My brother(MS) just got a job at a hotel and mentioned to my mother that they may train him to be a bartender. She said that we(JW's) are not allowed to do so. Is this in any of the publications? I tried finding infomation using different phrases in the WT library CD, but found nothing. It's interesting because at my job I serve beer but thats all. I'm just wondering why bartending is not allowed.
Are JW's allowed to be bartenders?
by stillstuckcruz 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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DagothUr
If he also serves cigarettes, besides alcohol, then by JW standards that is a non-kosher job. If he works in a place where he can do passive smoking, also non-kosher.
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Think About It
JW's are a stupid cult. Did Jesus not make wine at a wedding and was it not "served" to the guests?
Think About It
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lifestooshort
No there is nothing in the literture prohibits it. But there are jobs that dont mesh with the JW life style. I was offered a job as a limo driver but the older ones told me it was not a good idea. What about a job as a bouncer? I dont think so.
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cantleave
I've known quite a few JW's who do bar work.
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Botzwana
I OWN a bar and restaurant. I was never in any trouble...
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ScenicViewer
I was offered a job as a limo driver but the older ones told me it was not a good idea.
Who were you driving the limo for? A gang of bank robbers? If not, the older ones were probably making up their own rules.
(Watchtower 10-1-1972, Article: Your Conscience and Your Employment, par.3)
"3 As a simple illustration, serving as a chauffeur and driving an automobile is in itself proper employment. But how could a person professing to be a Christian serve as chauffeur for a gang of bank robbers? Or how could a Christian let himself be identified with a house of prostitution by serving as its doorman or maid?"
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stillstuckcruz
But how could a person professing to be a Christian serve as chauffeur for a gang of bank robbers?
^LOL!!! I have never seen that before. How many people would ACTUALLY get involved whatsoever with a gang of bank robbers. Even by "worldy" standards, thats a terrible situation
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james_woods
"3 As a simple illustration, serving as a chauffeur and driving an automobile is in itself proper employment. But how could a person professing to be a Christian serve as chauffeur for a gang of bank robbers? Or how could a Christian let himself be identified with a house of prostitution by serving as its doorman or maid?"
Good LORD - these people think their followers are more idiotic than Beavis and Butthead, and think nothing of talking to them as if they were writing Sesame Street.
Back on topic - as always with the JWs - it would entireley depend on the local BOE as this seems to be untouched as a WT published topic.
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No Room For George
8/15/1978 Watchtower, page 29
To remain a pioneer I found it necessary to do numerous types of part-time work. Just to name a few, at various times I was a painter, dishwasher, bartender, cook, janitor, share cropper, bricklayer’s assistant, and an office boy. I even did time as a one-legged ditch digger, which my family still laughs about.
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