150 things Jehovah Witness Can’t do and why

Today we’re going to be listing most things the Jehovah Witness Can’t do and why. But first, let’s know who Jehovah witness are and a little history about them.

Jehovah’s Witness, are a member of a millennialist denomination that was developed within the larger 19th-century Adventist movement in the United States and has since then spread globally. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are an outgrowth of the International Bible Students Association, which was founded in 1872 in Pittsburgh by Charles Taze Russell.

History of Jehovah Witness

Jehovah Witness is regarded as an Adventist movement emerged in the 1830s around the predictions of William Miller, who prophesied that Jesus Christ would return in 1843 or 1844. When Christ did not return as Miller prophecied, Adventists divided into a number of factions. During the 1870s, Charles Taze Russell crown himself as an independent and controversial Adventist teacher.

He rejected belief in hell as a place of eternal torment and adopted a non-Trinitarian theology that denied the divinity of Jesus. He also interpreted the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in accordance with the literal translation of the original Greek term, parousia (“presence”), suggesting that Christ would come as an invisible presence and that the Parousia, or “Millennial Dawn,” already had occurred, in 1874.

Below are some of the things Jehovah witness members can’t do and why.

1. Belong to another organization or club for the purpose of socializing with nonbelievers.
2. 2.Have best friends and activity buddies who are not Jehovah’s Witnesses.
3. 3.Associate with people outside their organization when it is not necessary.
4. 4.Attend social functions sponsored by their employer unless attendance is required
5. 5.Associate with coworkers after business hours in a social settings
6. 6.Disagree with their organization’s rules and code of conduct.
7. 7.Disagree with their organization’s doctrines.
8. 8.Contribute to the Presidential Campaign Fund on their tax return
9. 9.Join the armed forces and defend their country
10. 10.Say the Pledge of Allegiance
11. 11.Salute the flag
12. 12.Vote
13. 13.
14. Run for leadership in their organization. (JW’s are ‘appointed’ and invited to be leaders.)
15. 14.Run for leadership in any organization
16. 15.Take a stand for any political issue inside their organization
17. 16.Take a stand on any political or ‘worldly’ issue outside of their organization
18. 17.Campaign for a political candidate
19. 18.Hold political office
20. 19.Discuss politics
21. 20.Be a union steward or shop steward
22. 21.Actively be involved in a union strike
23. 22.Use a gun for protection against humans
24. 23.Become a police officer if a gun is required
25. 24.Wear military uniforms or clothing associated with war
26. 25.Take yoga classes and practice the discipline of yoga.
27. 26.Smoke tobacco and cigars
28. 27.Work full time selling tobacco and cigars
29. 28.Attend Alcoholics Anonymous
30. 29.Donate blood
31. 30.Have blood transfusions
32. 31.Read books, magazines, publications, and literature from other religions.
33. 32.Buy anything from a church store
34. 33.Buy something at a church garage sale
35. 34.Donate items to a church run store
36. 35.Shop at the Salvation Army
37. 36.Work for the Salvation Army
38. 37.Work for another church
39. 38.Play competitive sports on a school team
40. 39.Play competitive sports professionally
41. 40.Run for class president
42. 41.Become a cheerleader
43. 42.Go to the school prom or school dance.
44. 43.Attend class reunions
45. 44.Be hypnotized
46. 45.Accept Jesus as their mediator
47. 46.Join the Boy Scouts
48. 47.Join the Girl Guides
49. 48.Join the YMCA
50. 49.Serve on jury duty
51. 50.Study psychology, philosophy, sociology, and viewpoints that might shake their faith
52. 51.Attend other Christian churches
53. 52.Attend nondenominational churches
54. 53.Attend non Christian churches
55. 54.Get married in another church
56. 55.Dating non believers is discouraged
57. 56.Casual dating is discouraged
58. 57.Dating someone without the intent of getting married
59. 58.Having sex before marriage
60. 59.Breaking an engagement, separation, and ‘unscriptural’ divorce may result in disciplinary action
61. 60.Marriage to non believers is not recommended
62. 61.Be gay or lesbian. Homosexuality is not acceptable.
63. 62.Throw rice at a wedding
64. 63.Get divorced unless the reason is adultery
65. 64.Can’t remarry unless their ex commits fornication first
66. 65.Toast drinks
67. 66.Buy a raffle ticket
68. 67.Play bingo
69. 68.Gamble
70. 69.Sing any holiday songs
71. 70.Sing the National Anthem.
72. 71.Celebrate Christmas – Why?
73. 72.Celebrate New Years Eve – Why?
74. 73.Celebrate Easter – Why?
75. 74.Celebrate Mother’s Day – Why?
76. 75.Celebrate Father’s Day
77. 76.Celebrate birthdays – Why?
78. 77.Celebrate Thanksgiving
79. 78.Celebrate Flag Day
80. 79.Celebrate Veteran’s Day
81. 80.Celebrate Independence Day. Why?
82. 81.Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day
83. 82.Celebrate Valentine’s Day
84. 83.Celebrate Halloween – Why?
85. 84.Celebrate Hanukkah
86. 85.Accept holiday gifts – Why?
87. 86.Celebrate any holiday except the death of Jesus – Why?
88. 87.Partake in the bread and wine that represents Christ unless they are part of the 144,000
89. 88.Make holiday artwork for school
90. 89.Engage in holiday parties at school
91. 90.Take on a leadership role in school
92. 91.Porneia
93. 92.Do suggestive and immodest dancing in a public place
94. 93.Attend a class, workshop, or seminar, sponsored by another church
95. 94.Attend social events or fund raisers sponsored by another church
96. 95.Use of bad language (curse words) is discouraged
97. 96.Wear blue jeans, shorts, and overly casual clothing at the Kingdom Hall.
98. 97.Wear pants at a Kingdom Hall if you’re a woman
99. 98.Wear revealing clothes or skirts that are too short (looked down upon)
100. 99.Wear long hair or facial hair if you’re a man (depends on the local customs of the country you live in)
101. 100.Body piercing are discouraged
102. 101.Tattoos are discouraged
103. 102.State or imply that the Watchtower is not run by Jehovah God.
104. 103.Have discussions and express Bible based viewpoints that contradict the organization’s beliefs
105. 104.Say anything negative about their organization. JW’s must ‘speak in agreement’ and be ‘like-minded’.
106. 105.Consider other religious beliefs as valid and truthful.
107. 106.Acknowledge any prayer spoken by a non believer as valid
108. 107.Take another Jehovah’s Witness to court (with exceptions)
109. 108.Wear or own a cross
110. 109.Own any religious picture
111. 110.Own any religious statue
112. 111.Engage in idolatry
113. 112.Believe in miracles (except those found in the Bible)
114. 113.Believe in ghosts
115. 114.Witchcraft
116. 115.Black magic
117. 116.White magic
118. 117.Consult with a psychic or become one
119. 118.Study tarot cards, get a reading or give a reading
120. 119.Study numerology or get a reading
121. 120.Dabble in ESP (extrasensory perception), dowsing, or divination
122. 121.Use a tool such as a pendulum to access information from the spiritual realm
123. 122.Attempt to communicate with departed spirits.
124. 123.Attend a seance
125. 124.Believe in good luck or say things such as ‘Good luck to you’. Why?
126. 125.Believe or say anything superstitious
127. 126.Prophesy
128. 127.Speaking in tongues
129. 128.Laying on of hands
130. 129.Energy healing such as Reiki
131. 130.Read their horoscope
132. 131.Study astrology or zodiac signs
133. 132.Combat training, boxing, or martial arts
134. 133.Go to heaven unless they are part of the 144,000
135. 134.Worship Jesus as God
136. 135.Idolize any celebrity or love and admire them to excess
137. 136.Women can’t be elders
138. 137.Women can’t be ministerial servants (assistants to the elders)
139. 138.Divulge secret information to enemies and those not entitled to know.
140. 139.Greet or talk with disfellowshipped persons (with some exceptions)
141. 140.Associate with disfellowshipped persons except for immediate family living in the same house
142. 141.Keep secrets from the organization. Jehovah’s Witnesses report friends and family members breaking the rules