No matter how much a lady who is attending Jehovah Witness 'meeting' loves you, she will never marry you unless you become a member of their
“assembly”. Are you saying the tradition is now affecting them?
Some members of
the church have come out to condemn their church’s stance against them marrying
outside their faith. According to Jehovah’s Witness’ doctrine, members of the
church are to marry within the church members and not from any other Christian
faith. If they do, it’s seen as an act of immorality. And people who marry
outside the church are usually expelled from the church and treated as
non-members.
Confirming the position, an elder in the church, Elder
James Etop, says the church’s position is in accordance with biblical
instructions. He said that if members are allowed to marry anyhow their faith
would be affected. He said the teachings from other churches are
different from the ones they have and so they try to protect their members from
being affected.
He took the case of heaven and earth teaching as an
example:
“For instance, there is nothing like hell fire as
propagated in many churches. Hell fire was mentioned just as an
illustration by Jesus Christ when He was saying the parable of
Lazarus and the rich man in the Bible. If a member marries such a person who
believes in such doctrines which is against the teaching of the Witness, it
will definitely affect his or her faith,” Elder James stressed.
According to Etop, members are not literally
compelled to marry one another but if they marry outside of the church, the
church would not honour such a union or an invitation to the wedding ceremony.
Source: PM News
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