Jehovas witness

studentgirl_2

Hi can someone please help, my mum is part of this church and im not sure if the rules say she can have a mothers day card??

I know that they do not celerbrate any occassions and dont want to upset or cause any more tension ( iv done enough of that regarding this )

thanks in advance

squeaky

Short answer. No.

Longer answer:-

http://www.jwfiles.com/jw-cant.htm

speranza

I was raised JW and no, technically they don't celebrate Mother's Day because "you're supposed to love your mother every day". Normally I'd say buy a card anyway but if that would make things more tense, then probably best not to.

Sorry.

whatamess_2

Heck of a cannot list there.:eek:

studentgirl_2

thanks for your help, its so difficult to decide what to do. They usually pop over on a sunday for a coffee, before she was a JW we would see her everyday and chat on the phone as well. but not any more. its really sad.

Ill buy a card if she come ill just give it to her as she walks out the door to go home. Hopefully she will just chose not to visit.

shelovestobuystuff

If you want to buy mum a card or flowers to show her your appreciation then do it.If it would upset her to recieve anything on Mothers Day then do it before or after.You do get cards with Thanks etc or just a blank inside.Or just give her a big hug and tell her you love her without saying Happy Mothers day.

shelovestobuystuff

Wow,just read the list on the link above.Doesnt exactly sound like much fun does it?Quite a lot of anti-christian do nots there too which I really didnt expect to see from a christian based religion.I would query the source of that information and do some further web searches if I were you.Dont believe everything you read on the internet basically.

julesangles

thanks for that list.
cant think why they cant own a smurff.

SugarSpun

Why not write a note on plain paper rather than a card?

bobmats_shel

julesangles wrote: »

thanks for that list.
cant think why they cant own a smurff.

Yeah, whats the problem with smurfs??

soolin

Smurfs look like one of those things that was very short lived and probably unofficially tabood:

http://thelink.concordia.ca/view.php?aid=39124

My closest friend when I was younger was a JW and at least once a month there would be something else that was banned as being demonic, and then a few months later it was suddenly OK again and all previous references to the ban denied.

Incidentally she did send a Mothers day card (and they were very strict) but then the JW movement changes its policy day by day so that is no guarantee that it is acceptable now.