Serious sins

== Serious sins ==
Jehovah's Witnesses consider many actions to be "serious sins", for which baptized Witnesses are subject to a judicial committee hearing. Such actions include:
* abortion
* adultery
* anal or oral sex
* apostasy
* bestiality
* encouraging the celebration of birthdays or other prohibited celebrations
* blood transfusions
* boxing
* "brazen conduct" or "loose conduct", including:
** association with disfellowshipped non-relatives,
** "spiritual" association with disfellowshipped relatives
** criticizing a disfellowshipping decision
** child sexual abuse
** dating while "not legally or Scripturally free to marry"
* cybersex or phone sex
* drug abuse
* drunkenness
* extortion
* fornication
* fraud
* gambling
* gluttony
* greed
* celebrating religious and national holidays
* homosexual activity
* hypnotism
* idolatry
* incest
* interfaith activity
* lying
* manslaughter
* joining the military
* murder
* physical uncleanness (extreme)
* political activities
* polygamy
* hardcore pornography
* refusal to provide for family
* remarriage "[[if adultery and rejection by the innocent mate had not occurred]]"
* slander
* spiritism
* subversive, antigovernment activity
* theft
* the use of tobacco
* verbal abuse
* violence
* voting in political elections
Category:Serious sins