[Chandra32228]

The Bible says at 2nd Corinthians 6:14 that we are not to be ‘unevenly yoked with unbelievers’ and at John 17:16 that we are to be ‘no part of the world.’ We all have free will and can do what we choose, but to go against God’s word has consequences. What happened to your ex was based on Scriptural principles. Jehovah’s Witnesses try to follow moral guidelines laid out in the Bible, and therefore have high moral standards. The Bible says in many places, including 1st Cor. 6:9, 10, 13, and 18, that we are to have no part in fornication. The Bible says that sex is for marriage only. To fornicate, or to have sex outside the marriage bond, is a clear violation of God’s Law. Any version of the Bible you read will tell you that. We are to be a spiritually, morally, physically, and mentally clean people who try to follow in the footsteps and the pattern Jesus Christ (God’s Son) left for us. People are disfellowshipped because of willfully violating Scriptural principles without repentance. The Bible says at 1st Cor. 5:13 that if there is one who is PRACTICING wickedness, they should be removed. Removing, or disfellowshipping, an unrepentant person from the congregation is not done out of spite, but as a protection to the rest of the congregation, and is a measure of Scriptural discipline. Our relationship with God is of major importance, and once we decide to commit ourselves do doing things ‘by the Book,’ we have to play by the rules; that is, God’s rules. The disfellowshipped person can still attend meetings so that they are not denied spiritual food, but he or she is asked to refrain from commenting during the meeting and from socializing in the congregation until that person has gone back to the Elders (dedicated, volunteer unpaid men who devote their time to assisting the congregation in whatever way they can) and shown that he or she is repentant and really wants to make sincere efforts to please Jehovah God. Then they are reinstated and welcomed back to the congregation.

We do date, we do have fun. But true Witnesses try to keep in mind the high moral standards of the Bible and don’t want to behave in a way that would go against Bible standards and displease Jehovah.

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Name : Chandra32228, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 23, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Office Manager, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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