jehovah's witnesses got their name in 1961.
jehovah's witnesses got their name in 1961.
when did jehovah's witnesses get their name?
1961
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for years, conscientious objectors were considered a group of abnormal minority of religious people who chose the doctrine of the church over the sanctity of the state. this is largely due to the mass arrests of jehovah's witnesses for refusing to join the military and the criminalization of seventh day adventists who refused to bare arms. while both jehovah's witnesses and seventh day adventists are christian denominations, their relationship to conscription has differed. both jehovah's witnesses and seventh day adventists were imprisoned and treated inhumanely, however in the 1960's their sentencing was determined by different courts. in the 1960’s jehovah’s witnesses refused to even enlist in the army and were therefore tried in a civilian court whereas seventh day adventists would enlist in the army but refuse to hold guns, and were therefore tried in military courts. with president park's changes in the 1970's however, both jehovah's witnesses and seventh day adventists were tried in military courts, often facing longer and more violent punishments than if they were tried through the civilian courts. additionally, seventh day adventists and jehovah's witnesses had a different relationship with the law and conscription. while the seventh day adventists released a collective statement and appealed to the military and constitutional court to petition for legal objection to military service, jehovah's witnesses as a collective did not take legal action. further, seventh day adventists criticized conscription as an act that was against the church and therefore posed the church against the state. on the other hand, jehovah’s witnesses formulated conscientious objection as a matter of individual conscience.
conscientious objection in south korea