Can i use birthday cake and candles

[jelena.j4]

Hello,
since my birthday is coming up soon i would really appreciate if you would answer to this.
I have read about pagan roots of birthday cake and blowing candles. Does that mean i can't have it on my birthday?

 

[Michie]

Hello,
since my birthday is coming up soon i would really appreciate if you would answer to this.
I have read about pagan roots of birthday cake and blowing candles. Does that mean i can't have it on my birthday?

Wedding rings have pagan roots too. I wear mine happily. I also eat birthday cake. Eat your cake. You are not using it for pagan purposes.

 

[Not David]

Hello,
since my birthday is coming up soon i would really appreciate if you would answer to this.
I have read about pagan roots of birthday cake and blowing candles. Does that mean i can't have it on my birthday?

Doesn't the Serbian Church allow cakes?

 

[com7fy8]

Enjoy And happy birthday to you!!!

 

[FutureAndAHope]

It does not matter where a tradition comes from, it matters what it represents today. I have a brother-in-law who is Aboriginal, he does dot painting, a traditional form of art from his ancestors. Now he is a Christain and often does Christ-themed art. Sure in the past the art would have been used exclusively for spirit worship, but now he uses his tradition for a godly purpose.

In the same way, a birthday cake today represents a celebration of life, it has nothing to do with its past. The past is not important, it is what it represents today.

 

[messianist]

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

 

[jelena.j4]

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

Does that mean i should or should not celebrate it

 

[turkle]

Does that mean i should or should not celebrate it

It means that you are free to do as you wish as long as it causes no harm. The choice is yours.

 

[Sketcher]

I have had birthday cakes and candles for every birthday, but none of my birthdays had worship of a pagan god.

 

[messianist]

Does that mean i should or should not celebrate it

The choice is yours, will it take place above god?