all a bunch of dubbers. We dub this. We dub that.
Is July 4th evil? I would say dub away.
We Never Know
No Slack
Its evil to some people with PTSD.(all the fireworks)
anotherneil
Well-Known Member
I don't know why it would be considered evil by any religion or religious folks, except the Anglican Church or perhaps King James bible adherents.
And there's the few of us with Loyalists in their ancestral line -- one of mine being hanged.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The door to door is a dead giveaway.
Doesn't Christianity teach brotherhood and unity under God?
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Gal. 3: 28.
How would tribalism fit into this? If Fascism is problematic, why would it's "lite" versions: nationalism or patriotism -- be desirable?
Why would the Anglican Church see it as evil?
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
People can celebrate what they want to, of course. People can and do celebrate during bullfights as the matador kills the bull. Not the same as July 4th, of course, but people can celebrate whatever they want to, sometimes. A report showed there were an estimated 10,200 fireworks-related injuries in 2022. 73 percent of those injuries occurred during the one month surrounding the July 4th holiday. Fireworks.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
or that get nervous around all that constant blasting.