Jehovah's Witnesses' perspective on asexuality?

Question

I found this question to be very interesting and would like to know what their perspective is and what do they think about this sexual orientation?

Answer 1

I would guess that witnesses treat asexuals better than many religions.

This is not to say the they are against, just not informed on it. A person who is asexual is lacking the hormonal response that results from an attraction to another individual. To say the it is a sexual orientation is a little misleading, because it can be treated, as is often necessary for proportionate dwarfism, or when a person is a midget. As opposed to disproportionate dwarfism, proportionate dwarfism simply stops growing and maturing, which includes the development of hormonal production.

The problem that emerges when you lack an understanding of an asexual is that when someone is not attracted to the opposite sex, it is assumed that they are homosexual. Told this enough and the person comes to believe it. Yes, this sounds a little like someone talking a person into being homosexual, but it isn't It is just a presumption a person lacking complete knowledge of their condition, is left with.

Being asexual is also not always a life time condition. There are those who simply mature slower and do not develop the hormonal levels until later in life, as late as the 30s. Some recent studies have shown that women who do not develop such desires, and as a result, do not have children, until their 30s, have the longest life spans.

Being that witnesses learn a broad range of subjects that are interrelated to the Bible, they gain a better understanding of things not often discussed in other religions. It’s unfortunate, as it is an interesting subject. Witnesses also gain a drive to seek out information, for no other reason than to learn something new. When my mother got her first computer, and learned how to access the computer, at age 75, she spent so much time on it that she would doze off.

Answer 2

Asexuality means; one has no sexual attraction to either sexes.

Bible says you don't have to marry if you don't want to or unable to.

Matthew 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

1 Corinthians 7:32-33
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.


Premarital sex is not exceptable.

Hebrews 13:4 – “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”

Relationship with the same sex is not exceptable.

"You shall not lie with a male as with a women; it is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13).

Answer 3

Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bible to teach respect for one's body and for one reproductive organs.

(Deuteronomy 23:1) No man castrated by crushing the testicles or having his male member cut off may come into the congregation of Jehovah.

(Leviticus 21:17-20) No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there proves to be a defect may come near to present the bread of his God. In case there is any man in whom there is a defect...or having his testicles broken.


The bible encourages unmarried Christians to keep their sexual impulses under control.

(Colossians 3:5) Deaden, therefore, your body members that are upon the earth as respects fornication

(Galatians 5:24) Moreover, those who belong to Christ Jesus impaled the flesh together with its passions and desires.

(1 Peter 2:11) ...keep abstaining from fleshly desires, which are the very ones that carry on a conflict


Both Paul and Jesus recommend singleness.

(1 Corinthians 7:25-27) I [Paul] give my opinion as one who had mercy shown him by the Lord to be faithful. 26 Therefore I think this to be well in view of the necessity here with us, that it is well for a man to continue as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Stop seeking a release. Are you loosed from a wife? Stop seeking a wife.

(Matthew 19:10-12) . . .The disciples said to him: “If such is the situation of a man with his wife, it is not advisable to marry.” 11 He said to them: “Not all men make room for the saying, but only those who have the gift. 12 For there are eunuchs that were born such from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs that were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs that have made themselves eunuchs on account of the kingdom of the heavens. Let him that can make room for it make room for it.”

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses feel that Jehovah God created them male and female. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the scriptural council from the bible that male and female should be yoked together in marriage. Jehovah's Witnesses also feel that homosexuality is a sin that God does not approve.

Answer 5

I am not exactly sure what you mean by asexuality. but I agree with the first two answers if that helps.We take the Bible's view of things because we look to it to be our guide in morals and conduct.