Jehovah's witnesses to homosexuality?

[crimsonarcher]

I was wondering, ever since i read the newest thread about being catholic and gay, and since half my family memebers are Jehovah's witnesses- How do the feel about it? I'm afarid to ask a real person, so i'm asking on here.

I think someone said elsewhere that they're a sect that's very very against it.

[pwnorton]

Originally Posted by EmperorDJT

I think someone said elsewhere that they're a sect that's very very against it.

Yay! I can't wait until the next time they come to my door!

[Alexander]

ummm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_jeh.htm

Jehovah witnesses are one of the religions that hates the gay community the most.
Funny that my 3 jehovah witness classmates acted as gay people.

Yeah, stay AWAY from the JEE-HOVS.

last time a jehovah's witness came to my door I opened it said, "I'm gay" and shut it again, they left me alone and aint come back since

[beckyg]

There is a JW that comes to my door frequently that I swear is a closet-case. My son said the same thing. I am nice to the JW's but I do tell them how I believe. They usually say thank you and leave.

[Lane]

I was raised as a Jenovah's Witness, currently nearly all of my family on both my mothers and fathers side including my parents and siblings are all active JW's. Basically they belive that Homosexuality is an unnatural thing, that exists contrary to the normal order of how mankind was created this being a man and woman union and nothing else, period.

They as a group do not necessarily hate Homosexuals, but they don't embrace them either. In fact somone who is known to be Homosexual can be among their church, but only if they first come to an 'accurate knowledge' and belive that homosexuality is wrong and then they must take a vow celebacy or in some cases they have been encouraged to get married to somone of the opposite sex. Even if the Homosexual person is accepted into the church they are often still treated differently as the other church members will sometimes be somewhat paranoid of that person in their presence, and treat them with something resembling more of a mild neglect than outright hostility.

If the person who is Homosexual and is a baptized member of the church does decide to go against the teachings and embrace his/her orientation again or even for the first time and the church elders hear of it, then that person will be given a chance to repent or they will be cast out of the church completely. At this point all those in the church both locally and anywhere that person goes is to stay clear of associating with them at all ever. Church members who go against this can they themselves be cast out for associating with a previous cast out member. The only exception to this is with imediate family, they may if they choose still associate to a point with their family member who has been removed from the church. Some do, some don't.

Just to be clear though, this punishment is also held in affect for those who marry outside the church, those who commit adultery, those who have sexual relations out of wedlock, those who preach contrary things to what the church preaches, as well as acting on your homosexual orientation. JW's have a very strict moral code, if you as person wish to be one of them you must live up to this code or be thrown out. They see things in a very black and white way, it is either good or bad and there is no in between.

Hope this sheds a bit more light on their views. If anyone has further questions feel free to PM me.

Originally Posted by JWAD

last time a jehovah's witness came to my door I opened it said, "I'm gay" and shut it again, they left me alone and aint come back since

O_O
So you should add "All Jehovah witnesses in my town" to your out list... Oh, wait.... :P

[Jeimuzu]

There's a guy on *** who runs a site for LGBT former or current Jehovah's witnesses. http://www.gayxjw.org/

Speaking from my experience, Jehovah's Witnesses detest the gay community. They are one of the most homophobic religions.

Originally Posted by Xets

O_O
So you should add "All Jehovah witnesses in my town" to your out list... Oh, wait.... :P

They kinda allready are, I'm out to everyone I know, apart from JW i don't typically just shout it at people when we first meet tho, lol

[Paul_UK]

Originally Posted by Jeimuzu

There's a guy on *** who runs a site for LGBT former or current Jehovah's witnesses. http://www.gayxjw.org/

That's an excellent website. I'll add it to the resources section here. Thanks.