You may have witnessed protestants marrying Catholics and vice versa, living happily thereafter. However, this is not an outright approval or an endorsement that interdenominational marriages are okay and should be encouraged. It is more of a case-by-case basis. One of the cases worth looking at is the marriage between a Jehovah Witness and a Catholic.
Is it possible? And if not, what are the challenges or doctrinal inhibitions? Read on to learn more on whether can a Jehovah witness marry a Catholic.
Jehovah Witnesses consider themselves as Christians. However, looking deep into their beliefs, certain disparities set them apart from the mainstream teaching of Christianity. Here is a quick run of what these teachings and beliefs are. Having said that, they do not believe that He is part of the Trinity. As we know, the Trinity is a fundamental pillar in the teachings of Christianity and any opposition to the Trinity is viewed as false teaching. They describe him as impersonal and a force that God applies.
He is, of course, devastated. I have examples from here at The Moody Church where a Saturday wedding was called off on the previous Wednesday with my help and intervention. And, to the glory of God, a young woman was spared from an abusive marriage. I advise that it should be his pastor and not you, as a grandmother or mother, to help him see that what he thinks is light, is actually darkness.
Support him with your prayers. Also, keep in mind that it will be of no use to get into a heated argument at the wedding. JW's give a party and only invite the JW partner and not the 'inactive' mate. It is also not very uncommon that young persons who are raised as a JW and baptised marry each other and once they are married both stop practising the religion.
So in these cases you have relationships between real JW's who go door to door and to all the meetings and only 'name' JW's inactive ones who do basically nothing. Marrying a non-believer is highly discouraged for practical and biblical reasons. Even people who are not Jehovah's Witnesses and belong to other churches would find it wise to marry someone who shares the same faith.
It is just one of the many compatibility aspect of finding a mate. If two share a common thing there would be less drama in life and therefore less strain. However, the organization do not interfere in their members' personal decision-making and thus cannot control those who will decide to marry outside the religion, so each person who decides to marry a non-Witness must be willing to face the consequences and not blame the Bible for giving such wise advice that the person did not follow.
It is not a disfellowshipping offense but that does not make it a less serious law. It is a wise advice that each one has a choice to take or not to take, and each choice has corresponding pros and cons. The reason why others got disfellowshipped is not their marriage to a non-Witness in itself, but the immorality or pre-marital sex involved, which is very common when a Witness develops a relationship with a non-Witness, simply because they may not share the same views on this matter.
However, dating couples who are both Witnesses are not free from the dangers of immorality even though they both should have the same views on pre-marital sex. There are different reasons why some sisters and brothers choose to marry unbelievers, either voluntarily or out because they have drifted away from close association with brothers and sisters.
For example, I know some people who intentionally find mates outside because of their past. For example, if a sister was once disfellowshipped, from a human standpoint it may be hard for her to find a suitable brother who is not judgmental and would accept her everything and marry her, so she can either date an inactive passive Witness or go out to the world and scan through a lot of other options and just get married, with all the consequences she will be facing in mind.
It is a big risk. Some brothers also choose to marry outside because they always get rejected by sisters inside. And no wise words such as, Wait for Jehovah's provisions, Wait till the new system, can ever convince them to stay single. That is why they find a mate outside the orginization. Different reasons, different circumstances. Brothers and sisters involved in such situations surely are not having the time of their life, so being sensitive to what they are already facing, it would help a little if people around just stop making comments and judging, which is common in some congregations.
But what can we expect? This world is full of imperfect people. JW are allowed to marry outside their faith. I am married to a non-active JW, but it can be very hard at times. JW's seem to think that Christians outside of JW's really do not have the truth.
For a Born again believer, Jesus is the truth and as a Christian it was the other way around for me. My husband couldn't marry me until he understood that I would not become a JW.
Often times I have been asked to attend meeting and I went to a few. Now I don't attend because no one can give me a biblical reason as to why I should leave my faith which is outside of JW. I feel sorry for my spouse because he often does thing to please the family but my faith is in Christ and I can't help but praise Him because he has done so much for me.
It is natural that I have a relationship with Christ. He is my all and I can feel his presence and for many believers in Christ we gave that - I couldn't imagine stepping into a church or opening my mouth without saying "Thank you Jesus. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible highly discourages an interfaith marriage 1 Corinthians This is a logical thing, because JW beliefs are very different than Christendom.
I was sizzling, I was vivacious. Here was a man who saw me as a woman, not as a spiritual sister. It was awesome. I had a pep in my step, and it spilled into the other parts of my life. People noticed, but I kept the reason to myself. I happened to be home by myself that day, and I had this rush of boldness. This is the start of every Lifetime movie ever made.
I let him in, we sit down on the couch, I set my timer. And then he leans in for the kiss. That kiss was magic, it was electric. I felt it in my toes. My whole body was buzzing. And then the timer was buzzing, our time was up. I knew where this could go, and I knew what the consequences could be. But I also knew I wanted more. It felt good. So I started carving out time to be with Josh. If you miss your meetings, people will text you or call you and ask where you were.
So I had to start lying. I remember one time we ordered takeout and watched Sherlock at his apartment, and I was so deliriously happy.
I wanted to call my parents and my friends and tell them how happy I was. And if you googled Josh like I did , the first thing you would see is an article he wrote while he was attending MIT about leaving religion behind altogether.
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