Do You Think The Bible is Literal or Allegorical

[~StarBright~]

Hi girls!

Glad i brought a smile to your face sunflowa!! I do get a bit excited about talking religions.. i am quite interested in all sorts of religions and how they fit in with my own theories on life etc- which change about as regularly as i change my undies!

SJ i have heard that too that JW's dont celebrate birthdays or christmas- but i hadnt heard of them exchanging gifts on parents anniversaries. I think it has something to do with not rewarding themselves or something... not 100% sure.

OK - a question now that may bring this thread back to the original topic.. if the bibles are not significantly different.. how come the beleifs can differ between christian and JW- unless the exact words have therefore been interpreted differently????

[sunflowa_girlie]

Originally Posted by SaraJane

Thanks sunflowa!
Ooh...I have a question. I knew some ppl once, I think they were JWs, and they didn't celebrate any holidays or birthdays or anything and instead they all got presents on their parents wedding anniversary. Is this right??

Yes, we don't celebrate Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Valentines Day, Mothers/Fathers Day etc. I know a lot of witness families make a big deal out of anniversaries - our family always did - as its pretty much the only thing we celebrate!

We also give gifts through the year, not for any special occasion, just because

[sunflowa_girlie]

Originally Posted by ~StarBright~

SJ i have heard that too that JW's dont celebrate birthdays or christmas- but i hadnt heard of them exchanging gifts on parents anniversaries. I think it has something to do with not rewarding themselves or something... not 100% sure.

We don't celebrate different holidays for different reasons - generally because they were not instituted by Jehovah or Jesus. Having said that, we do have a similar celebration to Easter, based on instructions at Matthew 26:26-30.

Originally Posted by ~StarBright~

OK - a question now that may bring this thread back to the original topic.. if the bibles are not significantly different.. how come the beleifs can differ between christian and JW- unless the exact words have therefore been interpreted differently????

At times they have been interpreted differently, and some beliefs don't come from the Bible, but were instituted by others along the way. I think the Catholic bible has some extra books to ours, I'm not 100% sure why. I'll hafta research it and come back!

[~StarBright~]

Thanks Sunflowa.. take your time researching.. no rush!!