When leaders in government FAIL your needs and your loved ones needs, do you still follow them and their rules? Jehovah's Witnesses, who number at 1.3 million in the US, are among them. Copyright 20102023, The Conversation Media Group Ltd. A man crosses himself outside the Jehovahs Witnesses building in Hamburg where several people were killed during a shooting March 9, 2023. Other faithful Christians would be reunited with dead loved ones and live on a renewed Earth. Those types of bans are included in this analysis.). Bahais and Jehovahs Witnesses in the country were not permitted to have places of worship or import religious literature. As Jesus said of them: "They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world." by slimboyfat Didn't want a fuss, and that's it'," Mr Hahn said. Ms Clare told Four Corners she complained at the time about Amy's abuse to a Witness elder. Shes voted ever since. A woman could never give counsel to a man in the church. That would be money not well spent, he replied. They say that God will start a worldwide war called Armageddon, and the people who do not obey God or worship him the way he expects will be killed. I'm the same. Bill Hahn was his congregation's treasurer or "accounts servant". She's suing for breaching the duty of care they owed her, by failing to protect her and allowing sexual abuse to occur. Jehovah's witnesses neither campaign nor engage in any political effort to support a change of governments. Jehovah's Witness - Beliefs | Britannica It's unclear how Jehovah's Witnesses would vote if they engaged in. I am reminded of what Eric Barreto, a New Testament scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary, once wrote in The Huffington Post about just how political Jesus was in his ministry. Should a Christian Serve on a Jury? Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY - JW.ORG Followers believe their allegiance belongs to God alone, who runs an actual government in heaven. "One little grandson was with his dad and his dad let him speak to me and he said to me, 'I'm forgetting you Nanny'. A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses church, his beliefs prevent him from bearing weapons and from joining any organisations . "So, really, for the last 10 years, from when the reality of it set in, that, 'Okay, they view me as dead' you almost mourn in reverse," he said. The men going to military jail for their faith - BBC News Even if they did vote, Jehovahs Witnesses make up less than 1% of the Nigerian population and are scattered all across the country. Jehovah's Witnesses cover up child sex abuse and oust a victim. "It was one of the worst experiences of my life. Hundreds of thousands of Americans wont be voting in this election. Yeo Zheng Ye grew up in Singapore knowing he would have to go to jail. Mum died three weeks ago, and I knew it was coming at some point, and I just got a text message from my brother, to say, 'Oh, by the way, mum died yesterday of stomach cancer. If Jehovah's Witnesses did engage in politics, experts say their political allegiances would likely reflect a cross-section of American society given the group's large size, diversity, and even spread across the country.