This is a paragraph from a NY Times article today on tennis champion Serena Williams. Her comment is in regard to how she dealt with the murder of her older sister a couple of years ago.
"I tried to develop a better relationship with God," Williams, who was raised a Jehovah's Witness, told me over the phone. "You have a strong solid foundation, the Bible says, you won't crack, but the man who built his house in the sand, his house went down spiritually. I have a really strong foundation. That's how I was raised." Williams was never a lapsed Jehovah's Witness — even after she was famous, she claimed she still occasionally proselytized door to door. But as she tried to pull herself together in Florida, she renewed her commitment to her religion, attending Jehovah's Witness meetings three times a week.
But also in the article it talks about her traveling with her boyfriend all around the country, staying together, etc. It also mentions several ex-boyfriends.
I have a feeling that with all the travel and living in various places around the world, you can probably get away with doing a lot of things that a JW under close scrutiny in one congregation would be disfellowshipped for.
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