9japrof:

please am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and would like to make our beliefs clear in this issue of marriage.

Rightly as you guys have answered we Jehovah's Witnesses don't marry people who are not members of our organization and there are clear cut reasons why we do so, so please relax and follow me gently as i unfold them:

According to instructions that can be found in the Bible at   1st Corinthians 7:31,  [size=18pt]it made it clear that we should marry only in the lord[/size] ,yeah some may ask "Marry in the lord" Does it not include other members of other religions or denominations that constitute Christianity
I can emphatically say NO, In so many places in the bible the expression "in the lord" signifies sharing the same beliefs, principles , attitudes,way of life. It is obvious that no other religion on earth share the same ideologies with the witnesses and at that cannot be said to be in the same lord with them

Please do not be too fast to conclude that we are a sect or that we segregate so much that we don't have marriage dealings with members of other denominations or religions.During the time of the Ancient Israel, they were barred by God to have marriage alliances with  people of other nations , Why? this was to keep their worship of him sacred or undiluted and not for segregation reasons, because outside marriage, Isrealites still traded businesses with Other nations.  At your time read Deuteronomy 7: 3 , 4

In marriage a lot of things are considered, but i think that one of the things that must be considered most is, COMPATIBILITY, With a witness that holds fast to the teachings found in the bible, it would be very difficult been compatible with such witness devoid of serious problems in marraige

LISTEN TO MY ADVICE

(a) there are many celebrations that are accepted in many churches today(e.g Christmas, Birthdays, Halloween etc)which do not have biblical backing which the witness may strongly desist from attending those functions with you thereby creating creating cracks in the unity of your marriage.

(b)On my own self i would not encourage you Poster to be a witness, because it is obvious that you are becoming a witness just for a selfish motive(marrying the girl). try to see evidences and proofs why been a witness is worth it and not because you are in "a one month love"

(c) Even if the girl agrees to marry you against the wishes of her parents , do not blame the parents of the girl for not attending the marriage functions or blessing the marriage, because they wanted the best for their child and marriage and would not condone seeing her get married to somebody they know would not provide the best for their children


Please no matter how offended/bad you feel about this post, that is the truth, in my short life's span i have seen many marriages like this break down, at least 60-70 percent of them do break down,and those that do not ,sometimes happiness may not be there .

Please feel free to ask your questions and relplies, i am so busy , but i will promise answering them

odiaero:

Since u Marry in the Lord, why not Work in the Lord too? : Meaning that any Employer that does not belongs to jehovah witness, you must not accept their job offer.
But instead, u take my job offer when it comes to job seeking, but when it comes to marrying, you tell me marry in the lord, or join jehovah witness, please the World will be a better place if you people stop creating this stress

9japrof:

please am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and would like to make our beliefs clear in this issue of marriage.

Rightly as you guys have answered we Jehovah's Witnesses don't marry people who are not members of our organization and there are clear cut reasons why we do so, so please relax and follow me gently as i unfold them:

According to instructions that can be found in the Bible at   1st Corinthians 7:31,  it made it clear that we should marry only in the lord ,yeah some may ask "Marry in the lord" Does it not include other members of other religions or denominations that constitute Christianity
I can emphatically say NO, In so many places in the bible the expression "in the lord" signifies sharing the same beliefs, principles , attitudes,way of life. It is obvious that no other religion on earth share the same ideologies with the witnesses and at that cannot be said to be in the same lord with them

Please do not be too fast to conclude that we are a sect or that we segregate so much that we don't have marriage dealings with members of other denominations or religions.During the time of the Ancient Israel, they were barred by God to have marriage alliances with  people of other nations , Why? this was to keep their worship of him sacred or undiluted and not for segregation reasons, because outside marriage, Isrealites still traded businesses with Other nations.  At your time read Deuteronomy 7: 3 , 4

In marriage a lot of things are considered, but i think that one of the things that must be considered most is, COMPATIBILITY, With a witness that holds fast to the teachings found in the bible, it would be very difficult been compatible with such witness devoid of serious problems in marraige

LISTEN TO MY ADVICE

(a) there are many celebrations that are accepted in many churches today(e.g Christmas, Birthdays, Halloween etc)which do not have biblical backing which the witness may strongly desist from attending those functions with you thereby creating creating cracks in the unity of your marriage.

(b)On my own self i would not encourage you Poster to be a witness, because it is obvious that you are becoming a witness just for a selfish motive(marrying the girl). try to see evidences and proofs why been a witness is worth it and not because you are in "a one month love"

(c) Even if the girl agrees to marry you against the wishes of her parents , do not blame the parents of the girl for not attending the marriage functions or blessing the marriage, because they wanted the best for their child and marriage and would not condone seeing her get married to somebody they know would not provide the best for their children


Please no matter how offended/bad you feel about this post, that is the truth, in my short life's span i have seen many marriages like this break down, at least 60-70 percent of them do break down,and those that do not ,sometimes happiness may not be there .

Please feel free to ask your questions and relplies, i am so busy , but i will promise answering them

sexkillz:

Quote from Odiaero
"Since u Marry in the Lord, why not Work in the Lord too? : Meaning that any Employer that does not belongs to jehovah witness, you must not accept their job offer.
 But instead, u take my job offer when it comes to job seeking, but when it comes to marrying, you tell me marry in the lord, or join jehovah witness, please the World will be a better place if you people stop creating this stress"

GIBBERISH! So you are in effect saying that Muslims should not work for Christians and Christians should not work for Muslims? How about Atheists? That dont even believe God Exists? They should not work for you because you believe in God? Everyone is entitled to what ever they want to believe! Stop castigating and stick to the topic boo!

9japrof:

please am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and would like to make our beliefs clear in this issue of marriage.

Rightly as you guys have answered we Jehovah's Witnesses don't marry people who are not members of our organization and there are clear cut reasons why we do so, so please relax and follow me gently as i unfold them:

According to instructions that can be found in the Bible at 1st Corinthians 7:31, it made it clear that we should marry only in the lord ,yeah some may ask "Marry in the lord" Does it not include other members of other religions or denominations that constitute Christianity
I can emphatically say NO, In so many places in the bible the expression "in the lord" signifies sharing the same beliefs, principles , attitudes,way of life. It is obvious that no other religion on earth share the same ideologies with the witnesses and at that cannot be said to be in the same lord with them

Please do not be too fast to conclude that we are a sect or that we segregate so much that we don't have marriage dealings with members of other denominations or religions.During the time of the Ancient Israel, they were barred by God to have marriage alliances with people of other nations , Why? this was to keep their worship of him sacred or undiluted and not for segregation reasons, because outside marriage, Isrealites still traded businesses with Other nations. At your time read Deuteronomy 7: 3 , 4

In marriage a lot of things are considered, but i think that one of the things that must be considered most is, COMPATIBILITY, With a witness that holds fast to the teachings found in the bible, it would be very difficult been compatible with such witness devoid of serious problems in marraige

LISTEN TO MY ADVICE

(a) there are many celebrations that are accepted in many churches today(e.g Christmas, Birthdays, Halloween etc)which do not have biblical backing which the witness may strongly desist from attending those functions with you thereby creating creating cracks in the unity of your marriage.
(b)On my own self i would not encourage you Poster to be a witness, because it is obvious that you are becoming a witness just for a selfish motive(marrying the girl). try to see evidences and proofs why been a witness is worth it and not because you are in "a one month love"

(c) Even if the girl agrees to marry you against the wishes of her parents , do not blame the parents of the girl for not attending the marriage functions or blessing the marriage, because they wanted the best for their child and marriage and would not condone seeing her get married to somebody they know would not provide the best for their children


Please no matter how offended/bad you feel about this post, that is the truth, in my short life's span i have seen many marriages like this break down, at least 60-70 percent of them do break down,and those that do not ,sometimes happiness may not be there .

Please feel free to ask your questions and relplies, i am so busy , but i will promise answering them

sexkillz:

Quote from Odiaero
"Since u Marry in the Lord, why not Work in the Lord too? : Meaning that any Employer that does not belongs to jehovah witness, you must not accept their job offer.
 But instead, u take my job offer when it comes to job seeking, but when it comes to marrying, you tell me marry in the lord, or join jehovah witness, please the World will be a better place if you people stop creating this stress"

GIBBERISH! So you are in effect saying that Muslims should not work for Christians and Christians should not work for Muslims? How about Atheists? That dont even believe God Exists? They should not work for you because you believe in God? Everyone is entitled to what ever they want to believe! Stop castigating and stick to the topic boo!

JAkpayen:

GOOD POINT. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ALWAYS MISQUOTE THE BIBLE TO THEIR FAVOUR. IN ALL OF MY LIFE HERE ON EARTH, ONLY JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES I CAN VOUCH THAT READ AND PRACTICE BIBLE PRINCIPLES

My guy lets go back to the Forex thread, this one be like say em pass you

soft-touch:

@ 9japrof: If your doctrine is based on "it-was-never-mentioned-in-the-Bible".
Did you go to toilet?, Was it ever mentioned in the Bible someone go to toilet?, hence, from your point (a), if you go to toilet, you might be "sinning" against "God"?

Have you ever taken your bath?, It was never mentioned in the Bible that Jesus went into a bathroom to take his bath, hence, I don't expect JW to take their bath.

I will not like to question your doctrine, BUT DON'T EVER THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.

I wonder if using computer and internet is in the Bible, hence I don't expect you to be be using computer.

rabzy:

Oga, did you see work only in the lord for where e quote.

odiaero:

You dont get it, this jehohav witness own is more than muslim, muslim dont use Bible,  infact, any Religion that try to forcefully subdue you not to express your democratic right in times of living is not worth it, theirs is to preach the Word of God, it is left for you to accept willingly than them trying to force you to do so

sexkillz:

You said it all! I dont BELIEVE they FORCE PEOPLE, else EVERYONE would have become a JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, RIGHT?

hectorblaz:

I have been dating this chic for like a month now, and I must confess that she's the best I've ever had. We are so compatible. And she's a walking example of my imaginations.

She told about it like 2 weeks ago but it sounded shallow. But last night when I asked her what was the greatest obstacle we had to overcome in order to get married, she said - RELIGION!

She said she was a Witness and that Witnesses don't marry outside. And that we shouldn't even think it cos it wont work. I have a lot to say but I cant even type it. I couldn't sleep last night. And am getting depressed right now.

I dont know what to do now cos I really, really, really love this chic. I really do need your advice. Can you guys help me?

If not that I have a higher calling and a vision I live for, I would have followed her to her church. But I just cant.

Can I get to convince or persuade her to join my RCCG church? Is it possible? Has it ever happened before?

Her whole family are Witnesses.

We are really in love with each other, though I think mine is deeper. But no one wants to let go of his or her beliefs to join the other person. If I switch, its as good as switching my destiny as well cos I need this pentecostal platform to fulfill my calling, and actualise my dream and visions.

Does anyone out there have any meaningful and workable advice for this dude, cos I would really, really love to get married to her.

odiaero:

Where?

odiaero:

My guy, the way things are there, if they have the power, they may