Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-26 Thread Paul Osborne
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:01:04 -0500 Valerie Nielsen Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to > Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McConkie said that the great > and > abominable church was the Catholic church, and how he had to so

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-25 Thread Stacy Smith
No, I'm not sure about that. For one thing, they weren't the ones who started it. The Apostasy grew and they were one of its offshoots. Stacy. At 05:01 PM 08/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McCo

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-25 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McConkie said that the great and abominable church was the Catholic church, and how he had to soften his blow and retract that in later editions. Maybe the JW's did the same thing. Or else it

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-25 Thread Paul Osborne
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:10:05 -0500 Valerie Nielsen Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well Paul, I had not heard the one about evil kings celebrating > birthdays > vis a vis birthdays are bad, but I have had a couple of students in > my Well, That is what I read in a JW pamphlet over 20 yea

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-25 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
Well Paul, I had not heard the one about evil kings celebrating birthdays vis a vis birthdays are bad, but I have had a couple of students in my classes who are JW. They actually have a pamphlet to give to teachers of public schools on having a JW child in a classroom. The reason listed there is

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-24 Thread Stacy Smith
How stupid? I'm not sure of your point. Stacy. At 03:38 PM 08/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:13 -0500 Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess > they > didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm cu

Re: [ZION] Regarding Celebrations of Birthdays

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Osborne
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:13 -0500 Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess > they > didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm curious why the > Jehovah's > Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays but we feel it is okay.