Are Jehovah's Witnesses allowed to kiss?

Question

Why or why not? what other kind of restrictions are there?

Kiss BEFORE marriage. Like when your dating

Also, are you a Jehovah's Witness?

Answer 1

Neither the bible nor Jehovah's Witnesses disallow romantic kissing between married or unmarried persons, although they do encourage a dignified view of dating as preparation for marriage. Even so-called "french kissing" or "soul kissing" is not explicitly prohibited, although a Christian must be careful to respect the sensibilities of the community and family, and the dignity of his potential spouse.

The absence of an explicit prohibition is hardly an excuse for a true Christian to ignore the potential of sexual desires.

(Romans 6:12-15) Therefore do not let sin continue to rule as king in your mortal bodies that you should obey their desires. Neither go on presenting your [body] members to sin... You are not under law but under undeserved kindness. What follows? Shall we commit a sin because we are not under law but under undeserved kindness? Never may that happen!

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


A married Christian who romantically kisses someone other than his spouse certainly displeases God and Christ (and betrays his spouse), but in most cases he has not committed a "serious sin".

(Romans 13:14) But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not be planning ahead for the desires of the flesh.


A baptized Christian who kisses a person (other than his spouse) on the breasts or genitals (or as part of a "whole body experience" specifically intended to stimulate a sexual response) likely commits "uncleanness" and/or "loose conduct". If genital "kissing" is intended to provide sexual gratification, it is by definition "fornication" according to the biblical sense of the term. Fornication, loose conduct, and gross uncleanness are all considered "serious sin" by Christians such as Jehovah's Witnesses.

(2 Corinthians 12:21) Mourn over many of those who formerly sinned but have not repented over their uncleanness and fornication and loose conduct that they have practiced.

(Galatians 5:19-21) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct... those who practice such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

Answer 2

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Yes, we are "allowed" to kiss.

We view dating differently than most. We believe that the puppose of dating is to find a marriage mate. We do not engage in sex before marriage. We utilize the safeguard of a chaperone.

We view all of these things as protections not restrictions. I married my husband when I was 19 years old. I was a virgin when I was married. I know we fell in love because we were of like mind on matters, not because of hormones.

We have been married for 12 and 1/2 years and have 2 beautiful children. We kissed when we dated, we held hands, but most importantly we talked.

I do not regret for one minute that we remained chaste while dating. I hope for my children's sake that they do the same for themselves.

Answer 3

Lol, it is humorous you must ask that seeing as although I puzzled the identical factor a couple of years again. But now that I am one, I discovered that the reply to that question could be sure;in any case, how could you understand what to do for your marriage ceremony day in the event you hadn't practiced earlier? I imply we aren't a mystery society that cannot be diluted... So sure, JW's are allowed to kiss earlier than marriage.

Answer 4

Um, yes, my husband and I do so quite frequently. We even have *gasp* sex! :0)

And yes, we kissed before marriage, although we were careful to not do so to the point of being tempted into fornication. But we did have to practice that wedding kiss!

I have also bought Girl Scout cookies in the past because they are just so yummy!

I'm not sure where people get the idea that we are so incredibly restrictive. "God is a happy God" and wants His people to be happy as well. So while it's true that we don't take part in holiday celebrations, birthdays or politics, we do manage to have fun!

Edit: Lee T, I suggest you analyze our numbers worldwide. We are actually increasing each year, not "dying out" as you stated. There are now almost 7 million of us worldwide- an increase over last year, and the year before, and the year before, . . . . See the pattern?

Answer 5

In the Bible, dating is for the purpose of finding a life companion for marriage, but in today's society, dating is to see if you can get laid. The witnesses stick with the Bible definition.

When I was dating, what was to become my first wife, I was 18, living in San Marcos, Ca. At that time there was only one congregation, and the hills were most covered in sage grass. Now it is all homes with manicured lawns.

Our congregation, as well as the one in Escondido, had an abundance of young men, but few young ladies. Apparently the male chromosome had outdone the female one in 1955 conceptions. My mother didn’t begin studying until 1962, so it had nothing to do with the religion.

When I was 17, in 1973, we had our District Assembly at Dodger Stadium (65,000 attendance). A young lady from Phoenix, Az, where apparently the female chromosome ran stronger, took note of a friend who was my age. He was unbaptized and a dirt bike riding rebel. He only went to the conference because his mother made him. His father didn't like the witnesses.

She wrote down his name and city from our name tags. On the trip back home, they drove through San Marcos so that she could stop and look up an address in the phone book. She found 7 addresses for his last name and wrote to him using all of them, to say she thought he was cute. I still remember him showing off that letter.

They dated, all chaperoned, he got baptized, and a year later, they were married. By the 80s, he was an elder, and likely would have been a circuit or district servant, if not for his wife getting hit by a drunk driver. She received a severe brain injury, so he had to forego being an elder to take care of her and the growing children.

She introduced me to my wife, who was from her congregation. And to prove that witnesses have all the same personality conflicts that arise, I was suppose to meet a different girl, but because they had one of the common teenager fallouts, I was introduced instead to who was to become my children's mother. Who knows what might have been. Of course the other one was three inches taller than me.

While dating (courting), we once used two friends of hers from two different congregations in Phoenix. The girl was 17, a full time pioneer in the field work. The guy was 24, a night accountant at a hotel. Despite being witnesses and having agape (brotherly) love in the truth, they really didn't like each other. She thought he was a snob, and he thought she was a spoiled brat. We nearly had the throw cold water on them by the end of the evening.

He came from a non-witness and divorced family, so he took it slow, courting her for two years before they married. He than waited another five years before they had children, the first of which was born at 26 weeks. The last I heard, the child’s now in the foreign ministerial work, and his parents are still together.

My marriage didn't last six years.

Answer 6

Yes we are allowed to kiss. Both Platonic and romantic. My mother kissed all three of us boys growing up. As for romantic kissing we do feel this is best left within the confines of marriage/dating, which is the precursor of marriage. The Bible shows that SEX is to only happen between Husband and Wife, however there is nothing wrong with kissing, in and of itself, between boyfriend and girlfriend.

The source for concern comes from people becoming excited during kissing, and this, if not handled carefully, leading to premarital sex.

Answer 7

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I think they view kissing as a sequence of events. One leading to another kissing, touching...kissing, rubbing, breathing hard, kiss, touching, sweating...you get the point then, it leads to intercourse and not intellectual intercourse.

Answer 8

If they can't buy girl guide cookies I don't think they can kiss...

Answer 9

HELL NO!