What happens to a Jehovah's Witness when they get a divorce?
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The only Scriptural grounds for divorce is adultery.\nSpeaking as a divorced Witness of Jehovah,I can say from personal experience that life goes on.What do you mean what happens?There is no other ground for divorce as far as Jehovah is concerned. There are various situations that may warrant seperation such as physical/emotional abuse.\nBut each congregation has a body of loving elders who are there to shepherd the flock with kindness,warmth,spiritual guidance and love.And these brothers are always available to be called on in any spiritual matter.\nI hope this information helps clear up whatever misunderstanding you may have told or heard.
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If they are going to continue to knock on doors they need to change their policy on dealing with pedophiles within their organization.  \n\nCurrently they require members making accusations against other members to use what is known as the "two witness rule".  One member can't simply accuse another...they need another witness.  The problem is that most pedophiles don't commit their crimes in front of other people so there is never a 2nd witness.\n\nJW's are not encouraged to tell the authorities because it could "bring reproach" on the JW name and they can't have that happen.\n\nMembers who tell the police anyway have ended up being shunned for not obeying the elders and speaking against another member.  The attacker in many cases is actually treated like the victim by the church.\n\nMy point being...If you are going to come to MY neighborhood and knock on MY door and potentially come in contact with MY child....then clean out your house and stop protecting the pedophiles !
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Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom will soon replace all earthly governments.\n(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite\n\nThat Kingdom will rule over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.\n(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”\n(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.\n\nUntil that resurrection, there is no suffering in "hell", or the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.\n(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all\n(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]\n(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire\n\nWhile a limitted number of humans will be resurrected to heaven to share in ruling over mankind, the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.\n(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]\n(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]\n\nInterestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.\n(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'\n(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'\n(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'\n(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'\n(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind\n\nJehovah's Witnesses' official website:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
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You'd be better off speaking to a rabbi rather than a lawyer.  While you'll need a lawyer for a civil divorce, the religious divorce is handle by a Jewish court.
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only if you can get the previous marriage annulled, which means the church declares it never happened. otherwise no, because they don't consider you catholic anymore if you got divorced.
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A divorced person can receive communion but a divorced person who is remarried without getting an annulment of the first marriage cannot receive communion.
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They almost always end in divorce if they ever do get married/ bitter breakups.\nHate, unfaithfulness, etc...\n\nI have never seen one last more than a few years. It is quite sad really.  God's design is ALWAYS the best.
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Yes because the person abusing is breaking their marriage commitment to treat the other as Christ treated the church. Physically hurting the other violates faith that the other will protect them. Matthew 5:32 "But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery." I believe abuse falls in the unfaithfulness. Matthew 19:8 "Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning." If someone is abusing their spouse then it falls into a hardened heart and under old testament law where a divorce is allowed.
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I would spend it with the ones I love and pray to Jehovah God that they be able to find peace until I see then again in Paradise.\n\nI am one of the many Jehovahs Witnesses in the world today so if you have an serious and non discriminating questions feel free to ask me. \n\nRev 21:3-4 And God will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more the former things have passed away\n\nWhat a amazing blessing we have to look forward to especially in this present system of things. War, Crime, Hate and Violence
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They changed the name. It's now the Jehovahs Witness Party Planner.   :)
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Yes, if the couple agrees to date one another.\n\nSuch 'uneven yokings' are frowned upon by Jehovah's Witnesses. A Witness who dates outside the religion will lose congregation privileges, but cannot be disfellowshipped. If a minor living at home, the parents are also likely to lose privileges.\n\n(2 Corinthians 6:14) Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers
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The 700 Club says:\n    * Surrender. \n    * Acceptance.\n    * Confession. \n    * Responsibility.\n    * Forgiveness.\n    * Transformation.\n    * Preservation.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses teach these six:\n(1) Stay spiritually healthy, cultivating wisdom, understanding and self-control.\n(2) Avoid dangerous spiritual terrain, such as the subtle trap of materialism.\n(3) Know and work on your own weak or unbalanced areas.\n(4) Do not slack off in the field ministry, but keep up your forward momentum in Jehovah’s service.\n(5) Humbly accept counsel from God’s organization and those whom it is using.\n(6) Do not isolate yourself from the Christian congregation.
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Hi introvertedb, Pls this is not a class room to correct English Language, answer the question or let go. so, if you have divorced, you better go back to your spouse or remain unmarried 1cor 7:11. sorry, no second chance for you as a christian.
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they will go back to the date of the divorce
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Your ignorance of JWs is showing.  Members of the Bride Class are not treated any different from anyone else. In fact, they are servants to everyone else.  Most have died off in the last ten years, so it is rare to even find one in a congregation anymore.  When I was young there would be 2-3 to a congregation.  No new ones have come forward, even those facing their last days of this life, such as my stepfather.\n\nIf you're going to come up with something completely asinine about JWs, you really should be your homework better.
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As someone who WAS a jw for 20+ years and and left (NO I was NOT disfellowshipped) I can tell you that the JW have what is known as the "two witness" rule...unless something is known and reported by two witnesses....it is just one person's word against another.  \n\nNow how likely is a pedophile to commit their crimes in the presence of two witnesses ?  So now instead of calling the Police...the good little brainwashed jw cult members report this to their local elders and are accused of slander and while they may not be "told" that they cant report it to the proper authorities...the elders use guilt and their position to remind them that they should not bring reproach on the jw name or speak ill of their brothers and should leave it all in jehovah's hand to deal with in his due time.\n\nMany that report the crimes anyway are disciplined...even disfellowship or shunned as most would call it.  Their family and friends who are jw's are told not to eat or talk with them...even to the point of treating them as if they were dead.  \n\nMeanwhile the true victim is now considered by "the organization" to be an evil apostate who is bringing shame on the jw name and suddenly the criminal is now the victim.  Sometimes the jw's even testify on their behalf in court.\n\nTHE SCARIEST PART OF THIS WHOLE THING is that even those pedophiles that are exposed are usually welcomed back into the jw congregation !\n\nThey are still out there in YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Nicely dressed, knocking on the FRONT DOOR TO YOUR HOME.  Smiling with a bible story book in their hand that they can't wait to give to YOUR CHILD !
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DIVORCE AND SEPARATION  Most of you, say you believe in Jesus, but the problem is, many of you do not want to obey what He & the Writers of the Bible tell you.\n\n"We may claim to love God, but how we react to what his inspired Word, the Bible, teaches will reveal our true thoughts, even the very intentions of the heart." In other words, you have your on thoughts on the matter, & heck with what the Bible says. But I'm going to take the time to explain what the Scriptures say about Divorce & Remarriage.\n\nGod, the Originator of marriage, designed it to be a permanent union. But is there any Scriptural reason for a person to divorce his or her mate—and one that would allow for the possibility of remarrying? Jesus addressed this matter by declaring: “I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:9) Sexual infidelity by a mate is the only ground for a divorce that will allow the innocent mate to remarry.\n\nIn addition, the Bible’s words at 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, while encouraging marriage mates to stay together, allow for separation. Some, after trying very hard to preserve their marriage, feel they have no choice but to separate. What can be acceptable Scriptural grounds for such a step?\n\nOne is willful nonsupport. When getting married, a husband assumes the responsibility of providing for his wife and children. The man who willfully fails to provide the material necessities of life “has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.” (1 Timothy 5:8) So separation is possible.\n\nAnother is extreme physical abuse. So then, if a mate physically abuses his wife, the victim may separate. (Galatians 5:19-21; Titus 1:7) “Anyone loving violence [God’s] soul certainly hates.”—Psalm 11:5.\n\nAnother ground for separation is the absolute endangerment of a believer’s spirituality—one’s relationship with God. When a mate’s opposition, perhaps including physical restraint, has made it impossible to pursue true worship and has imperiled the believer’s spirituality, then some believers have found it necessary to separate.—Matthew 22:37; Acts 5:27-32.\n\nHowever, if divorce is pursued under such circumstances, one would not be free to enter a new marriage. According to the Bible, the only legitimate ground for divorce that permits remarriage is adultery or “fornication.”—Matthew 5:32.\n\nThe Bible allows only one reason for getting a divorce that frees a person to remarry, and that is fornication (Greek, porneia, gross sexual immorality). If fornication is committed, then the innocent mate may decide whether to get a divorce or not.—Matthew 5:32.\n\nAfter telling the Pharisees that the Mosaic concession of divorcing their wives was not the arrangement that had prevailed “from the beginning,” Jesus said: “I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.” (Mt 19:8, 9)