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  Dating a JW info

  by Lady Lee in

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  other than telling a person to run:what do you think a person (who knows nothing about the jws) needs to know if they are getting involved with a jw.what would be helpful to them to end things before they get further involved?what will help them if they decide to go further and marry this jw?what challenges would a non-jw woman have if she gets involved with the jw man?what about having children and the struggles that will develop from that?.

  if you think of anything else that would be halpful please add it to the thread.

  i would like to have a lot of this info in one thread besides some of the great "dating a jw" threads we already have in the best of section.

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  ATHEIST

  I am a non-practicing Catholic and I am currently engaged to a former JW. She left her faith to be with me and we are both VERY happy and I have no doubts about what I am doing. Her whole family escaped and she was the final one to "get out".

  Her ex-husband who is still a Witness, moved on right away and didn't really care about losing her as she was starting to think for herself, he got himself a young and impressionable new wife and she has had no communication with him ever since the divorce was finalized. She is disgusted with the actions of many of the Elders in her former congregation and one actually abused his position to force himself upon her. She has no interest in returning, she is not ready to challenge the hypocracy or to re-enter into that kind of time committment.

  We are very happy and enjoy trips to the Casino(which she loves now!), we have regular pre-marital relations and she has even been living with me for two years despite the fact that we are not married yet. Things were tough in the early going, but Jehovah hardly comes up and now is not a part of her life....except for one problem....growing old.

  The ONLY part of her former faith that she misses is the idea that she will live on earth in eternal bliss with all of the other people who have chosen to follow the beliefs of the "Jehovah God". Basically she is afraid to get old because she feels that she has nothing to look forward to as she did before. Is there ANYTHING that anyone can think of that can help us with this problem. I have no problem with getting old, she does.

  At this site http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/jw.htm it says...

  9. Salvation . JWs claim everlasting life is a reward for doing the will of God and carrying out one's dedication -- in other words, salvation is a reward for good works. (JWs are expected to spend five hours per week in door-to-door visitation and witnessing, are responsible for selling twelve subscriptions to The Watchtower magazine each month, and are responsible for conducting a "Bible study" each month in the homes of their converts.) According to JW theology, a person has one of three possible destinies. The Anointed (144,000) will be in heaven to reign with Jehovah God. The rest of the faithful Jehovah's Witnesses (not of the 144,000) will live forever on a paradise Earth. Both of these classifications are determined to a great extent on membership in the Watchtower organization as well as going door-to-door spreading the message of the Watchtower. Those people who are not members of the Watchtower organization will be destroyed by Jehovah God and cease to exist. There is no concept of eternal punishment or hell in Watchtower theology (Let God Be True, pp. 90-95, 289). They also believe that men will have a second chance, after death, to be saved.

  I want to focus on the last line that I bolded, is there actually truth to this....will she have a second chance after death to experience the Eternal Life that she longs for.

  I want us to grow old and be happy together, as does she. Please help us out with ANYTHING AT ALL that may help us out with this problem. Thank You!