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    The Kingdom Hall is a single-story building. The sign is close to the road in front of the building that says “Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the sign is in three languages, English, Spanish and Vietnamese. The services are called meetings. The colors of the building are neutral, mostly earth tone; the landscape is nice but also low key. When arriving there were no greeters meeting…

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    to International Studies April 1, 2016 Jehovah’s Witness and the Afterlife In order to fully understand a movement, culture or one’s way of life you must have an understanding of where they originate. The Jehovah's Witnesses tradition is a religion founded in the late 19th century C.E. in the United States. Founded by Charles Taze Russell, Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of the Christian Millerite movement and has since spread worldwide. Jehovah's Witnesses doctrine is grounded in Russell's…

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    These brochures lecture two different things from their bible as they call the “Watchtower” that preaches all of their beliefs. Jehovah’s have been seen and treated with different combinations of emotions, as far as admiration and hatred. For instance, I recall growing up and hearing an early knock on a Saturday morning, not knowing it was a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses trying to preach their beliefs. By the tone of my mother’s voice I could tell she was not pleased that they were trying to…

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    The main arguments used against blood transfusions are the sacredness of blood, and its importance to its owner. According to Jehovah’s Witness Vic Chambers, who was baptized in 1957, “The life is in the blood, the blood carries oxygen and removes poisons” so to take the blood from them is equivalent to taking their life from them. There is the claim that many things can go wrong…

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    Before spring break started, I had no clue as to what my next experience would be about. Every year in the spring, the Jehovah Witnesses have an assembly to encourage one another and to help them draw closer to God. This year the theme was “Maintain Your Love for Jehovah”. The assembly usually takes place in Jackson, but because of March Madness, we were sent to Hammond, Louisiana. A week before we had to go, my grandmother told me that I would have to drive this year. She knows I have a…

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    To be apart of a religious minority community means to be different from your peers. Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness was very challenging, but I saw the benefits as I grew older. I struggled as a child because there were rarely kids around me who shared the same beliefs as me. With there currently being only 8 million Witnesses worldwide, running into one outside of my congregation would be rare. During certain celebrations, such as Halloween and Christmas, I could not participate because of…

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    The Kingdom Hall building was much smaller than ordinary churches. The Kingdom Hall is a religious building where Jehovah’s witnesses hold their religious services. The building can be rented, held in a gymnasium, an auditorium, or a constructed building that serve as the purpose of a kingdom hall. Once inside of the Kingdom Hall, I noticed that they did not have in crosses that was displayed, unlike churches. The Kingdom Hall has a library, an area providing religious literature, and for the…

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    Jehovah Witness Origin

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    system: Originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States b) History of the religion: Modern day Jehovah Witnesses were founded in the late 19th century. A small group of Bible students began analyzing the Bible and comparing it to doctrines taught by the churches. Then, they began publishing books, newsletters, and journals, which is now called The Watchtower – Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. A man named Charles Taze Russell, took the lead in Bible education work and was the first editor…

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    out. The fact of the matter is people were easily influenced to join religious groups, especially the ones that had very strict rules to follow and limited a person freedom. Three religious in particularly showcased these traits, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, and Puritans. During the nineteen century, the American people witnessed…

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    attention recent events of labeling Jehovah’s Witnesses as extremists. As one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I know firsthand that this peaceful organization is in no way an extremists religious group, and should therefore not be labeled as such. On March 15, 2017, the Ministry of Justice in Russia took action to declare Jehovah’s Witnesses as “extremists”. This would lead to the seizing of many, if not all, of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ property, thus impeding the Witnesses from practicing their…

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