Jehovah's Witness Diversity Awareness

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For my diversity awareness paper, I have decided to investigate information about the religious group Jehovah Witness. My religious group would be non-denominational Christian. Even though Jehovah’s Witness is a type of Christian organization, they have certain beliefs and have different practices from what my in group does. Whenever I have heard of Jehovah’s Witness, I automatically think of the individuals who go from door to door in my neighborhood who want to talk to my family about religion and give us little booklets that talk about their religion believes in. I decided to choose this group of individuals because I know very little about them and have always been curious to know more about their practices and religion. For this paper,
One of the major difference between the two is that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe in the Trinity. They do not believe in the Trinity because it is a spirit and all spirits are associate with pagan religion and they want God to be the true one. They also do not celebrate Christmas because they do not believe Jesus was born in December and do not think gifts should be exchanged if it is supposed to be a celebration for Jesus’ birth. Also, they believe in Easter, but they do believe Jesus was resurrected from the dead. They do not want to associate His resurrection with the Easter
This misconception is that Jehovah’s Witness are trying to “force individuals to join their congregation” or that the “main purpose of field service is getting more individuals to join their congregation”. In reality, their main purpose for field service is just to continue spreading Jehovah’s word and they also provide information for about their congregation. After hearing him talk about this misconception I felt bad because that was a stereotype that I always thought about when I see Jehovah’s Witness doing field service. I know when my mom is home and Jehovah’s Witness come to our house, she has always let them in and talk to them. For my mom she has always been very spiritual and felt a close relationship with God and enjoys learning about different cultures and religions. In the future, I need to stop thinking about this stereotype and listen to what these individuals have to say when they come to my house the next time they are doing field service in my

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