Jehovah Witness...?

Question

I really like this guy and he is jehovah witness i hear they are a cult , he wont continue any relationship with me unless i join, any thoughts?

Answer 1

The life of a JEHOVAH'S WITNESS is no "paradise on earth". References are included so that you can check for accuracy.
Watchtower Membership
will affect you!
SOCIALLY
The Watchtower forbids:
Association with non-JW family and friends (Watchtower 2/15/60 p. 112
Voting and defending your country (United in Worship of the Only True God 1983 p. 166
Frequenting "discos and dance halls" (Watchtower 1/15/83
Self-defense courses (Pay attention to Yourselves and All the flock 1981 p. 150)
Playing chess (Awake! 3/22/73 p. 12-14)

Attending weddings and funerals of "non-JW friends and family", allowed but STRONGLY discouraged! (Watchtower 12/15/74 p. 766-767 & 3/15/70 p. 191-192)
The life of a JW child is even more controlled. In order to help enforce the Watchtower rules at school, the Watchtower published a booklet titled, "Schools and Jehovah's Witnesses."
The Watchtower forbids you and your children from:
Holidays, Birthdays, Christmas, Easter,
Halloween, All Saints Day, New Years,
Valentines Day, May Day,
Mother's Day = Mother worship,
National holidays, Organized sports,
Cheerleading, Homecoming Queen,
Dances, School clubs and plays,
Blood and other donations, School elections,
Singing the National Anthem,
and Saluting the Flag.
(School and Jehovah's Witnesses 1983 p. 13-25)
Watchtower Membership
will affect your
FAMILY
Shunning
This cruel policy dictates that if someone leaves the Watchtower, JW's must "quit mixing in company" and "never receive him into your home or say a greeting to him." JW's are instructed to HATE former members and cannot show pity to them, even if they are family! JW's can't even pray for a disfellowshipped person. (Watch-tower 11/1/94 p. 21, 4/15/91 p. 30, 10/1/93 p.19 & 6/15/71
Disfellowshipping Offenses
Listed among serious moral offenses (murder, adultery, etc.) are trivial "sins" that JWís can be disfellowshipped, and consequently shunned, for committing: Celebrating holidays, Interfaith activities, Working for a religious organization, Owning religious pictures or images, Accepting blood transfusions, Gambling, Non-neutral activities, and Smoking tobacco. (Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock 1977 p. 57-59)
Having Children
During WWII (believed by the Watchtower to be the final battle of Armageddon) JW's were "counseled" to refrain from having children. (Children 1941 p. 312) Many JW's continue to follow this advice today, believing that Armageddon is "just around the corner."
atchtower Membership will affect you!
MEDICALLY
Note
The Watchtower did not allow vaccinations and organ transplants for the same reasons that they now do not allow blood transfusions.
How many more JWís will DIE before the Watchtower changes this fatal policy?
Psychiatrists
Treatment allowed but STRONGLY discouraged! (Watchtower 9/1/96 p. 30-31)
No Blood Transfusions
W's will choose death rather than accept blood. The Watchtower equates receiving a transfusion to eating blood, which is forbidden. (Watchtower 1/15/97 p. 21)
The Watchtower has even encouraged children to pull out the injecting device and to destroy the blood bag. (Watchtower 6/15/91 p. 31)
The Watchtower crosses the line of absurdity when they restrict pets from receiving transfusions. (Watchtower 2/15/64 p. 127) If a cat eats mouse blood naturally, why can't it have a blood transfusion?
nterestingly, the Watchtower is inconsistent in its blood policy. In June of 1994 the country of Bulgaria refused to renew the Watchtower as a recognized religion, because of the blood issue, among many other concerns.
On July 3rd 1997, the Watchtower agreed before the European Commission of Human Rights to allow members to, "...have free choice in the matter for themselves and their children, without any control or sanction on the part of the association."

(http://194.250.50.201/eng/E276INFO.148.html)
Either this last statement is a lie, or the Watchtower has a life saving policy for Bulgarian JW's and a death sentence for JWís throughout the rest of the world. Possibly 7,000-16,800 JW's die each year from refusing transfusions. (David Reed, Blood on the Altar 1996 p. 25-26)
Vaccinations
Taught to be a direct violation of Godís law for over twenty-one years. (Golden Age 2/4/31 p. 293, Watchtower 12/15/52 p. 764)
Organ Transplants
Rejected as cannibalism for almost thirteen years. (Watchtower 11/15/67 p. 702, Watchtower 3/15/80 p. 31)
JWs want you to leave your present religion (Awake 11/8/73 p. 27-28)
The Watchtower must be viewed as being more authoritative than the Bible (1983 Yearbook p. 21)
You can't understand the Bible without the Watchtower (Watchtower 12/1/81 p. 27)
Reading the Bible without the Watchtower will lead you to believe in what Christendom's clergy teaches. (Watchtower 8/15/81 p. 28-29)
Christianity (Protestant & Catholic) is the Devil's religion (Riches 1936 p. 285)
Those who don't worship like JW's are honoring Satan (Reasoning from the Scriptures 1989 p. 49-53)
Interfaith movements are forbidden (Awake 8/22/97 p. 27)
You must recognize God as your Father and the Watchtower as your Mother (Watchtower 5/1/57 p. 274)
If the Watchtower is wrong, you must submit anyway and wait for God to correct it (Watchtower 5/1/57 p. 284)
There is no room to disagree with Watchtower doctrine; you WILL accept it (Watchtower 2/1/52 p. 79-83)

Answer 2

Would you want a man who would put a woman, any woman, above God and Christ?

Consider what this would mean, should this relationship turned into a marriage. Witnesses don’t do anything half way. His is why they have the lowest rates of divorce, 50% lower than even the Amish.

As a witness, he is not looking at just the here and now, but also the forever and ever. Tens of thousands of years of good health without aging, possibly going out to explore the universe, and terraform planets into new Earths. All without destroying the environments.

As some have said above, becoming and being a Jehovah’s Witness is hard. It is not something you can fake, as many do with all other religions. Being a JW means a personal dedication to God and Christ. It means that when you pray, you are having a personal conversation with God and not just reciting a memorized prayer from nearly 2000 years ago.

If you are just wanting to date a man, just for the fun of it, and maybe a little sex on the side, than you don’t want to try to date a JW. If you want a man who is dedicate to you, and any children your have, for a long life, which may be a very long life, than look into what it means to be a JW.

As for all the adverse comments made above, consider that the same things were said about the first Christians. They were people who went door to door, telling their Jewish brethren that their rituals, beliefs, and holidays, dating back hundreds of years, were no longer valid. Highly educated individuals in the religious arts, such as Saul of Tarsus, could prove that this new Jewish Sect was a cult. It was made up of low class individuals, like a Fisherman (Peter) and a Tax Collector (Matthew) who lacked any education, let alone one in religion. And worse, they were following the teaching of a Carpenter (Jesus). They were writing their own scriptures (Bible) and not sticking with the ones that had sustained the Jews for nearly 2000 years. It was a Bible that matched their beliefs and not those of their brethren Jews.

Any of this sound familiar?

With all his education, Saul could not see the Truth being taught house to house. It took the appearance of Christ, blinding him, for him to see the light. We now know him as the Apostle Paul.

This is what Witnesses represent. Every witness becomes a legal minister and not just the elite who get paid to do it. A simple window washer can grow to become a Congregation Overseer, a Circuit or District Servant, or sit on the Governing Board. No, they will not have their names enshrined on building, a church, or in some book, nor will they get paid, but they will be do something to benefit all mankind.

Are you confused now? Yes, you should be because there is no possible way to tell you in print, or otherwise what it means to be a witness. To know them is to be one. If you want this young man, than learn what is important to him. Just don’t do it for him. Also, don’t do it for yourself. You do it for God and Christ, than all else will fall into place.

Answer 3

You're better off just dating someone else that matches your standards, not his. JW families are extremely strict when it comes to dating "non-believers,'' despite folks having relationships with god from different religious perspectives. Their dating system is extremely complicated, once you're already talking to someone from the opposite sex you're practically boyfriend/girlfriend and then they expect you both to marry the next twenty four hours. They're like North Korea in a way, any associating with the outside "world" will threaten your religious beliefs with the fear of getting infected with "bad" associations and and stuff. If you don't want to get hurt, just go your separate way, even just being friends will make things complicated. However, if you really do have an open mind he might preach to you, organize a bible study and maybe things might progress in the relationship but the question is, how much of your regular life are you ready to sacrifice because JW people don't have much of a lifestyle. Oh, you can't have sex until you both are married, even him just sleeping with you with protection is considered a sin and he'll end up getting kicked out, just saying.

Answer 4

first of all, we are not a cult. a cult worships man. we worship Jehovah and Jesus Christ. I am tired of people saying we are a cult and brainwashed. we have free will. a cult lives in one state and live together. we as Jehovah Witnesses are your next door neighbor and work along with you. we live in 236 lands. also. if he is really a Jehovah Witnesses he would not date you. we do not make you become a Jehovah Witness. that is between you and Jehovah God. learn what we are all about at www.watchtower.org. people who know nothing about us will tell lies about us. we do what Jesus Christ commanded us to do at Matthew 28 verses 19 and 20. would you tell Jesus that he is in a cult also because we follow him. when we marry we marry for love and you hardly hear of a Jehovah Witnesses getting a divorce

Answer 5

No we are not cultists. We are Christians. We believe in marrying others who share our beliefs. This principle bothers some but is not all taht strange. Think about it. When 2 people get married they, generally, share the same interests and goals. Being Christians means allot to us. It is a way of life. If you want to learn about us you can ask him questions, go to our official website http://www.watchtower.org or come to a meeting. Realise we do not want someone to join just to join. Being Christian is not a way to meet people or just to be social, it is something you must want for yourself. As you can see from the various rude and mean answers to questions about us it is not always fun to try to follow God. There are easier ways to get guys to like you. I personally am glad to be a Witness.

As to the comments about our Bible and our Kingdom Halls. Many religions follow use one main translation of the Bible. We use the NWT because it is in plain english and tries to be accurate.

While it is true some Halls do not have windows, others do. I have visited many Halls. Most in my area did not have windows due to cost and safety. When we torn down and rebuilt/expanded our old Hall in Macon we put in windows. Part of this was because of the number of complaints from people about us not having windows. One hall I attended had no windows and had to put the air conditioning unit inside a brick cage because the neighborhood was so incredibly bad. I recently read a question on Y!A where someone asked why ALL Halls have porticoes. I explained that there are Halls all over the Earth. Some have them some don't. Those that do have them so people getting out of their cars will be protected from the elements. After choosing best answer, the asker said that while all Witnesses gave basicly that as their answer he still felt there must be some other Religous reason. People read into things to much.

Answer 6

Jehovah God wanted us to use his name. Matthew 6:9, Jesus told us that we should pray: "Our Father in the heavens, let your NAME be SANCTIFIED." Also Isaiah 43:10 also brings out that Jehovah said, "You are my WITNESSES." God is a Title. Even with Arabs. A good dictionary will show you, “Allah” is a shortened form of the Arabic term meaning “the god", this is not a name. The title “God” is neither personal nor distinctive. In the Hebrew Scriptures the same word (ʼElo‧him′) is applied to Jehovah, the true God, and also to false gods. The Imperial Bible-Dictionary says: “It is everywhere a proper name, denoting the personal God and him only; whereas Elohim partakes more of the character of a common noun, denoting usually, indeed, but not necessarily nor uniformly, the Supreme. . . . The Hebrew may say the Elohim, the true God, in opposition to all false gods; but he never says the Jehovah, for Jehovah is the name of the true God only. He says again and again my God . . . ; but never my Jehovah, for when he says my God, he means Jehovah. He speaks of the God of Israel, but never of the Jehovah of Israel, for there is no other Jehovah. He speaks of the living God, but never of the living Jehovah, for he cannot conceive of Jehovah as other than living.” Hope This Helps

Answer 7

Wanting a relationship is the wrong reason to join any religion. You should join because you want to and it seems to be for you and not social reasons.

Answer 8

Jehovah's Witnesses are certainly *NOT* looking for insincere people to "join" some human group or cause. They are serving as a "light" which draws honest-hearted ones to God, rather than to pursue romance.

(Matthew 5:14-16) You are the light of the world. ...let your light shine before men, that they may see your fine works and give glory to your Father who is in the heavens.


Anti-Witnesses try to use the term "cult" like a sledgehammer to obliterate any thinking analysis of what the supposed "cultist" actually believes. Many of these bigotedly embrace a bizarre, non-etymological, quite arbitrary definition of the term "cult" which includes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century slandered Christ's followers with the insulting term "Atheist" (!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Secular authorities in academia and government routinely acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion. With more than 16 million associating with Jehovah's Witnesses, the term "cult" seems very out of place in a fair discussion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians.

Sadly, Trinitarians seem more interested in perpetuating their human traditions, Greek philosophy, and Babylonish fetishes rather than reasonably examining the Scriptural definition of "Christian". In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all the times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded


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http://jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

Answer 9

If he loved u he wouldn't "make" u do anything. That is a factor of the controlling ways of a JW. And Jehovah's Witness is a well known cult.. Hit the door running and find a better relationship before u are sorry..

Answer 10

Do you research, before you join anything, they are known for going door to door to get people to join, and they are very strict. Look it up on the Internet, and if you do anything don't do it just to date a guy.