Do Jehova's marry a person of another religion?

Answer 1

Who a Jehovah's Witness marries is their own choice. We don't have spiritual police that monitor who we marry. However, The Bible says to "marry only in the Lord," and to not be "unevenly yoked with unbelievers." We understand that to mean, do not marry outside the faith. (1Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14) If the person whom you are interested in is strong in their faith, they will not marry a non-Witness, or even date a non-Witness. But some, who are not very strong in the faith have dated and married non-Witnesses, and usually problems come up. Even if a person is not strong in the faith, they may follow many of the tenets of the faith such as to not celebrate holidays that we undersatand to be pagan in origin, nor do we celebrate birthdays for the same reason. There may be many other things that the Witness does or does not do, that quite frankly, you will not understand, and the reason being is that we believe that there are Bible principles that can direct us in every aspect of our lives. Most people are simply not aware of what the Bible says about the things that they do.

Answer 2

We are strongly discouraged from doing so. Our Watchtowerrepeatedly reminds us of Paul's counsel to avoid becoming 'unevenly yoked'. For example Watchtower 15th March 1982 page 31 says

''Finally, in the Christian Greek Scriptures God repeated the counsel: Do not marry someone who is not serving the Lord. The inspired counsel was not, 'If you find a clean, decent person, it is permissible to court and marry that individual with the hope that he or she may eventually become a Christian.' Rather, God's Word clearly says: "Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers." (2 Corinthians 6:14) To marry someone who is not already a baptized Christian would be to disregard that serious counsel.

But what if a Witness planned to disregard God's advice and to marry someone who was not a baptized Witness? Unless there was some exceptional reason, brothers in the congregation would not want to solemnize such an unequal yoking. Nor would the Kingdom Hall be available for the wedding. It is available for marriages of two baptized Christians who are marrying "only in the Lord." Or it might sometimes be used by two persons who are regularly serving God as part of the congregation and who will soon be baptized. By not allowing the Kingdom Hall to be used by a Witness who plans to 'become unevenly yoked with an unbeliever,' the congregation elders can underscore the seriousness of God's counsel to marry "only in the Lord."

Answer 3

We're not prudes you know. We eat wedding cake like you do; we drink alcohol; we listen to music; we dance; we work; we go skiing; we go on cruises; we go to Disney World; and then to top it all off, we visit our neighbors and strangers to share with them an encouraging Bible verse.

Whilst it is up to an individual Witness to decide whether to attend or not, if they look to guidance from the Watchtower Society's literature they will find that it is certainly not encouraged.

Answer 4

1 corinthians chapter 7 verse 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 wo whom she wants, only in the lord."

Jehovah's Witnesses beleive strongly in following bible comands. So Witnesses, male and female, would chose to marry someone who is a Witness.

Answer 5

Occasionally some do; however the Bible instructs us not to do so. (1 Corinthians 7:39 & 2 Corinthians 6:14)

Answer 6

no they dont they marry the person of the same religion.