Are there any Jehovah's Witnesses on here? I am curious about them and went to a meeting this week to see what it was like. I have some pretty random questions though!
Are there rules on hair / clothes and stuff like that?
Are there any Witnesses that DON'T get married? At the meeting I went to everyone was either young or married. There didn't seem to be anyone over 23/24 who wasn't married.
Are they allowed to be friends with people who aren't Witnesses? From what I gathered the young / teen members had pretty active social lives and met up in big groups for meals / cinema / parties.
Why are some called Brother / Sister first name and others Brother / Sister last name?
Are they allowed to read / watch things not created by their organisation? Are there rules about what they can / can't do?
Are they allowed to date? Is divorce allowed?
Is someone who joins as an adult viewed as damaged in a way? I mean it is more likely that you will have broken some of their rules. Like if you had sex before marriage but then joined up would you be seen as lacking or (I don't know) un-marriageable?
Overall they were very friendly but a lot of the meeting was a bit complicated for me (about a book I hadn't read) but it was quite intense for someone as shy as me. I felt out of place being older and single - like there were teens and married couples but those were the only categories.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - Questions about them?
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darlingdaffodils · 30/08/2013 12:39
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