im in love with a JEHOVA'S WITNESS, could it possibly work?

Question

we talk of marriage and we're madly in love. he says it will work and most of the time i agree with him. that is, until the topic of religion comes up. i dont believe there's one true religion, and he's constantly talking about the end of the world being near and how witnesses are the only ones living "right". how can we make this work?

Answer 1

Anti-Witnesses have spread many slanderous lies about Jehovah's Witnesses, even suggesting that they are not Christian or "brainwashed". Yet Witnesses have typically spend hundreds of hours in bible study, while the typical anti-Witness bigot has little actual understanding of Witness beliefs.

A devout Jehovah's Witness would not pursue a romantic relationship with a non-Witness, because the beliefs and goals are too different:

(2 Corinthians 6:14) Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers

(Exodus 23:32) You are not to conclude a covenant with them [adherents of other religions]

(Deuteronomy 7:3) And you must form no marriage alliance with them. Your daughter you must not give to his son, and his daughter you must not take for your son.

(1 Kings 11:4) And it came about in the time of Solomon’s growing old that his wives themselves had inclined his heart to follow other gods

(1 Corinthians 7:39) She is free to be married to whom she wants, only in the Lord.


However, if a marriage already exists, then the Jehovah's Witness would do everything he could to assure the success of the marriage, even with a non-Witness.

(Malachi 2:16) For he has hated a divorcing,” Jehovah the God of Israel has said

(Genesis 2:24) That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.

(Matthew 5:32) However, I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except on account of fornication, makes her a subject for adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

(Matthew 19:8) He said to them: “Moses, out of regard for your hardheartedness, made the concession to you of divorcing your wives, but such has not been the case from the beginning.

(Mark 10:9) Therefore what God yoked together let no man put apart.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2003/9/15/article_01.htm

Answer 2

You mentioned the end times and how he says the "JW's" are the only ones living right. (pauses) there are sooooo many places I could go with this.... the best thing for you to do is make SURE you study up on the JW's.

There are several flaws in what they say. Just to name a few, I know that they say there are a certain # of people that will make it to heaven... I also know they have changed that number themselves several times (mainly to accomidate whatever their church membership was nearing at that time).

Second, it's not an organisation or religious SECT that saves you, it's Jesus and ONLY Jesus.

Thrid, if I recall, don't all the JW's churches teach the SAME thing from the the pulpit. IE what you hear in Texas this week is the same thing you'll hear in Maryland. How can you be expected to witness to a congregation of people when you are handed what to say each week. The needs of one group of people are different from one group to the next. It would be effective for brainwashing mass numbers of people, but not for ministering to them.

Fourth... just a weird observation... every JW place I've seen is COMPLETELY shut off from the outside... NO windows.... ANYWHERE in the building... that just creeps me out. It's like a bunker.

Answer 3

I'm not a JW, however, I do believe the world will come to an end.

I digress, will it work? I would say, no. Unless you change as well to JW, the small arguments may become bigger. Also, when you start reading other bibles besides the JW New World translation, you will begin to discover that there are significant differences. I read Greek and I have compared the KJV with the original Greek text and they seem to be very close. I will go out on a limb and say that the JW bible will not come as close to the original Greek.

Answer 4

Yes, it can work. Abandon reason. Close your eyes and believe something for no logical reason at all. Start to judge more people. Become selfish and egotistical. Believe in documents written by many men over many years and selected by a committee of people years later when none could verify that any of what was written, chosen, and thrown away was actually true. Impose your will on other people. Spend your life thinking the whole world is wrong and that, somehow, you see the truth.

Answer 5

Let me try and understand what you are asking. You are in love with someone that has witnessed God. Since God is Jehovah that means a good thing. If you are marrying someone that belongs to a cult, then I would say you are insane. Ask yourself is God his leader or the group of people his leader? If you feel he is lead by an organization, then run away with all the power your soul can find.The world never ends according to scripture.

Eph3:21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Was God lying when he said "the meek shall inherit the earth."

Since scripture says Jesus is LORD then read this.

Isaiah43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

My understanding of this group of people: is that unequally yoked people should not marry, and should not dwell together. This is contrary to scripture.

One more thought is to honor thy mother and father. If your parents are alive then ask them, if not Ask GOD. God Bless

Answer 6

I feel for you. Does he go to the Kingdom Hall every week? There will most definitely be trouble if he is active in his religion. They don't encourage their members to marry outside of their faith. If you don't want to become Jehovah's Witness, then you should reconsider this relationship. My boyfriend used to be one. Not an active one, but we still had arguments every day. Finally I showed him this website of stories from ex-J.W.'s and it opened up his eyes. I showed him some more information about the history of the religion and he finally realized that the religion is a cult. Our relationship has greatly improved since then.

Best of luck to you, my dear.

Answer 7

Truth is that we are living in according to the Creator of the Return of His son The Christ Yeshua (Jesus). All one has to do is read his word and see the News. It fits. Only he has the time when he will return. It is not for us to know but for us to live our lives according to the creator’s commands. To do this he made it clear through his son who he was himself G*d. To not believe in the son is to not believe in the creator. Even the news of the times is in the media. Israel is a nation again than just 80 years ago that was not so. So how can anyone say that something that was predicted 2000 years ago would happen in out lifetime? HUH? If you love this man then let him teach you so that you may come to believe in the one that paid a price for you to live and not die forever death. Honor him as the Creator asked you to do. Obey him as he is instructed by the Holy Spirit to bee a kind, loving, honorable, honest God fearing and obeying husband for you and a G*d instructing DAD for your offspring so that the creator who is procreating in us may have another child to be with him in the kingdom forever with you both.

Answer 8

My mother who is now 70yrs old and her boyfriend who is 58yrs old have been together for 24yrs.

This man was a Jehova witness minister, He met my mother and then gave up his preast hood, his wife and kids, he walked away from his career, Plumming on the side, Minister only make so much money.lol

I can tell you this that He is now a grandfather, and he kids love him it did not affect the relationship it only made it stronger, As for his exwife who forced him to belive that it would destroy him it did not.

As for his beliefs, well from 20yrs old when i met him, I have learned a lot about myself and he has been my streanth my father i needed in my life, all the money a man makes dose not make a man and all the truth a man gives to his children is up and up no lies, he lets you make your decisions after he gives advice. as for Hollidays and red meat lets just say this, It is said that people do not see the truth in life, For what life is about it is not about suffering jesus did this for us we do not need to doit>

It is not about complusions and condemming people again love thy nabor, as for the TV conviencing us that christmas and easter, valintines, ext are money. I say stay with this beleif what i do with my family is experiene diffrent religions and ethinics around the world. So my kids grow to be never racest.

Show your kids a routeen, your heart and courage to fight against drugs and alco and smoking, to have faith in something in life even if it is there own well bing that will succeed someday.
this is what is inportant in life it is the greates gifts alive..

Answer 9

it will never work because religion plays a magor part in a relationship. on e of you must convert or go your seperate ways. i had a brother who was seeing a jehova witness and trust me it was not pretty when they broke up. they had kids and that was not good

Answer 10

I guess if you don't want your kids to trickortreat or get presents from santa then yeah. Also talking about the end of the world all the time could be a real mood killer.