Unexpectedly, the game itself began to corrode my spirituality. The Jehovah’s Witness Blog, an anti-JW site, quotes several passages from a 2011 Watchtower article about a girl named Arielle who joined her high school handball team. And, inevitably, the desire to win consumed their thoughts.
SERENA WILLIAMS JEHOVAHS WITNESS FREE
They spent all their free time practicing instead of praying or studying, fell under the influence of teammates who partied and dated. They tell stories of teenagers led astray by involvement in school sports teams. That explicitly includes competitive sports, which numerous church publications have condemned as a dangerous path for Jehovah’s Witness kids. The Jehovah’s Witnesses discourage any behavior that distracts followers from devotion and proselytizing or puts them into extensive contact with nonbelievers. Her competition schedule and high public profile probably prevent her from knocking on neighbors’ doors on Saturday mornings, but she’s devoted to her highly-regulated religion otherwise.īut that’s the problem.
In interviews, she has explained that her faith prohibits her from voting and from dating outside the Jehovah’s Witness community. Williams, who won her sixth career Wimbledon title last week, has consistently given credit to “Jehovah God” for her success.
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