jehovah's witness questions?

Question

Since my older question topic about JW has gone inactive, I would like more feed back with the rules of these topics
-Dating
-High School (or School in General)
-What Offends Them (Not that I'm going to use it against them, I have friends who I really don't want to offend)

Thanks!

Look, please stop sending me e-mails about conversion... I'm agnostic, which means, "a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)" so please DO NOT try to convert me...

Answer 1

1. Dating is for marriage. Most Jehovah's Witnesses do not date until they are at LEAST in their late teens and it's wisest if they wait until they are in their 20s. The Bible condemns divorce except on the grounds of adultery so marriage is a very serious step for Jehovah's Witnesses and should not be taken lightly. Jehovah's Witnesses marry only "in the Lord" and it is not encouraged to date or marry outside our faith. We encourage our young ones to make friends with people of all ages and learn to treat others with dignity and respect. This carries into their relationships when they begin chastely dating or courting.
2. Education, contrary to popular belief, is important to Jehovah's Witnesses. Many of our children ARE home-schooled but whoever said "most" is mistaken. It's a tiny percentage. Many of us have post-secondary education. Our Theocratic Ministry School has been acknowledged as one of the best public speaking schools in the world and almost anyone can join it.
3. As a group, nothing "offends" us. I am not easily offended by nature but it's always a good thing to keep in mind, when dealing with ANYONE, that some people are more sensitive than others.

Answer 2

Dating is with marrigage in mind.
Everyone needs schooling to get along in life,
Not much offends, we realize that those have there own religion and we respect that. However some might say that is not true. That is only because they haven't taken the time to really find that for themselves. They just limp on others opinions.
If more people would take the time and find out for themselves what the Witnesses were about, hey would think differently.
We don't follow man as our leader. Jesus Christ is our leader.
We are in 235 lands throughout the world. 98,269 Congregations world wide. 16,383,333 attended the memorial of Jesus death last year. There are 6,613,829 practicing members. There were 1.3 billion hours of volunteer hours spent in public Bible educational work last year.
Average weekly home Bible courses taught last year was 6,061,829. You can see there have been a few that have taken the time to find out info on the Witnesses for themsleves.

Answer 3

Hi there...here's an answer to your questions.
1) Dating - this is for persons (man & woman) who are contemplating marriage. That is the purpose of dating.
2) School - JW's hold education as very important.
3) What makes us tick? - people who spread lies about our beliefs. If someone wants to know anything about us, they need to ask one of JW's

There's book for teens & young adults called "Questions Young People Ask...Answers that Work" that is published by the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society". You can write them to receive your free copy.

Answer 4

they say that a Jehovah witness should not date before they are ready to get married. They are usually home schooled and i'm sure dishonesty and lies about their religion will agner them

Answer 5

Jehovah's Witnesses believe strongly in God Jehovah and in his Son Jesus Christ. Regarding birthday celebrations, bible students are encouraged to consider:
: 0% of faithful biblical Jews celebrated birthdays
: 0% of first century Christians celebrated birthdays
: 100% of birthdays celebrated in the bible were by debauched enemies of God (See Mark 6:17-29; Gen 40:19-22)

Bible historians (M'Clintock, Strong, and others) have noted that faithful Jews of the bible did not celebrate birthdays, and that ancient pagan birthday celebrations were at least partially intended to honor the patron gods of the particular day.

By comparison with such paganisms, the bible does not even tell us the birthdates of Jesus or ANY of his apostles!


Jehovah's Witnesses practice strict political and nationalistic neutrality, so they do not celebrate nationalistic holidays such as Independence Day and Memorial Day.

Other holidays derive from false religion, and so are incompatible with pure worship as adulterating interfaith. For example, Easter derives from the pagan god Oestre and celebrates "rebirth" and "fertility" instead of commemorating Christ's Last Supper and death as Jesus commanded:
(Luke 22:1-22) [Jesus] dispatched Peter and John, saying: “Go and get the passover ready for us to eat.” ...14 At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”

Seemingly innocuous holidays may have only a tangential connection with false worship, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day (although arguably derived from ancestor worship). Understated observance of these is not generally considered interfaith by Jehovah's Witnesses, but it is too easily misunderstood in some cultures.

Since such celebrations are not required in true worship, and can easily become a distraction, so Jehovah's Witnesses focus their attention elsewhere. In particular, they are focussed on the preaching work which *IS* a requirement for Christians:

(Luke 10:1-17) [Jesus] the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/15/article_01.htm


Jehovah's Witnesses only date when they are in a position to marry. The Scriptures clearly instruct a true worshipper to marry only another true worshipper.

(Exodus 23:32) You are not to conclude a [marriage or other] covenant with them or their gods.

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

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

(Nehemiah 13:25) You should not give your daughters to [the unbeliever's] sons, and you should not accept any of their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

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


The Scriptures also warn against elevating human desires above godly teachings.

(2 Thessalonians 2:1-3) We request of you not to be quickly shaken from your reason... Let no one seduce you in any manner

(Romans 16:17-18) Keep your eye on those who cause ... stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them. ...by smooth talk and complimentary speech they seduce the hearts of guileless ones.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled... You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/19990215/article_01.htm

Answer 6

they don't date.
someone who is deemed acceptable to court is approved, they court, they marry. seriously.
nothing necessarily offends them but there is a long list of do's and don'ts and what they try to tell you that yolu are doing wrong.