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- They pray for God but they deny "Jesus"
Thats not true, they do believe in Jesus. Its Jews that dont like him.
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- They refuse to celebrate his Birthday (Xmas)
Its quite widely known that Jesus wasn't born on 25/12, but the Romans decided to keep everyone happy by placing the celebration on the day of the festival of the sun/sun god. So, not knowing exactly when he was born, and not wanting to celebrate pagan festival....
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- They refuse to Celebrate his Resurrection (Easter)
Wrong- not specifically easter, but you'll find there is an event to celebrate his sacrifice/death and resurrection on what equates to Nisan 14, or this year, 22nd March after sundown. It just doesnt involve bunnies and choccy eggs - thats another pagaan thing - fertility related i believe.
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- They even refuse to celebrate Loved ones Birthdays even there own Children.
Thats because the mentions of birthdays in bible usually involve heads being removed etc. i think its only mention twice - and neither were happy events.
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The last thing about them i cant understand is this whole "Blood Transfusion" issues.
Blood transfusions is a complicated subject -why not ask next time they call - simple leaflet explains, but its to do with "abstaining from blood", unclean blood after leaving body etc, you wouldn't eat it if told not to, why put it in your veins... good way of looking at it is if a doc told you to abstain from alcohol for serious reasons - you wouldn't put it in a drip into your veins?
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- They say having a blood transfusion contaminates them and they will not be accepted in Heaven as there Bodies wont be pure.
and again another untruth - JWs don't believe in whole heaven/hell/afterlifey thing - so not getting into heaven isn't the matter. It is related to being clean/unclean in God's eyes though, and following His commandments.
They do their best to hold on to life etc, and
many other alternatives to transfusions are available, and can save a life, but if it comes to it, then doing the right thing is what counts.
try researching on watchtower.org should have some more answers.