despite the multiple accusations of sexual abuse other wrongdoings and reports by members that have been disfellowed that the organization is cult-like the organization continues to grow and is actually one of the most diverse in america according to the pew research center the religious group has racial demographics that are NUMBER_TOKEN white NUMBER_TOKEN percent hispanic NUMBER_TOKEN black and NUMBER_TOKEN of other races the year NUMBER_TOKEN led to some massive victories for the organization and big changes in how they canvass they received a huge victory in south korea in NUMBER_TOKEN when the south korean government who had jailed over NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN of the church's members since NUMBER_TOKEN for refusing to participate in the military decided to alter how they addressed the issue of conscientious objections the supreme court in south korea decided that rather than jailing those who refused to serve in the military they would instead serve by working in jails for three years after this decision over NUMBER_TOKEN witnesses were released from jail and others had their criminal records expunged in NUMBER_TOKEN the first NUMBER_TOKEN witnesses began their service working in jails the year NUMBER_TOKEN has also led to massive change for jehovah's witnesses in the united states for the first time in the organization's history they stopped canvassing in response to the covet-NUMBER_TOKEN pandemic many members of the religious organization though they agreed with the decision found it extremely sad as they believed people would be so receptive due to the pandemic and more inclined to join the religion than any time before however the group decided the canvassing would leave the impression that members were disagreeing with the safety of those they hoped to convert and therefore found it necessary to stop they did get more creative though as many witnesses continued to canvas by sending pamphlets to their neighbors emails to friends and family and posting about the religion on social media so while the traditional door-to-door canvassing may have been stalled the hopes of gaining disciples were not crushed jehovah's witnesses NUMBER_TOKEN-year long history has been one full of controversy court cases and secrecy from the religion and as they continue to grow throughout the world there's no telling what exactly is going to come next and with that being said that's where we're going to end today's episode of the corporate casket i hope you learned something new about the interesting and somewhat disturbing history behind jehovah's witnesses and what they might be up to if you did make sure to like follow and subscribe to stay up to date on all the recent episodes i appreciate you spending some time here with me today thank you so much for that have a fantastic weekend and i'll see you in the next one bye
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