What suggestions do you have for a Catholic & Jehovahs Witness relationship especially during the holidays?
Rather than attempt to follow some Catholic catechism or Jehovah’s Witness publication, it would seem that both persons would be happy to compromise and accept only what the bible actually teaches. Jehovah’s Witnesses have good reason to believe that nearly everything involved in Christmas is of pagan origin. Yet, aach individual Christian (Witness or Catholic) must weigh each circumstance for himself, and decide for himself whether his presence at a particular event might constitute “celebrating” paganisms, or whether it might seem to indicate to onlookers that the Christian was compromising or demeaning his own religious convictions, or whether it might confuse impressionable children in his household. Significantly, to a large extent that depends on the tolerance and cooperation of relatives who may have sincere religious differences with Jehovah’s Witnesses. So-called holidays may simply be the most convenient time for a family reunion because the majority of businesses and governm
