I walked in with all my Good Morning's and ask did they vote. My co-worker who is a JW of whom I respect her decisions respondedto me by saying "huh I am a chrstian" and walked away from her desk. It was obvious my question offened her becasue she in turn offended me by stating she was a christian as if I am not.
I do not want to even discuss and be informed of her religion by her right now, so I am asking you?
Do JW not vote and why?
I must of hit the nail on the head for you to be so upset. I guess the fact that you cannot even speak to her about her reasons shows me that you are irrational about this.
I find it ironic that your user name is “Mindingourbusiness”.
I found this on Wiki Answers:
Obviously, anyone who is an American citizen and registered to vote can vote. And people don’t vote for a lot of reasons. I don’t see how hounding someone about their decision is productive.
So far as I know they vote. Sounds to me like someone chewed on her and she is reacting to that, not what you said. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Seriously Jubee what are you talking about? She didn’t hound anyone, I almost edited my response because yours was so out there. You must have read a mess of your own issues to form your response, don’t attack the OP for that.
My best friend is a JW - I found this on the internet - hope it helps: "Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe the Bible to teach against voting per se, and, in fact, the directors and “members” of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ corporate and legal entities can and do vote on matters all the time.
Even regarding governmental elections, an adherent of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses could vote. Almost uniformly, however, they choose not to.
They believe that God’s Messianic Kingdom is a real government which will soon replace all human governments. Jehovah’s Witnesses consider themselves to be ambassadors or envoys of God’s government, and so believe that they must demonstrate political and nationalist neutrality.
When Jehovah’s Witnesses do choose to vote, they typically write in the name “Jehovah” or “Jesus.”
In my opinion, your co-worker could have explained it to you instead of getting an attitude. Most people I would think, and again in my opinion, would enjoy educating others about their religion. I am often asking questions of others who are of a different religion than I am because I want to learn. No one has yet been offended at my questions.
I would just let it go; especially if you have to work with her!!
Good luck!!
They don’t vote, pledge allegiance, honor the flag or take part in the military. I’m not 100% on reasoning but i believe it has something to do with Jesus saying follow me don’t be of the world. My ex’s family was JW.
I would find her and ask, “You know your comment earlier about being a Christian. I’m not following. Would you care to explain so I can understand?”
PS I’m pretty sure Jubee didn’t read your post. Hope she reads (and understands) the ballot measures more carefully than she read your post!
I wonder why she would say that to you too, Mom. That seems really strange to me. If she didn’t like your question, why didn’t she say “Well, that’s kind of private to me.” Then you would say “I understand,” and that would be the end of it. Instead, she acted like being Christian had something to do with voting or not voting. (You didn’t know which one she meant…)
I just saw that a couple of your posters said that JW’s don’t vote. I guess she expects you to know this about her religion. I’m glad they explained - I didn’t know that they don’t vote either. Sheesh, she could have just said that instead of acting insulted (or insulting - which one I STILL can’t tell!)
Don’t blame you for being irritated!
Dawn
Simply let it go as a mis-communication. I find the only thing that bring more discord in an office than talking politics, is talking religion.
I work and am friends with several women who are JW. They vote. Maybe you caught her on a bad morning. You handled it well by simply walking away. From what I’ve read from the other responses, it sounds like some JWs vote, and others do not.
I hope the rest of your day is filled with polite, happy people! 
That’s kind of an odd answer - many Christians do vote. It is particular to her denomination, not to Christianity.
They don’t vote because they are taught that christians are citizens of God’s kingdom and therefore they are not citizens of this world. So just as a Canadian can’t vote in U.S. elections, they opt out of voting, pledges to government, military service…
If indeed you are a Christian, her comment was offensive. But by all means let it go or be apologetic to smooth things over. “I had no idea JW don’t vote, please forgive me if I offended you.”
of course what you really want to say is “i’m a Christian too, but I have dual citizenship.”
I can’t speak for Jehovah’s Witness’s except to say that if they call themselves Christians, I’d like to know where they get some of their prophecy (not MY Holy Bible, that’s for sure) and why they interpret things the way they do. I mean, whatever, but I HONESTLY care for people’s eternal souls and am not afraid to witness to a JW.
And as far as the Bible and voting…there are plenty of specific verses in the Bible that tell us that we are to obey our kings on earth (leaders, etc) and to follow man’s law as well. We are not saved by either man’s law OR God’s law (10 Commandments), but by faith alone in Jesus Christ because none of us are capable of living without sin. Hence, Jesus Christ. We are to pray with all supplication for our leaders.
The Bible also says that God puts leaders in their places and removes them in His time. It’s encouraging to know that God DOES have a plan for all of this. God has had a plan for each leader in history, and each leader in the future to come.
Sorry I can’t answer your question specifically, but it sounded like you could just use some encouragement this morning so I hope this helped. Have a wonderful day.
***EDIT Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
And when even was [now] come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
Okay, there’s the scripture she’s somehow interpreted to mean “don’t vote.” I can tell you…at least in my logic…there is NO WAY this can be interpreted as “DO NOT VOTE.” Then again, I already said I have no idea where they get half their ideas. They also believe that only 144,000 people are going to go to heaven and I won’t even get into the verse they base this one off of because it’s even more ridiculous. God says that “He is not willing that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentence.”
Again, sorry you’re having a rough morning!
I had no idea that JW did not vote, or that some of them did not…
I have read that scripture you gave about 6 times in a row.
I can not for the life of me figure out how that has anything to do with voting.
Very strange.
And remember when some were asking about why women throw tantrums? Posts like Jubee’s can start a fire in the orignal poster like none other. I think it has to do with the fact that nothing is more irritating than saying something and someone TOTALLY taking it the wrong way or twisting it or making you out to be something you are not or accusing you of saying something you didn’t say.
THAT is why we have people get so angry on here. NOT because woman are some freak creatures who don’t know how to handle themselves.
And btw - about your JW coworker, if you offended her, so be it. You did ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong by saying “good morning, did you vote?” It is kind of you to be concerned about her feelings, as I think most of us would, and I am glad you two worked it out.
Have a BETTER day mama…
=)
You are not irrational. Your co-worker is in a cult and she’s brainwashed, plain and simple.
My best friend’s husband grew up JW and finally was able to liberate himself from the cult when he was in his 20s. JWs don’t vote, participate in anything political, and they don’t celebrate birthdays, Christmas, etc. They also think they are a step above everybody else.
So, she is most certainly NOT a Christian – I would say she is a judgemental, brainwashed piece of work. She could have been much nicer to you. But JWs aren’t supposed to be nice to people. They’re just supposed to judge and convert.
Sounds like you and your co-worker figured it out. The whole logic behind them not voting is beyond me, but it is her right to vote or not vote.
I’m not voting, and it has nothing to do with religion. I just don’t care who wins, so I’m saving myself the gas it would take to get to the polling place. I know bad, but this is the first election since I was able to vote that I really didn’t care.
My MIL is a JW, they do NOT vote. JW’s aren’t suppose to be involved or even speak about politics but my MIL is the biggest Conservative I know, she studies and knows way more than the average person.
They do call themselves Christians and try to say they read the same bibles, which is a flat out lie.
Jane explained the reason they don’t vote, perfectly.
I am sure she thinks that everything is God’s plan and not up to the President.
That is what I can gather from the way she acted.
I wouldnt worry about it. She said you didnt offend her, so I wouldnt push it anymore.
Not a very Christian response from her, now was it.
You’d think that she would take a second and let you know that as a JW, she doesn’t vote. Wouldn’t it make sense to educate someone rather than walk away.
Anyway, when her birthday comes around, be sure to wish her a good one!!
Two subjects that have NO PLACE BEING DISCUSSED AT WORK:
The only thing worse is combining the two.
Just let it go and get on with your day.