Jehovah's Witnesses

radically new approach to salvation. Revolutionist sects believe salvation will come soon but only through destruction of the natural present and social order, and salvation will come only by divine action. Examples of Revolutionist sects are Jehovah’s Witnesses, the early 1990s Branch Davidian community in Waco, Texas and the recent Aum Shinrikyō apocalyptic movement in Japan. Manipulationist sects seek worldly goals and do not withdraw from society; they do however seek spiritual means to be…

Pride and Prejudice It’s the holiday season, I’m 7 years old, and I’m walking through the mall with my mom and my siblings. Jingle Bell Rock is playing, all the Christmas lights are twinkling, and I can smell cinnamon in the air. I’m watching everything and everyone as we walk through the mall. I see all the happy faces of other kids as they point out the presents they want santa to bring them. Several of the children are dressed in their Christmas best, on their way to get there family photo…

Tongan’s everyday life is overpoweringly motivated by traditions and especially by their Christians’ faith. For example, all exchanges, commerce and performing activities cease on Sunday from the beginning of the day at midnight up to the end of the day at midnight. The constitution affirms the Sabbath sacrosanct open-endedly and there seems to be no sooner change in that pronouncement. Well here in Tonga the Sunday is celebrated as a strict Sabbath, preserved so in the constitution, and…

categorization of hated groups. Investigated by the USHMM (2015), throughout Europe the difference between “Inferior” and “Superior” races became a common thought process. The races considered “Inferior” were Jews, Roma gypsies, Homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Polish, upon others. While these groups were classified as “Inferior” Hitler often referred to the Aryan race as the pure race of the world. The categorization of these “Inferior” groups were often supplemented as well with emblems…

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirt.” When Catholics are baptized, they are not baptized in the name of three different gods, but three divine persons in one God. Unlike the Catholic faith, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe Jesus is God. They have adapted Arius’s heresy claiming Jesus is not God, known as Arianism. They do not baptize in then name…

The challenge is having no information of Jehovah Witnesses. As a social worker one must inform and be cultural competent to better serve the family. Being professional and be an active listener to the needs of the family is a strength. Being a Spanish speaker can be beneficial to the family to better communicate…

The Holocaust is thought to have begun on January 30, 1933 when Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor and set in motion the Nazi genocide against the Jews. The Nazi movement trafficked in hatred and anti-Semitism. Hitler blamed the Jews for all the issues that came to Germany, from communism to inflation and for the defeat of Germany in World War 1. At first, Hitler’s focus was economic. He asked Germans to boycott Jewish owned businesses and he also barred Jews from jobs in civil service…

Holocaust: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclearwar. What is genocide? What was the purpose for it? Genocide is the deliberate killing of a largegroup of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Auschwitz concentrationcamp is a major example and evidence for the Holocaust. “No matter what I accomplish, itdoesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.” from Art Spiegelman, Maus, II: AndHere My Troubles Began on CNN.com,…

defended the right of legally competent patient to reject medical treatment based on religious beliefs. For instance, Jehovah’s Witnesses may decline blood transfusions but accept other forms of medical treatment. On another note, the courts will grant an order allowing the hospitals and other health care providers to treat children of Christian Scientists or Jehovah’s Witnesses…

There were many different views taken on the deity of Christ. The Council of Nicea, the Council of Constantinople, and the Council of Chalcedon were three Councils of this time which discussed different views on the deity of Christ. Each Council was based on what others had already discussed so whatever group shared the same beliefs as you, that was the Council you went with. The first Council was the Council of Nicea. The Council of Nicea was “the first Ecumenical Council.” This council met…