Can jehova's witnesses go out with catholics?

Question

Im not big on religion but me and this girl both love eachother but she is a jehovs's witness and i wanted to no if we can go on a date or not?

yeah but i really like her but her i dont want to get her disfellowshiped.. all i want to no is if we can be together without her getting disfelowshipd or w/e

Answer 1

some of the Jehovah Witnesses in my kingdom hall did not marry witnesses or date witness. it is best to date or marry in the same religion, but someone it does not work. she will not try to change your religion, that would be between you and Jehovah God. it would not hurt to learn about Jehovah Witnesses. we are families just like you are. we are not a cult as many keep saying. we are a worldwide brother and sisterhood in 236 lands worldwide. visit a kingdom hall and see what we are all about. I was jewish and so was my late husband before we became Jehovah Witnesses. we are families with different back grounds and colors. visit our website at www.watchtower.org. don't listen to people who know nothing about Jehovah Witnesses. many will slander us.

Answer 2

Love is a chemical thing that Nature uses to get people to have sex. A relationship is based upon mutual needs and benefits over the long term. If you don't care so much about religion, then you can lie your way into any one you want.

It's all just lies, isn't it? You pretend that you believe some guy you have never met turned into a Sky Buddy and so does she. That's pretty much it. Smile a lot, hug the old ladies at the Kingdom Hall, and trade recipes at the socials. Community is more important than religion. Religion just gives you an excuse to do things with other people. If there was a way to do it in most of America without religion, (other than joining a Commune) we wouldn't be at war in the Middle East.
Pick your team and fight Fight FIGHT!!!

Answer 3

I'm a jehovah Witness... although we would rather our children date, court, and marry someone of our same faith we do not forbid, or put a gun to any one's heads as regards their choices... every one has their own free will and every one must make a choice that will benefit them or suffer consequences for their decisions. Depends where their heart is, is it with God, could be for their own families, or it may be stronger for the potential companion. Who loves you more than a friend/companion? (family) Who loves you more than family(God). So who should your love be greater for?

The desire to share life with a mate can be very strong, and it is also natural. As Jehovah himself put it: “It is not good for the man to continue by himself. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.” (Genesis 2:18, Marriage was designed to form a close, permanent bond of union between a man and a woman.

Bible, though, warns against forming close attachments to unbelievers. As the apostle Paul put it: “Do not become unevenly yoked [“Do not harness yourselves in an uneven team,” The Jerusalem Bible] with unbelievers. For . . . what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever.” (2 Corinthians 6:14, 15) Since marriage is like a yoke that binds husband and wife together, for a Christian to marry an unbeliever would result in an uneven yoking. (Matthew 19:6) Such a yoke often brings added pressure and stress to a marriage.—Compare 1 Corinthians 7:28.

Yet, Christians have chosen to marry unbelievers. Common beliefs, principles, and goals are essential elements in a happy marriage. Nothing gives greater strength to a marriage than mutual devotion to the Creator. When there is an even yoke, husband and wife can encourage each other in worship. Both can look to the Scriptures to settle their differences. Is it not evident, then, that Jehovah tells us not to yoke ourselves with unbelievers because he wants us to enjoy the closest possible bond with our marriage mate as we do as parents!

I hope this answers the question!

Answer 4

I agree with Joslin and Lover of Jehovah and Jesus

back of the Bible
Christians should marry only Christans
Marry only "in the Lord." page 1654

1 Cor. 7:39
39 A wife is bound during all the time her husband is alive. But if her husband should fall asleep [in death], she is free to be married to whom she wants, only in [the] Lord.

Deu. 7:3, 4
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. 4 For he will turn your son from following me, and they will certainly serve other gods; and Jehovah’s anger will indeed blaze against YOU, and he will certainly annihilate you in a hurry.

Nehemiah 13:26
Was it not because of these that Sol´o·mon the king of Israel sinned? And among the many nations there proved to be no king like him; and loved of his God he happened to be, so that God constituted him king over all Israel. Even him the foreign wives caused to sin.

It is recommeded that we are to marry only in the Lord. ask your g/f for a copy of the Young Pepole Ask Book and read it thoroughly and also talk to her parents. You need to think this through. Go the Kingdom Hall and ask the elders what you need to know. and also read the Bible.

Answer 5

That would be frowned upon big-time.
They'd try to get you to study the Bible, if they could. The girl could be reproved, just a few steps away from disfellowshipment, which means cut off and shunned by each and every person in her religion.
JWs are to use dating as a means of searching for the right person to marry, they don't date in the sense that the rest of Americans date, to go out and have fun.
It's a big, fat hairy deal.

Answer 6

First of all how old are you, and how old is she? Dating for us is strictly for the purpose of getting better aquainted to see if compatible for marriage.
Next, if she is worried about being disfellowshipped, then she is baptized and accountable for her behavior before the congregation.All dating is chaperoned by another baptized Witness, and she knows that she cannot ask another Witness to compromise their faith to accommodate the two of you. So it then falls to her parents, if she still lives at home,and if they are Witnesses, to decide if they will chaperone you.

You say you love her, but are you willing to make the sacrifices being with a Witness requires? Take for instance, the upcoming holidays.
She cannot celibrate Thanksgiving or Christmas with you, or New Years and Valentines Day.

I speak from experience. I am a Witness that married a man that is not, and he is very lonely, during the holidays.It breaks my heart to see him so miserable for a choice I made, and he has stood by. It has been very hard on him.
What if you did get married, and had children? Could you support her stand on No Blood if anything happened to either her or your child and the Drs. said blood was necessary to save their life?
Going on a date will make things harder on both of you, and she knows what sacrifices she must ask you to make in order to be with her.
What about any children and the flag salute at school? She is required to teach them not to participate.
Could you stand up to your family and ask them not to send Christmas gifts to your kids? These are all things I have put my husband through.
She is looking at marrying you, not just dating you. Are you ready for that, and all it involves?

To get baptized as a Witness is not a simple process. Maybe if you asked, and found out what all is required to be baptized as a Witness you would realize that she had to make a dedication and vow to live her life not as her own, but as to her God Jehovah.If she would break that vow, what makes you sure she would be true to one made to you?
She has until now compromised her faith for Your benefit, but is she able to withstand any temptation that may come her way after she is married to you?
Believe me the issue of trust is one my husband and I are always at odds over,though I have never given him any other reason to doubt me, other than my betraying my vow to my God. For him that is a major source of worry, because of seeing my refusal to compromise on the other issues, since our marriage. He wonders how if I loved my God so much could I have broken my integrity to be with a man that does not share my faith.
When I leave to go to my meetings without him, and to my assemblies without him, and to Witness get togethers without him, I am lonely too, and wish I had someone by my side that loved Jehovah as I do.Someone to share my experiences with, go out in the door to door work with. None of which I can hope to have with my husband. He knows he can not fill that void in my heart, and so wonders if I will leave him for someone that can.

There is more than this present moment of attraction to consider. Look down the road, what do you REALLY see?

Answer 7

JW's can go out with whoever they like ,they if of age answer for themselves to their creator and-- paison arizona-without mincing words summed it up pretty good,in a practical down to earth summary,and trish supplied Bible base proof and principals.

Answer 8

If you are not "big on religion" then you are not a dogmatic true-believer Catholic and should not have any problems with dating people brought up in other religious traditions. Religion is a choice and it is up to you, not the priests and ministers of your respective religions.

Should you decide to get married in a church, you may be required to give some promises about the religious upbringing of any children.

Answer 9

My best friend was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and when she was rowing up she was not allowed to date "Worldly" (non-witness) guys.
It will ultimately depend on this girls parents, but it is very much frowned upon.
They are expected to "court" before dating, which mostly consists of writing to each other, and then when they do go out with each other, they must have a chaperone with them and are not supposed to be alone together until marriage.

I know this must be tough for you, but going out with this girl is going to be very tricky. Maybe you should try to speak with her parents first and see how liberal they might be.

Answer 10

You can do anything you want. The question is whether your religions will be a factor in developing a relationship. I personally feel it's one of the biggest obstacles if you don't share a common - or similar religion. One of the major things to remember is that she doesn't celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter or birthdays.