What are the hygiene practices of Jehovah witnesses?

Answer 1

The best way I know how to answer this is in the words of Jesus at Matthew 22:37-39 where he said "'You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. The second, like it, is this, 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.'" Our cultural practices center on these, the two greatest commandments. Since we love Jehovah, we do all we can to tell others about Him and His kingdom, and we do all we can to obey Him. Since we love our neighbors, we do all we can to help them gain everlasting life in God's Kingdom with Jesus Christ as king. We do our best to treat our neighbor well. We don't covet what he owns, as if to attempt to take it from him. We try to live peaceably with him. We regard all fellow humans as our neighbor, that is why we don't engage in warfare that will kill our neighbor in other countries. Jesus said that the whole Law hung on those two greatest commandments that I previously stated (Matthew 22:40) and our whole cultural practice revolves around those two commands of Jesus.

Answer 2

Jehovah's Witnesses do not christen their babies. They practice adult baptism by total water immersion since for them baptism should only be undergone when an individual has made a decision duly informed and of their own free will

Answer 3

We try to follow the example of our leader Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:21) We also follow the instructions and example of his first century followers, as outlined in the Christian Greek Scriptures. (New Testament)

We are not under the Mosaic Law Covenant, but we study the Hebrew Aramaic Scriptures, or Old Testament, and try to apply the principle found there as well.

Please see Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11; & 2 Timothy 3:16, 17.

Rather than try to list all of the details, I will provide a couple of links that may help. For a list of our major beliefs, and the Scriptures from which we derive these beliefs, see the link below in the "Related Links" called Basic Bible Based Beliefs and then scroll about halfway down the page.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses do not have any special customs per se. What Jehovah's Witnesses do have are yearly observances (ex. the Lord's Evening Meal Memorial), and certain doctrines that are said to be biblical. When you say customs I assume you mean ritualistic behavior, and if that's the case a Jehovah's Witness would not ascribe themselves to any such a thing as far as I can remember, if I understand your question correctly. Jehovah's Witnesses actually believe that taking part in ritualistic 'customs' to be in a sense, giving allegiance to something other than Jehovah God.

Answer 5

The #1 thing Jehovah witnesses do yearly, is the passover. Jesus told his followers at his final meal to "keep doing this in remembrance of me." He said that at the final meal when he passed the bread (representing his flesh), and the wine (representing his blood). Therefore, witnesses KEEP DOING THAT. However, they don't eat or drink it unless you know your one of the 144,000(God's chosen people who will serve with him in heaven.)

PS. If you want to see it yourself, next time we have the passover, the witnesses will give free invitations. Why don't you check it out.

Answer 6

This is the most unusual question I think I have ever read in relation to us.

The Bible tells us we are to be a clean people. That primarily is speaking of spiritual and moral cleaness but it also applies to the physical aspect of our lives.

Therefore we try to remain clean as we can in whatever circumstances we find ourselves.

For example, personally I have gone several days without a good bath following a hurricane, but I still tried to at least remove some of the dirt and sweat, as long as I was not using dringing water; that came first.

Answer 7

Read a chapter of the bible, pray