My JW sister made bat cookies for her child

She sent me an email with a picture of her child enjoying the treats, talking about how much he was enjoying learning about bats in school... so she made him bat-shaped cookies.  I sent her this reply:

"I'm glad "Brian" is enjoying school so much!  The cookies are cute.  Some might think they are a little Halloween-ish but I always bear in mind what Romans 14:5,6 and Colossians 2:16 say."

Did you know that Gingerbread Men also have a pagan origin?

I deliberately didn't quote them to her so that she would be curious and look them up to see for herself what they say. 

But if there are people here who haven't read these verses I think it's great to have them quoted.

The New World Translation version of these verses is just as interesting.

                                       I love..

                                  Bat Cookies!

                                                              ............... ...OUTLAW

     Romans 14:5 Or, say, one person thinks that some days should be set aside as holy and another thinks that each day is pretty much like any other. There are good reasons either way. So, each person is free to follow the convictions of conscience.

   6 What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli.   MSG

LOL.

Amen.

Sylvia

                                    Bat Broccoli..

                                        Yukk!

                                                       ............... ...OUTLAW

Woopsie Poopsie...I was going to delete it but I made the post 33 minutes ago. Drat!...missed it by 3 minutes

Well, since I'm on a roll, I might as well post the New World Translation too, lol:

(Romans

 Colossians 2:16: Therefore let no man judge YOU in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of the Sabbath

Every time I make bat cookies, the bones never bake all the way through and the fur tends to singe.....ask her what her secret is.

ROFL.

Y'all are a hot mess!

Sylvia

Colossians 2:16: Therefore let no man judge YOU in eating and drinking or in respect

of a festival or of an observance of the New Moon or of the Sabbath

                                       .............. ...OUTLAW

Hellzbellz, I'm even agnostic...but I think those scriptures rock

.....Sorry....didn't mean to kill your thread

ROFL at AwSnap!

That's a two-finger snap, up and over! 

Sylvia

It seem to me I was told in bible study that you are not to posses idols or anything that was used for idols should be destroyed, and was given an example of the golden calf the Isrealites had. That the Isealites were instructed to get rid of the golden calf and were not allowed to even use it or any part of it for anything else, in fact they were not even allowed to melt the golden calf down and use the gold.                                          

Then I went to a JWs house that was full of JWs that had no wiring for lights so they had christmas tree lights up everywhere for lights.

Then I went to a JWs house that was full of JWs that had no wiring for lights so they had christmas tree lights up everywhere for lights.

This was what the Jews used to call the Shekina Light...like in the forbidden temple.

It has occurred to some of us that most Christmas tree lights also require a certain amount of wiring.

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