Religious And Ethnic Groups: Jehovah's Witnesses

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Religious and Ethnic Groups

Julianne Adams

Cultural Diversity/Eth125

August 31, 2014

Tiffany Purifoy

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The religious group that I choose for this paper is the Jehovah 's Witnesses. This group differs from other religious groups in a variety of ways. They have several beliefs that other religions do not embrace. They believe that they are “The One True Religion”(V. Grabe, personal communication, 8/29/14). This faith has many specific beliefs that make them feel this way. They have taken many of their doctrines and put them into print in the their own publication, called The Watchtower. They follow the scriptures in the
This covenant, between Jesus and His disciples, stated that those within this covenant were all promised a place in His heavenly kingdom upon their deaths. They would become kings and priests in his kingdom and would have eternal life. They would be among only 144,000 people who would be instantly allowed into Heaven. Many of these people were already alive when the covenant was made, and therefore this allows a mere percentage of followers afterward who would receive this instantaneous entry. The ones who would die and not go directly into the Heavenly Kingdom that He established, would be resurrected in another form and returned to Earth. This will happen after what we refer to commonly as Armageddon; when the world powers fall, leading to the fighting amongst the religious factors and the political parties. This is known as the downfall of mankind, a lesson that is taught by most Christian based religions. Another difference is that their place of assembly is referred to as a Kingdom Hall, not a church. There is no specific leader of this assembly, as they feel that everyone has the right to speak and lead the members. This would mean that everyone is a preacher, minister or pastor; the
The majority of Hispanic people comes from South and Central America, including Mexico. There are also a few outlying places such as the island of Cuba and the American owned state of Puerto Rico. The only exclusion in these areas is that Brazil is considered to be Portuguese in ancestry; this is their native language. Although these are the main ares that the Hispanic people derive from, there are other places in the world that have Hispanic people. Two of them are Suriname, which is located in the Netherlands, and Guyana which is a place ruled by the United Kingdom. While Latin American Spanish is the standard for the Hispanic people, there are various dialects and vocabulary that is exclusive to each region. Latin American Spanish , sometimes referred to as Highland Spanish, is what most people are familiar with and is the language taught in most U.S. public schools. The culture varies from region to region, yet essentially retains the same values from the country of origin which is Spain. It is noteworthy to say that the term “Hispanic” was not put into use until the US Census Bureau first used the word in the 1970 census. As of the 2010 census, approximately 50 million people identified themselves as Hispanic in our country. The main religion practiced is