Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
Do I? Perhaps you are confusing the fact that someone can turn a year older without actually celebrating it. What’s to celebrate?......and who said that we should?......especially by retaining the pagan customs that have remained the same since they were adopted from false worshippers. The God of Israel told them NOT to imitate the ways of the nations....since we worship the same God, should Christians do less? Has he changed?The question of what year it is has everything to do with celebrating birthdays. And you know it.
Gentiles were not free to retain the pagan elements of their former worship. All that had to be left behind. Just as it was when Gentiles chose to become worshippers of Jehovah in Israel. They had to abandon all former religious beliefs and involve themselves fully in Jehovah’s worship....they had to live as Jews lived and that entailed strictly obeying all the laws that God gave Israel. Becoming a Jewish proselyte meant leaving all forms of false religion behind.You are relying on Old Covenant rules that never applied to Gentiles.
Is that what we see with pagan celebrations dressed up as “Christian” festivals, or ones that come from false worship that are just now human tradition. Don’t forget that human traditions are what derailed Judaism...
Culture has little to do with it if we are talking about false religious practices.In our culture, we honor people by celebrating their birthday.
Birthdays were originally celebrated only by pagans with clear links to astrology and divination. Just because those elements are not prominent in the way people celebrate today.....can’t we see that the elements or customs remain the same.
But that is for you to work out for yourself.....I haven’t celebrated a birthday since I was a teenager......and I do not miss them. When we had a party for our kids, it was never a birthday party, but simply a gathering of friends who were invited to have a nice time and to eat and drink and enjoy themselves with no one as the prominent one in the gathering. We always made sure that the one hosting the party had a small gift for all who were invited. The emphasis was always on giving, rather than receiving. True happiness is experienced this way.
Those who need an excuse for giving have lost the true spirit of it....