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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 6:00:15 PM | I was married to one of these for 13 years...doesn't work...spiritually anyway. You can never convince each other of your respective beliefs. Not worth it when kids are involved either. Just the voice of experience here....
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 6:21:33 PM | | Baptized JW adhere to the Bible which states that premarital sex is wrong...They are disfellowshipped for wrongdoing...When they turn from doing wrong they are welcomed back by the congregation and Witness family......JW date the opposite sex strictly when they are ready to get married.....not until then.......They are encouraged to date only JW, but if they date others, not Witnesses, they are counselled and if they committed wrongdoing they may be disfellowshipped, if they were baptized in the faith. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 6:21:39 PM | | My family are JW's.I have no complaints about their religion.I can tell you that rarely do any of them give even what is given to other churches by parishiners, and the church strongly teaches the followers to keep their lives simple.In other words, its not a religion about money.No paid clergy or hiarchy.All over the world at every level, its all volenteer. All in all, I'd say honest people.But the person that stated that they don't date outside their religion is right.If a person has made a commitment to be a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses, he or she will not date outside the faith.As for using sex to get a convert into the religion, that just isn't done. They are good people trying to do what they think is right.Now as for you dating a JW, if you are, then this person is by his very association with you showing that he is wishy washy in his committment, and that alone should make you wonder how solid his committment would be to you.I'm saying get out while you can, not from the religion, but from a wishy washy man. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 7:18:25 PM | I say if it comes to the point where you both have the same desire.and want to serve god its simple find a church you both like. and guess what no problems thats easy. cheese if I met someone and there religions came befor me its bye bye and good luck. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 7:55:52 PM | I myself,have a best friend in the world since I was 5 years old. She is A Jehovah's witness. In no shape or form are these wonderful people a cult. If you read the catholic bible Jehovah is mentioned numerous times. If you read revelations,you will see the predictions being made as far as the end of the world and the signs of a new order are exactly what they are saying to you when they come to your door to drop off a pamplet. I would rather have a Jehovah's witness knock on my door anytime,rather than a stranger. How can they have issues for believing in there religion. The way the world is today,is exactly what revelations predicts. For centuries people have been predicting the end of this world. I was brought up catholic and my mother would be rolling in her grave knowing the catholic church is so messed up with so many priest's that are molesting children and doing other nasty things to the children. Today people are not running from them but are running toward there beliefs. Bernadina | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 7:59:47 PM | Benadina
PULEASE
Hardly anyone bashed the JW's here and of course there's always "one" in the crowd. YOU
I'd say you need to go back to whatever "book" you study and learn what respect and tolerance means...spiritually. 
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 8:02:40 PM | My 2 cents..
Truly depends on the degree to which the person is strong in religious convictions..
Here is a plan..
1.Ask his history of religious endeavors. If the history is rich with a lot of involvement,i say back off..
2.If he is a self confident person by nature , you have a better chance.If he seeks religious interventions to revitalize his persona, you will be a barrier rather than support for his general well being..
3.The other way is , try attending sessions with him relating to his ideology.See if that helps your life..Either you like the idea or you hate it..You will know sooner or later.
And one more thing, god comes first and he will tell you that some point..So you will be second in his life? Got that...So may be women come and go, his god is the same..
So think about it..
Honestly, i think you are at a point pissed off by him but you want things to work..
I say MOVE ON..you will never regret.. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 8:09:18 PM | | Please learn to spell my name right tyvm! I never said anyone has bashed the Jehovah's Witness. It's what you call freedom of speech. There is always one in the crowd like you! You don't no me so don't sit there and tell me to learn what respect and tolerance is. I study the book of LIFE. What do you study ha? Jehovah witness people are wonderful people. I have read the bible from the beginning to the end,I suggest you do that Vnilla. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 8:09:22 PM | Pandora,
It would be wise to listen to that little "voice" in your head that is giving you these forewarnings about this "Jahovah's Witness". I myself am trying to get back to God & prayer, reading the bible. I have my own opinion about Jahovah's Witness which I will keep to myself here.
But those "bad feelings " you are having now about this is that little "voice" in your head putting up the "Red Flags" to stop this relationship. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 8:27:40 PM | | Badmouthing my faith? You got that right. Have you watched the news in the past couple of years or maybe read a newspaper. If you had you would no exactly what is going in the catholic religion. I am from Boston and a lot of innocent men have been violated by priests in this area. Men have committed suicide and some are so depressed about what happened to them they can't hold a job and many families have been broken up over this tradegy. I am not sinning over my faith just know the facts!! Do you?? | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 8:44:08 PM | From my discussions with priests, rabbis, pastors and JW's, the Witnesses have made the most practical sense of scripture. When it comes to making sense out of the bible, they're incredible. The only way you'd refute them is because of holding onto innate beliefs, I think.
That doesn't mean you'd want to go ahead and join. But it does mean you'd respect what they believe, and certainly, on the whole, they have an admirable record of conduct over the years as opposed to Christian religions that have engaged in less than Christian conduct.
But as to the matter of a Witness having a relationship with a non-Witness... c'mon, the guy's inactive, he's not really practicing, he wishes to be with this woman. Sure, somewhere deep down, he agrees with the Witness faith, and that may rise to bite in the rear end... or not. It's just a matter of what he makes a priority.
My first wife became a JW. In that congregation, there were some really nice people. Mostly. One guy, she says, tried to put the make on her. One gal was dating a guy outside the faith; I met him, he was a louse. Hey, I've seen much worse in other religions. Most of the "unbelieving" spouses just accepted that this is what their wives/husbands were into and went along with it, never getting into it. Sort of like someone that tags along to church on the holidays, just because it's the thing to do.
Figure out where you two are and are going to handle this, and that's it. If it's a deal breaker (which it doesn't sound like), then simply deal with it. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 9:03:12 PM | | Exactly WAS! We including yourself are all imperfect. We all inherited sin! I haven't bashed any Jehovah Witnesses,but certainly you have through out this forum. May God Bless you always! | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 9:20:15 PM | Well, my advice is run like hell.. was one for over 40 years.. but then I would say run like hell from any religion lol..... I researched them all.. finally lol.. they are all false!!
Want to know all about JW's? Here is a site that will tell you what you want to know.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/default.ashx
LOTS of information here.. even from ones who knew JW's and were one... is WRONG...
EX: being disfellowshipped for your kids associating with "worldly kids" BUNK.. Something else she did caused that....
I "drifted" away.. but knew that organization inside out.. always knew something was wrong.. but until I left.. didnt know the half of it..
Best wishes.. and happy fishing everyone here!
Linda | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 9:27:51 PM |
MOST notorious child molester of all time...Michael Jackson
Oh come on, now. The MOST notorious? He was bad and should be in jail, no doubt, but can you really say he's more notorious than the herds of priests who have been exposed? Get real. There are perverts and backsliders in every single religion and no one is saying JWs claim to be perfect. The real issue is in how the church handles those people. Do they tolerate them and hide the crime and move the person around to continue the bad act in a different place or do they kick the person out of their circle and shun that person for all to see? I'll side with the JWs over the Catholics any day for trying to live their faith on a daily basis. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/9/2006 10:33:16 PM | | Am on your side bernadina.....and you are right....one thing that I have noticed with this thread is anyone that has been or is a JW is labelled and lumped in with alot of things that are negative or positive on the occasion. But, I think we all forget....we are all human beings and we have all have made choices and some of them are great and are deemed wonderful by fellow human beings and some other choices are deemed awful and are deemed as unacceptable by the majority of religions...."practicing or not"....If I was the OP....I would look at the qualities that person has that would draw me to them as a human being.......how they treat me...how they treat others...and I would definitely be impressed and grateful that there is a person out there that displays the qualities that make me feel good about myself as a person.......JMSHO | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/10/2006 1:30:08 AM | Just my own little observations through life...At some point when two people of different faiths come together in a relationship there is going to be conflict. I should say that is if both take their religious beliefs seriously, or one is more serious about it than the other. Either the age old "My god is better than your god" thing, or one person's religion is pushed on the other person.
And then you have a whole new can of worms if kids ever become involved. Who gets to indoctrinate the children into which church???????
The only way for this type of thing to work, is if both people have the ability to respect the other persons beliefs, or non-beliefs, whatever the case may be.
But again in my experience, very few people in this world can be both devoutly religious and keep their beliefs to themselves. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/10/2006 1:49:34 AM | Just because MJ claimed to be a Witness sure as hell doesn't make him one.
I remember a reporter or someone asking him about a piece of jewelry he carried around. He said something about symbolism and credited the Witnesses.
Unfortunately for him, Witnesses do not believe in attaching symoblism to ANY object. You will never see a statue of Jesus or prayer beads or a cross or anything of that sort in a true Witness home.
As soon as he spouted that line of bull I knew there was no JW congregation in the world where he was a regular.
I could say I'm an Astronaut but that doesn't make me one. | |
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| Non-Religious Person dating a Jehovah's Witness
Posted: 11/10/2006 2:16:40 AM | As a child being a Jehovah Witness, was very fulfilling to my own intellectual thought, at the age of 5-9 1/2 i can recall the atmosphere of the community as it related to my father and mother, as well as myself. I admire the dedication the Jehova Witnesses have with their belief, its a very true sort of atmosphere, at the very worst they can be percieved as "cultish" or arrogent, to some degree in their philosophy and they might be to some. Looking beyond their belief it is the principles of Jesus to love one another and share respect for one another. Aside, they are very complicated, and will not associate with other JWs, as I did not, even in kindergarten! "dont eat that cup cake!"  | |
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