Jehovah's Witnesses, I know you do not celebrate birthdays, but do you ever say "Happy Birthday"? If not, why?

I was born on January 1, New Years day, just another day for me. And no one said "happy birthday".

The early Christians, “considered the celebration of anyone’s birth to be a pagan custom.”

The ancient Greeks, for instance, believed that each person had a protective spirit that attended the person’s birth and thereafter watched over him.

Birthdays also have a long-standing and an intimate link with astrology and the horoscope.

Says Ecclesiastes 7:1: A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s being born.

Our name is the good reputation we have gained with God through faithful service.

the only commemoration commanded for Christians involves, not a birth, but a death that of Jesus, whose “name” is the key to our salvation.

The Catholic Encyclopedia says about the birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible: Only sinners make great rejoicings over the day on which they were born.” Do we want to be like them?

I am not Catholic, just a quote from there Encyclopedia.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not say "Happy birthday", because it's saying that is a custom specifically associated with celebrating birthdays, which as you say, we do not celebrate.

Hello Bill

Absolutely no. To say is to agree it is ok to celebrate.

When I get it said I will thank them, but explain that it means nothing to me; just a day I am happy to forget.