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The 2008 study book “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love” placed toasting among celebrations that displease God and described the custom, in its own study question, as unacceptable to Christians.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-toasting-2008-unacceptableConcerns 2008Explicit statement
Explicit statement · 2008 Verified

The 2008 study book “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love” placed toasting among celebrations that displease God and described the custom, in its own study question, as unacceptable to Christians. “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”, 2008

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“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”, “Chapter 13: Celebrations That Displease God”

2008 · p.154 · pars. 19-20, and the study question above them · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“What does one secular source say about the origin of toasting, and why is this custom unacceptable to Christians?”

The study question printed above paragraphs 19 and 20 of the chapter, under the subheading ‘Toasting—A Religious Gesture?’. The paragraphs themselves say the custom of lifting wine glasses heavenward ‘might be viewed as a request to “heaven”—a superhuman force—for a blessing in a way that does not accord with that outlined in the Scriptures’.

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Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Chapter opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026. The paragraphs sit between the page 154 and page 155 markers, so the page is 154; the chapter as a whole runs pp. 144-159.

Notes. This is the firmest published wording located: the study question calls the custom ‘unacceptable to Christians’.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-p-lv-2008-ch13-toasting

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