what do jehovah witnesses don't celebrate?
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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.
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There are over half a million Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, who do not accept blood transfusions. ... They accept non-blood replacement fluids. Using these and other meticulous techniques, physicians are performing major surgery of all types on adult Jehovah's Witness patients, including cardiac surgery.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are best known for their door-to-door preaching, distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and for refusing military service and blood transfusions. They consider the use of God's name vital for proper worship.
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in drinking and dancing. Jehovah's Witnesses are not against parties, music, dancing and drinking of alcohol, as long as they are done in moderation. ... They dance, but discourage sexually suggestive moves.
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Witnesses use the name “Jehovah” rather than “God,” and they focus their worship on Jehovah rather than on Jesus, whom they believe was Jehovah's only direct creation. The Holy Spirit is believed to be a force rather than a person.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are well known for their door-to-door recruiting. ... We do not have any special recruitment tactics. We do not go out to “recruit” anyone.
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Holy days. Quakers do not celebrate Christian festivals such as Easter and Christmas (although Quaker families may mark Christmas as the secular festival it has largely become). They believe the events celebrated at such festivals (e.g. the resurrection and the incarnation) should be kept in mind throughout the year.
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The Adventist Church does not have a doctrine for or against Christmas celebration. ... Some Adventist families refuse to celebrate Christmas because it is a pagan holiday that promoted sun worship, whitewashed by the Catholic church.
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So, it is important we, as Jehovah's Witnesses, don't eat blood or take it into our bodies through any means, even transfusions. ... Others may not like pork and so don't eat it. It comes down to personal preference. There's no teaching or restrictions regarding pork for Christians today.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that it is against God's will to receive blood and, therefore, they refuse blood transfusions, often even if it is their own blood. The willing acceptance of blood transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses has in some cases led to expulsion from and ostracisation by their religious community.
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Witnesses do not celebrate Christmas or Easter because they believe that these festivals are based on (or massively contaminated by) pagan customs and religions. They point out that Jesus did not ask his followers to mark his birthday.
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not have any traditional prayers. They are taught not to pray by rote or memorise incantations but to prey from the heart in a one sided conversation with god. ... Jehovahs witnesses pray at mealtimes, some pray at all meals where as some only pray in the evenings.
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Rights Court Exempts Jehovah's Witnesses From Military Service. ... All of the men are also Jehovah's Witnesses. The Christian denomination is opposed to war in all forms and members generally do not join any military forces.
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Actually Jehovah's Witnesses do not make money at all. The main objective of the Jehovah's Witnesses is to preach the good news on god's kingdom. But for the Daily living they need money.
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate most holidays or events that honour people who aren't Jesus. ... The organization says “Christmas is not approved by God” because there is no proof that Jesus was born on December 25th and that the symbols of Christmas, including the lights and the tree, have pagan roots.”
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Beliefs. ... Witnesses do not celebrate Christmas or Easter because they believe that these festivals are based on (or massively contaminated by) pagan customs and religions. They point out that Jesus did not ask his followers to mark his birthday.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe God is the Creator and Supreme Being. Witnesses reject the Trinity doctrine, which they consider unscriptural. They view God as the Father, an invisible spirit "person" separate from the Son, Jesus Christ. ... Witnesses teach that God must be distinguished by his personal name—Jehovah.