Jehovah Witnesses were they really affected by the Holocaust? ... As you will discover in my paper, Jehovah Witnesses were affected tremendously during the Holocaust. ... The Jehovah Witnesses made a good-faith effort to state their case, but there were some consequences. ... As Jehovah Witnesses had promised, they began to exposing atrocities occurring in Germany. ... On that same day, Jehovah Witnesses in 49 other countries met in special assembly and sent the following telegram to Hitler: Your ill-treatment of Jehovah's witnesses shocks all good people of earth and dishonors God'...

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New Religious Movements Two new religious movements have made large impacts on society; these are the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Unification Church (Moonies). First Jehovah's Witnesses, they see a new world in which all people, including many raised from the dead, will join hands in peace. ... (Fisher 437) Jehovah's Witnesses are monotheistic because they believe in one God. ... (Fisher 438) Because Moonies believe in one God, they can be classified as a monotheistic religion but it is their understanding of ultimate reality that is different from Jehovah's ...

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One of these controversies that have been brought up is whether or not the Jehovah's Witnesses was at fault for their own persecution. Concluding from all the information present, one can conclude that the Witnesses did not cause their own persecution. Hitler and his Nazi party saw the Witnesses as a threat to their regime. ... The Witnesses refused to take part because they were peaceful people who maintained neutral in the matters of politics and race and it violated all their beliefs. ... The truth is that the Witnesses shouldn't have been bothered with in the first place. ...

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The fervent belief held by Jehovah's Witnesses, in assence, acts as the basis of their religious dissent. ... On one extreme, has been state persecutions of Witnesses. ... A consideration of the Jehovah's Witnesses' bases of dissent will follow. ... Next, Witnesses reject all practices which allude to idolation. ... Anything to do with pledging allegiance to anything or anyone other than Jehovah is strictly intolerable....

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My parents were and still are devout Jehovah's Witnesses. ... Jehovah's Witnesses are very zealous in their faith. ... I was not allowed to associate with "worldly" peers" that I was forced to go to school with; my circle of friends was limited to other Jehovah's Witness children so as to strengthen my faith, and protect me from the evil I was surrounded by. ... We've all been witness to this form of religion, as it is usually associated with extremism and violence overseas. ...

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Jehovah's Witnesses teaches that blood transfusions, even if needed to save a life, must not be accepted. ... Jehovah's Witnesses brought suit in opposition to a state statute that allowed the courts to order medical treatment, including blood transfusions, for children without parental consent. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the act of receiving blood or blood products prevents a person from resurrection and everlasting life after death. ...

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When many people visualize tradition, they think of something that's been handed down from one generation to another. Others may envision tradition as the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs. Tradition plays a major part in life. Everyone believes in different mythology. There are many...

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Jamaica The country I choose to research was Jamaica. Jamaica's population is 2,695,867 as of (July 2003). The population is divided between urban and rural dwellers, and grows at a rate just short 1 percent each year. Jamaican's are mostly descendants of Blacks 90.9%, East Indians 1.3%, White 0.2...

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A good example is the Jehovah's Witness approach that they are to bring as many into the "kingdom- as possible. ... They are simply cut off from Jehovah. By rejecting a Jehovah's Witness while proselytizing you, they are responsibly for your eternal damnation. ...

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Many groups would be mass murdered here, such as Gypsies, Poles, Russians, homosexuals, and even Jehovah's Witnesses. ... Purple symbolized catholic clergy, a pink triangle was associated with homosexuals, a yellow star was symbolized for one of Jewish decent, and finally a violet triangle was a symbol for Jehovah Witnesses. ...

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He also killed 3,000,000 Soviet prisoners of war, 3,000,000 Polish Catholics, 700,000 Serbians, 222,000 Roma, Sint and Gypsies, 80,000 German political and religious leaders, 70,000 handicapped Germans, 12,000 homosexuals and 2,500 Jehovah's Witnesses. ...

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Belize is a multi-church society. Several religious denominations exist throughout the country. Among these are the Adventists, Evangelists, Catholics, Baptists, Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons. Most of these churches are centered on the teachings and beliefs in the Jesus Christ ant the Bible. Thu...

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A witch hunt occurs any time when a group of people persecutes another group unfairly, usually blaming that group for larger problems. A political campaign launched on the pretext of investigating activities subversive to the state. Witch hunting is an expression of fear, ignorance and manipulation ...

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An estimated 5.5 million other Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's witnesses, mental defects, socialists, communists, and any other groups that did not fit into his vision of the master race were murdered in the same concentration camps in the same manor as the Jews. ...

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The modernization of religion affected the world today by in today's world we have different religions such as Baptist, Christians, Catholic, Pentecostal, and Jehovah witness and freedom of religion. ...

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There are two well known religions that avoid conventional medical treatment the Jehovah Witnesses and the Christian Scientists, there are many other smaller sects that carry similar beliefs and they are as follows: The Body "The Body of Christ", Bible Readers Fellowship, Church of the First Born, End Time Ministries, Faith Assembly, Full Gospel Deliverance Church, Faith Tabernacle Congregation, Christ Church, Grace Baptist Church, and Home in Zion Ministries, there are probably others but these are the ones currently recognized according to Robinson (2002). ... "Jehovah witnesses have a speci...

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"What enters our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us" (A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy). To me this quote means, whatever thoughts or reactions you have when the word God is mentioned will determine how you think, feel, and behave. Thoughts on God vary througho...

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• 81% Roman Catholic • 13.5% Protestants • 1.9% No Religious Beliefs • 2.3% Jewish • 3.6 Other faiths: ◦ Seventh-day Adventist Church ◦ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ◦ Jehovah's Witnesses ◦ Bahá'í Faith ◦ Judaism Cultural Colombian Food Cultural Colombian food that is usually recognized around the world is Coffee. ...

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I truly believe that the Lord had His hand on me as a young child, as throughout my childhood, I used to pray and seek His face, but for the first 10 years of my life, my family followed the Jehovah's Witness religion. ...

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This family Christmas made me very nervous because our tiny townhouse was full of hungry people, people with very different personalities, backgrounds and families who were now brought together as one family, my family. They were all counting on my mom to present them with a feast that was just as a...

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After the Jerusalem Council, it was clear that all people with faith would be saved and that this does not only include Jews, but also the Gentiles. Believers were "free from the law," meaning that they did not have to live under the law. However, we can see Paul blaming the Galatians about their fi...

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Dressing How We Think Everyone has always wanted to know the answer to the greatest question ever known to man: Why do we wear the clothes we do? I have actually always thought about why we wear what we do, and it is probable that we have reasons why we choose certain colors, styles, and bargains ...

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Throughout history, Christians have persecuted Jews. Jews have been the target of prejudice and many conversion attempts. However, Christianity has the same origins and core beliefs as Judaism. The similarities between Christianity and Judaism are numerous. For example, both Jews and Christians beli...

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Anne Frank was born on the 12th June 1929 into a Jewish family in Germany, in the town of Frankfurt an Main however when Anne was 4 years old the Frank family emigrated to Holland where they would be safe from Hitler who was der fuehrer (-the leader) and likely to put them into concentration camps o...

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The Holocaust The Holocaust was a terrible time in history. When Hitler came into power in 1933 the ruthless deaths of over 600,000 Jews was about to occur. Though today some people still refuse to believe that it ever occured, the proof of evidence that it did is too obvious to disregard. The...

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