Jehovah's Witnesses

provided to Jehovah’s Witnesses didn’t become so personal until recently. My cousin who is a Jehovah’s Witness as well passed away last month after being put on the waiting list for liver transplant. She got sick two weeks before, but really didn’t think anything of it until she started having sharp stomach pain and was having trouble walking. She and her husband went to the hospital that night, there they tried to give her a blood transfusion, but since we do not accept blood as Jehovah’s…

the the supreme court justices voted a unanimous decision going against Walter Chaplinsky (Chaplinsky vs. New Hampshire, Oyez). Justice Murphy delivered the opinion of the Court which stated “Appellant, a member of the sect known as Jehovah 's Witnesses, was convicted in the municipal court of Rochester, New Hampshire, for violation of Chapter 378, § 2, of the Public Laws of New Hampshire” (“Chaplinsky vs. New Hampshire, LII”). In conclusion, we can see here we are able to exercise our freedom…

Although there are some Hispanics that are known to be mostly Catholic, Jane religious practices is Jehovah’s Witness. Jehovah’s Witnesses believes that the Almighty God, Jehovah is the creator of all and that He had a great purpose for his creations. They believe in the bible and many prophecies have been fulfilled, but still there are some that has not been fulfilled…

categorized millions in camps across northern Europe as they awaited slaughter. Jews, accounted for 6 million, but 5 million others created a remaining portion of those also persecuted. Groups such as Political prisoners, Gypsies, Homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses created many of those 5 million. People Germans considered Sub-human and Anti-authoritarian, Nazis subjected heavily persecution of them during the Holocaust. Germans classified Africans and Homosexuals as Subhuman. At the camps,…

Many children attending school, specifically high school, are considered to be “troubled” or “disrespectful”. This may be due to a lack of parental guidance or to disorders such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Attention Deficit Disorder is defined as “a condition in which someone (such as a child) has problems with learning and behavior because of being unable to think about or pay attention to things for very long” (Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 8 Oct. 2015). Children diagnosed…

The ordinance was argued by the Jehovah’s Witnesses in argument that it violated their first amendment rights of free exercise of religion, freedom of press, and the right to free speech. In the ordinance established by the Stratton local legislature, it restricted “canvassers” from going door…

4. Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs on blood transfusion This is a religious issue rather than a medical one but it still affects the medical team when it comes to treating a patient who thinks a blood transfusion is unacceptable. Jehovah’s Witnesses have religious beliefs that blood transfusions are unacceptable. They believe that both the Old and New Testaments clearly command them to abstain from blood. These are the sections of the Bible that make them believe they cannot get a blood…

them” (Ashcraft and Daschke 280). After Russell died in 1916, Joseph Rutherford took on the leadership role and changed the name of the group to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Rutherford placed a bigger emphasis on proselytizing to nonbelievers and focused on door-to-door evangelism. Additionally, Rutherford instituted new practices that set the Witnesses apart from mainstream society. For example, members do not celebrate Christian holidays including Christmas and Easter, and they do not celebrate…

brutally murdered. Even though the Nazis singled out the Jewish community in their genocide, five million out of the eleven million killed by the Nazis, were non-Jewish people. Nazis labeled and isolated Gypsies, Slavs, Romani’s, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, political…

Over 60 million people were killed in World War II, but it is estimated that Adolf Hitler cause about 16 million of those deaths. What if Adolf Hitler realized that his action are cruel and that he would've ended the war by pulling his troop back and surrendering? He could've saved many lives and forgive the Jews and not hate them. In the book, "Number the Stars", Things would've been different for Annemarie, Ellen, and their families.Things could've gone another way if Hitler knew that his…