Contradictions Found in Jehovah’s Witnesses

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an essay written on jehovah`s witnesses and contradictions found in their beliefs

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When I was brain-storming about this paper, I planned to write about Buddhism, with which I had many chances to contact in Korean. However, when I looked-up characteristics of Christianity to find facts that I can compare with other religions, I saw many people asking about the differences between Christianity and Jehovah`s Witnesses and interesting debates regarding those two. In Korea, two years of military training is one of the required duties of males with Korean citizenship, but due to Jehovah`s Witnesses belief, they are taught to refuse such duties and would rather go to jail. Although Jehovah’s Witnesses pay their penalty by going to jail which technically excuses them from their duty, something did not feel right for me, and many others agreed by saying that they felt Jehovah’s Witnesses are making an excuse to get out of duty. I knew there were different branches of Christianity but I did not know the differences between Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christianity.

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