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The Important Practices That Define The Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses are known all over the world for what are considered to be their eccentric and somewhat unfathomable practices. From the outside looking in, the way in which the religion works can be difficult to understand. After all, what other faith would encourage its members to knock on door after door to spread its message?

Although they have come in for a lot of criticism, when you take a closer look at the beliefs system that Jehovah’s Witnesses have you would be able to see why they live the way they do. It all makes sense when you see that they do not believe in life after death and thus have to make the most of now and also that they take the teachings of the Bible as an instruction manual for daily life. Taking a look at some of the practices that Jehovah’s Witnesses undertake every day will give you a much better insight into the religion and a little understand as to why they live how they do:

• Proselytization – This is the element of the Jehovah’s Witnesses practices that they are renowned for and will no doubt be derided for by many people all over the world. They go from house to house, knocking on doors in order to spread the word of Jehovah. This helps them to connect to people and discuss their beliefs. The ultimate aim of this practice is to help people improve their lives and spread a little hope where it is needed before reporting back to their community at a later date as to how their missionary work is going.
• Ethics – The ethics and moral code that is held dear by Jehovah’s Witnesses is incredibly strict and does not leave much room for bending the rules. They actually reflect conservative Christian beliefs and values so traditionalists may be mistaken for Jehovah’s Witnesses!
• Community Activity - Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they should only mix with people of their own faith unless carrying out their missionary work. The reason for this is to avoid a conflict of interests because few others outside of the Jehovah’s Witnesses will help the same ethical values and God has only delivered one true and accurate message. To pollute that would be considered a sin.
• Avoidance Of Public Holidays - Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate Christmas, as is well known, but neither do they celebrate Easter, Valentine’s Day, Mothering Sunday or any other holidays for that matter. The reason behind this is that they are denounced as of pagan origins. They do celebrate anniversaries, weddings and other similar events though, with the exception of birthdays. Birthdays only focus on one person and so promote self-importance, which is to be avoided.
• Politics - Jehovah’s Witnesses do not follow politics nor do they take part because they only bear one true allegiance – their allegiance to God. All other loyalties are discarded as a result of that. This includes any national allegiances that they may feel. They are not allowed to sing a national anthem or salute a flag at all. This, of course, extends to refusing to serve their country in the military, and this is where most of their past controversy has lain. They just do not believe in it though because they choose to believe in God alone instead.

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could a marriage between a pagan and a muslim arab man ever work ?/?

so far, ive stood my ground with my man when he lays down his laws, and he always comes back to me if we argue. but if i marry him could things be very different ???

No, no, NO! Absolutely not!

I'm an arab Muslim guy, so I will give you the real answer.

We Muslims tend to stick with Muslim girls. Muslim woman, especially an Arab Muslim woman, makes the best wife. I will not marry anyone who does not wear the veil.

I will especially NOT marry a pagan. I HATE pagans.

Islam prohibits a man from marrying a pagan anyway. Read the koran, so you will not be so ignorant. It explicitly states that a Muslim man cannot marry a pagan woman. He should only marry a Muslim woman.

The Koran also states that all pagans will go to hell.

99% of Muslim men marry Muslim women. The other 1% are Chiristain women, but the majority convert to Islam.
Muslim men HATE pagan women.

Muslim marriages are arranged by the families. His parents will expect him to marry a nice Muslim girl.

So unless you convert to Islam, you will not have a chance with him.

Ask yourself these questions:
Are you willing to cover yourself? Are you willing to wear the headscarf (veil) and cover everything but your hands and face? Muslim men expect their wives to follow a certain dress code. He will want her to cover herself in public and whenever she is front of other men. So if you want to marry a Muslim, you MUST wear the veil and cover yourself. The Koran states for every woman to dress this way.

Are you willing to pray 5 times a day beginning at dawn (before sunrise)? Muslims pray 5 times a day. A Muslim man would want a wife to pray with him. That means you have to memorize verses from the Koran, because the prayer itself is a specific ritual. It’s not easy to learn how to pray. You’ll need to read the Koran.

Are you willing to fast during the month of Ramadan? That means no food, no drink from sunrise to sunset. Are you willing to go without eating or drinking for that long?

Are you willing to make the pilgrimage to Hajj? Likely you won’t know what that even that is since you know obviously very little about the religion. It is the most holy place in Islam. It is in Saudi Arabic. Every Muslim must make a pilgrimage to this holy place at least once in his or her lifetime. A Muslim man would want his wife to accompany him to make the pilgrimage. An the pilgrimage is not a mere visit. You have to participate in certain rituals. You have to pray in front of the Kaa’ba many times. You’ll have to live a life equivalent to a hermit during the pilgrimage.
http://www.arab.net/saudi/sa_hajj.htm

If you’re not willing to make these changes and do what a Muslim man expect his wife to do, then you are suited to marry a Muslim man. Like most Muslims, he’ll only want to marry a nice Muslim girl since he knows she will follow the Islamic way of life.

If he is dating, then he is not a good Muslim. Dating is prohibited in Islam. There are a lot of people who claim to be Muslim, but they are Muslim only in name. That means they don’t practice their religion. I happen to know a few “Muslim” guys who admitted they messed around with a couple of non-Muslim girls, but when they were ready to settle down they chose a nice Muslim girl. Muslim men not only want a nice girl who follows Islam, but they also want to marry a virgin who has not had ANY sexual relations. Muslim girls are indeed pure virgins until they marry. In Islam, any kind of sexual relation outside of marriage is strictly forbidden. So if you’re not a virgin, you can forget it. Why would any Muslim man in the right mind choose a “used” girl over an “unused” girl? That’s like someone picking a used car over a new car (assuming the same price). Muslim girls are desirable in the sense that they have not been “touched.”

Sure there are some “Muslim” guys who will fool around with non-Muslims girls, but in the end of the day, he will marry a nice Muslim girl. Sorry, but that’s the truth. Unless you convert to Islam and follow the Islamic way of life (wear the veil, pray, the whole nine yards),

As a Muslim guy, I will only marry a good Muslim girl. I know you don’t like my answer because I didn’t write what you wanted to hear. But I don’t care because I’ve told the truth.

I will emphasize that I will ONLY marry a Muslim.
True Muslim men only marry Muslim women.

So leave us Muslims alone.

Ramblings about marriage and kids, part 2