by SoulJah 3 Replies latest jw friends
So if you were married before you found the "truth" in one of "christndoms" churches [a.k.a.satans orginazation] why is it that this marrige is still acceptable to the cong.? or why do they not see it fit to retake your vows before the only true God?
Just a thought.
sorry about the run-on question
One day we'll all be together,until then I'm ready for whatever
---Tupac Shakur
Because the marriage is legally binding according to the law of the land even though they were married in a church.
JWs claim to be in subjection to the superior authorities.
Ranchette
It's another one of those legalistic outlooks of the WTS. Your marriage was OK by law, so it's good enough, I guess. It does seem odd, though. It doesn't count when you were BAPTISED in a different church. More doublespeak and hipocracy.
TR
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
--Robert Frost, 1935
Another thing too: the one wife stipulation in the Bible was only for overseers so if you live in a country where poligamy is legal I think technically you could still be a JW. You just couldnt hold a "position" in the cong. om
