Tag:denomination=jehovahs_witness
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Meeting place where Jehovah's Witnesses hold religious services. 
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Jehovah's Witnesses are a restorationist Christian denomination. Places of worship tagged with this denomination should be tagged with name=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in English.
Note that since the cross (the suggested default rendering for Christian religions) is an objectionable symbol for Jehovah's Witnesses, renderers should take care to use a more generic worship symbol when this tag is found. Several discussions have resulted in the kneeling in prayer symbol being chosen for rendering in Carto.
As a summary of the discussion: though the letters JW have been suggested to match the JW.org logo displayed on all Kingdom Halls regardless of local language, this was rejected mainly due to its textual nature. The WatchTower symbol was also proposed, but is generally not featured on the buildings themselves and there may be some copyright considerations. An open book representing the bible (used in some publications and videos) has not yet been proposed, but an argument against would be its similarity to the symbol for a library. Since Jehovah's Witnesses do not use any symbols in worship, the generic prayer icon is currently accepted as the best option.
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