Characteristics Of Jehovah Witness

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Jehovah Witness We all have had those days where Jehovah Witnesses come knocking at your front door at ten in the morning. Waiting with excitement holding a Bible to share the word of the day. As a child my mother being Catholic would always answer the door and hear what they had to say; however, my mom being a knowledgeable person in her religion she would always have somethings to say. She would take her bible and have an extremely long conversation with the Jehovah witnesses. “Jehovah Witness worship one God, whose name is Jehovah, they recognize the Bible as Jehovah 's inspirational message to humans” (John). Jehovah Witness religion is most hated for their door to door visits. Throughout this essay, I will be analyzing the predominant …show more content…

Jehovah Witness are collectivistic, according to my friend Giselle “we 're all striving to live in a paradise where we all love each other and our creator. If we try to be independent, we will all somehow struggle. That is why we keep united to help each other.” Jehovah Witnesses are a low- context, direct religion, they read things from the bible and interpret the word of the bible and reword it to help people understand. Jehovah witness is High-uncertainty avoidance; they don 't try to control what happens because they already have an idea of what going to happen by reading the Bible. However they are really big on rules, they are expected to follow all rules. Jehovah Witnesses are high-power distance, people who have more knowledge of the bible like ministers are respected and seen as guidance in knowledge. Jehovah witnesses are Monochronic; they track the amount of time they are out preaching the word of God, “JW’s have to submit a report each month on how many hours they spent in the field service” (Hawkins). Jehovah Witnesses are more a feminine culture; they care about others, and their understand of their …show more content…

Some Things that we share believes in God and his son, which is Jesus. We also share the trait of seeing everyone as a brother or sister; we see our friends and people around us as the children of God making us all brother and sister. In Jehovah Witness religion consists of praying to God, reading the Bible, and meditating on what the Bible Says. Catholics do similar things Some Differences that we have is Catholics believe and respect in the mother of Jesus; we see her as our mother, for in the Bible it says that Jesus told Mary to watch over his brothers and sister, which is us. Another thing is that Jehovah Witnesses don 't worship the cross or any other image, we as Catholics worship the cross because it reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus the Son of God did for us.
In conclusion, Jehovah Witnesses have been stereotyped for centuries because they are walking around and knocking on people 's doors sharing and informing people of what the Bible says. However, know we are aware that this is part of their culture and actions of following what Jesus did. We all have a thing that represents our culture and walking door-to-door is something that Jehovah witness people do to follow

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