Why don't Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate birthdays?

Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God's view of them. read more

Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we believe that such celebrations displease God. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them. Consider four of these aspects and related Bible principles. read more

home > questionable doctrine > birthdays. Birthday Celebrations Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to celebrate birthdays, based on what are claimed to be Scriptural reasons. This affects Witness children most, and later this is often remembered as one of the areas of greatest embarrassment and loss in childhood. read more

Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate only one thing: the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Ecclesiastes 7: 1 states "the day of death is better than the day of birth." And Hebrews 1: 4 declares that the day of his death was more important than the day of his birth. read more