>i know some are going to go in about us not really being
>Christian (blah, blah, blah, etc) but we have in the past and
>are currently being persecuted for our faith and beliefs.
>
>of course in Nazi Germany JW's were put in concentration camps
>and were the only people there who could leave whenever they
>wanted as long as they denoucned their faith. in this country
>we've had to go all the way to the Supreme Court numerous
>times to keep the right to not have to salute the flag in
>schools, preach door to door, etc. i personally know of
>people who've had the police called on them and/or arrested
>just for preaching. most of that persecution ironically came
>from other people claiming to be Christians themselves.
>
>while things aren't nearly as bad here in the United States
>anymore there are many JW's around the world today who are
>being persecuted in one form or another. there's like 600
>JW's in prison right now in South Korea because they're
>conscientious objectors , our property in the Ukraine is being
>seized unlawfully among other things. there's some countries
>were we're still banned outright.