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I need a wise advice please important?

My husband found a new job that he likes, but his manager is jehovah witness, and the whole lunch time or any oportunity he is talking about jehovah witness to be the true religion. Its.become very annoying to my husband he is feeling pressure to attend to his church. He is probably afraid to loose his job. Whats the best way to manage this situation?? Or how can he answer to him without offending him???

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    The best thing he can do is to tell him to tell his manager that he has his own beliefs and that he enjoys hearing about his view on God, It would never change his view. If he cannot respect that, and he continues , Have him charge the man with harassment.

    Source(s): Apostle James the Greater
  • 8 years ago

    It can be done by talking to the manager very politely. Tell your husband to call the manager for a coffee or something and to very politely tell him. with sweet words and soft voice that he's not interested in attend in church and it is a difficulty to keep on saying no to him and request him to stop inviting.

    Few important things:

    1. do not present it in a case in which the manager calls him for coffee or something

    2. do not delay. do it asap. delaying each day make it more difficult to do that.

    3. pray to Jesus that the your husband's job won't be affected by the Jehovah witness

    4. remain soft and cool or silent even if the manager become violent when presenting this.

    5. Trust in God

    Source(s): Wisdom
  • 8 years ago

    It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses feel they have the true religion. Most religions do. Else, why be involved in that religion?

    However, if this is happening during your husband's lunch hour, your husband might consider enjoying his lunch outside of the company of his manager. Lunch time is his own time and he is free to do with it as he wishes, including having it in peace.

    Conversely, the manager should not be engaging in proselytizing on company time, if indeed that is what he is doing. I cannot tell if he is merely making comments here and there or if he is actually 'preaching' or trying to 'share the good news of God's kingdom.' If he is simply making comments about his belief that Jehovah's Witnesses have the true religion, that is a bit different. For instance, Rosh Hashanah just passed and many Jews in my office were commenting on what they did, felt and so on. They were just harmless comments while we were all on the clock but they were in no way trying to pressure us to go to synagogue next Sabbath. Moreover, my Jewish co-worker asked me a couple of questions about a scripture in the 'New Testament' and while I answered her extensively, it could not be considered 'preaching to her." Do you see what I mean?

    Your husband might consider being honest with the manager - but in a gentle way. "George (manager), I appreciate the fact that you are so positive about your religion. So many today have no spirituality in their lives. But I am honestly feeling a bit uncomfortable with these discussions and am asking, please, that you refrain from talking about it with me. Perhaps in the future I will change my mind, but for now, can you not broach these topics with me? I hope you understand."

    Do not worry about your husband losing his job because of this. More often than not, the things we worry about happening never come to pass. Do not concern yourself with that possibility now. Sufficient for each day is its worries.

    P.S. The manager is a Jehovah's Witness, or one of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is not a "Jehovah Witness."

    Hannah J Paul

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    He won't lose his job over that. The best thing for him to do since he feels very uncomfortable discussing this matter is to address his boss in a polite and mature manner and let him know that he would prefer not to discuss religion. At that point his boss, as a Jehovah's Witness will no longer engage him in conversation. He does not have to attend the Kingdom Hall because it's really a matter of choice.

    Of course he also has the option not to eat lunch with his boss as well.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    The wise advice is to go along to the kingdom hall (we do not call them churches) and at least listen to what is being said.

    My spiritual brother is accurate, we are the true religion and commissioned by our Creator through Jesus, to do this very thing: preaching.

    So the best way is to say: ok I will go along and listen and yes I will accept a study and then go from there.

    You see, he is only doing this because we happen to know what is going to take place and therefore, we feel we have to say something! Of course, it is up to each one whether they want to listen or not - but my brother is just being that: a witness of Jehovah (who is God's name).

    Again the wise thing is to never say no, when one does not not anything - that is stupid to be honest!

    Surely there is nothing to lose but everything to gain?

  • Mackey
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    He should tell the JW that he is not interested and if it continues, report the manager to the human resources department. Proselytizing in the workplace is inappropriate.

  • 8 years ago

    Your husband should start looking for another job.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    jw's await a king aka antichrist aka flying billy from saw movie.

  • Mark
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Tell him to tell his boss that he's Catholic. He will stop, gauranteed.

    Source(s): I'm Catholic. I've done this and they shut up. I confessed it, though.
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