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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that celebrating anyone's birthday is a pagan custom based on false religious practices and superstition. Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in superstition or good luck.Isaiah 65:11,12. They say that the only birthdays mentioned in the Bible were celebrated by two rulers who didn't worship Jehovah. Genesis 40:20 and Mark 6:21.According to the Witnesses, birthdays were celebrated in honor of pagan Gods. They say that on May 24 the Romans celebrated the birthday of Diana, a pagan Goddess.On May 25 they celebrated the birth of Apollo, their sun god. The Watchtower Nov 15, 2003, Questions From Readers re: birthstones says, 'Jehovahâs Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays.ehovah's Witnesses do not believe in superstition or good luck. Isaiah 65:11,12. They say that the only birthdays mentioned in the Bible were celebrated by two rulers who didn't worship Jehovah. Genesis 40:20 and Mark 6:21.
In a later article, members were reminded that Jehovah's Witnesses do not donate blood or store their own blood prior to surgery. In May 2001, the Watch Tower Society revised its medical directives and identity cards addressing its doctrinal position on blood; the revised materials were distributed from May 3, 2001.hen we lose our life because we refuse inoculations, that does not bear witness as a justification of Jehovah's name. God never issued regulations which prohibit the use of drugs, inoculations or blood transfusions. It is an invention of people, who, like the Pharisees, leave Jehovah's mercy and love aside.