Section One: Myths and Facts
“ That's not a valid religion.” “You don't dance or drink, you’re no fun.” “Marriage has problems, why are you so against divorce?” “You don't believe in organ transplants.” These are a few comments and myths a Jehovah witness gets. I got news for you, these are all myths. Jehovah Witness is in fact a religion, they love to dance and drink, they believe divorce should be a last resort, but it's understandable, and if offered an organ transplant they would gladly take it. Now here are some real facts about Jehovah Witnesses they in fact do shun people who turn their back on them and leave the church, 30,000 members join a year, they forbid blood transfusions, but they will take a transplant, and they do not celebrate …show more content…
I am one hundred percent guilty at hiding in my room when they knock on the door, I know we all are. Whenever I do answer the door it is always ungainly because I don't believe in what they preach or “do” and It puts me in an distressing place. So this is part of why I choose to do my cross cultural experience of being a Jehovah Witness. I scheduled a bible study with Jehovah's witness through a family friend. Going into this I expected the worse. Growing up I had a friend that was a Jehovah witness and she always complained about her family and her religion and that they were to judge. So of course, this is all the prior knowledge I was going into …show more content…
Growing up we would have “holiday” parties they students who were Jehovah Witnesses always had to leave. The teachers really didn't say much or try to turn the “holiday” party into something where all the students could attend. It was not their choice to leave the party, they had to because of their beliefs and you could tell how heartbroken they were when they had to go sit in a room for an hour and stare at the wall. At my age, I didn't really care about how my pupils felt and neither did my teachers. But looking back now on my experience of actually sitting down with Karen and Vivi, students should not be sitting out because of their religious beliefs, they are no different from you and I , because they call our god a different name, or they don't celebrate holidays. My job as a teacher is to make every single kid feel welcome in my classroom no matter what and if even one kid feels uncomfortable I have not done my job
“ That's not a valid religion.” “You don't dance or drink, you’re no fun.” “Marriage has problems, why are you so against divorce?” “You don't believe in organ transplants.” These are a few comments and myths a Jehovah witness gets. I got news for you, these are all myths. Jehovah Witness is in fact a religion, they love to dance and drink, they believe divorce should be a last resort, but it's understandable, and if offered an organ transplant they would gladly take it. Now here are some real facts about Jehovah Witnesses they in fact do shun people who turn their back on them and leave the church, 30,000 members join a year, they forbid blood transfusions, but they will take a transplant, and they do not celebrate …show more content…
I am one hundred percent guilty at hiding in my room when they knock on the door, I know we all are. Whenever I do answer the door it is always ungainly because I don't believe in what they preach or “do” and It puts me in an distressing place. So this is part of why I choose to do my cross cultural experience of being a Jehovah Witness. I scheduled a bible study with Jehovah's witness through a family friend. Going into this I expected the worse. Growing up I had a friend that was a Jehovah witness and she always complained about her family and her religion and that they were to judge. So of course, this is all the prior knowledge I was going into …show more content…
Growing up we would have “holiday” parties they students who were Jehovah Witnesses always had to leave. The teachers really didn't say much or try to turn the “holiday” party into something where all the students could attend. It was not their choice to leave the party, they had to because of their beliefs and you could tell how heartbroken they were when they had to go sit in a room for an hour and stare at the wall. At my age, I didn't really care about how my pupils felt and neither did my teachers. But looking back now on my experience of actually sitting down with Karen and Vivi, students should not be sitting out because of their religious beliefs, they are no different from you and I , because they call our god a different name, or they don't celebrate holidays. My job as a teacher is to make every single kid feel welcome in my classroom no matter what and if even one kid feels uncomfortable I have not done my job