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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Assist With Disaster Relief? (In Nepal)
by berrygerry 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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OneFingerSalute
Taken from the website, this is the most recent "news" and should pretty well answer to what extent JDubya's provide any relief.
A disaster relief committee based in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, has provided food, potable water, and basic shelters to some 100 Witness families. In addition, one ton of relief supplies was sent to the Witnesses in Tanna to provide for their immediate needs. .
Jean-Pierre Francine, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses in New Caledonia, states: “We are grateful for the aid from abroad as well as the government agencies that have assisted our fellow worshipers.
So not only do they refuse meaningful help for anyone not of the same religion, they suck up government relief that could have been used for those poor souls who are not the victims of the "love" the JDub's show.
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StephaneLaliberte
I always had a problem with the way the claim to be helping for disasters as there is no clear reports on the actual cost and transactions generated by the events. Its always general, very general as in "100 houses were rebuilt or fixed". I have seen this very often and that statement is amazingly broad in meaning.
At my age, I now understand that when an organization purposeful uses broad, non-specific information, then, you should assume the worst!
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StephaneLaliberte
And the concept that there is almost no administrative fees... what about all the bethelites and all the expenses generated by the Organization, including the lawsuits? These are covered by the donations and thus, are to be calculated as the over-head (administrative fees). -
stuckinarut2
A brother who is attached to Bethel sent a report to our hall with an "update" of what had occurred.
It was read out in full.
One line that stood out was this classic:
"So at this stage they estimate some several thousand people have lost their lives, BUT you will be overjoyed to know that NO brothers or sisters have suffered! Doesn't this build our appreciation for Jehovah's loving care shown to his people?!"
I thought: "WTF??? so lets all be happy because although people have been hurt and killed and many are lying there in extreme pain RIGHT now, we should be THANKFUL to god???. What if some witnesses HAD been killed? Would that mean we could be ANGRY with god?!" STUPID IDIOTS!
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James Mixon
They provide toilet paper, kindling and insulation , their mags.
That's something.
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blondie
Since 1975 the WTS had tried to pry away the concept that all jws can expect personal physical protection but still their representatives say otherwise. I remember a jw family that lost 3 members in a car accident as they went home from an assembly.....or the family of four going home from the Sunday meeting, all killed by a drunk driver, or the family who stopped at a rest stop in Tennessee and were all slaughtered by some people the tried to help.
*** w75 6/15 p. 377 par. 10 Looking to the Future with Confidence ***
Should we expect, moreover, that because Jehovah is on our side he will miraculously intervene to protect each one of us personally from death or injury during the “great tribulation”? Both Psalm 91:7-12 and Proverbs 3:25, 26 have been mistakenly cited by some as supporting this view. The psalm says: “A thousand will fall at your very side and ten thousand at your right hand; to you it will not come near.” Lest we read into this text more than it states, we must ask ourselves if Moses is here talking about the coming “great tribulation” and is declaring a blanket protection for individual servants of God then. This would hardly be so when we remember that centuries later Paul showed that up to his time the devoted followers of Jehovah had undergone mockings, scourgings, prisons, tribulations and many other persecutions, even violent death. However, we can be assured that, as a group, Jehovah will protect them from being exterminated by their enemies during the “great tribulation,” and He, himself, will not touch them during his executing of adverse judgments.—Heb. 11:36-38.
*** w10 1/15 p. 9 par. 10 Belonging to Jehovah—An Undeserved Kindness ***
Notice that God promises to protect those who love him and trust in him. (Read Psalm 91:9, 14.) What sort of protection did he mean? Well, Jehovah protected some of his ancient servants physically—in some cases to preserve the genealogical line leading to the promised Messiah. However, many other faithful men were imprisoned, tortured, and killed in devilish attempts to turn them away from faithfulness to God. (Heb. 11:34-39) They found the needed courage to endure because Jehovah protected them spiritually from the danger of breaking their integrity. Therefore, the 91st Psalm can be understood as a promise of spiritual protection.
individual miraculous events?
*** w09 5/15 p. 22 par. 9 The Angels—“Spirits for Public Service” ***
Angels are ever alert to intervene according to God’s will. They rescued Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Daniel, and Peter but did not prevent the deaths of Stephen and James at enemy hands. (Dan. 3:17, 18, 28; 6:22; Acts 7:59, 60; 12:1-3, 7, 11) The circumstances and issues were different. Similarly, some of our brothers in Nazi concentration camps were executed, whereas Jehovah saw to it that most of them survived.
*** w07 3/15 p. 24 par. 14 Angels—How They Affect Mankind ***
Satan has done everything in his power to put an end to the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Yet, as an organization, they have survived such opposition and have prospered. This is, in part, due to the protective shield that the angels have provided.—Psalm 34:7; Daniel 3:28; 6:22.
*** g96 4/8 p. 27 Can True Christians Expect Divine Protection? ***
To understand why divine protection is given, we must understand that it is given not simply to enable individuals to live longer but to protect something far more important, the outworking of God’s purpose. For example, the survival of the Christian congregation as a whole is guaranteed because it is closely linked with the fulfilling of that purpose. However, Christ plainly told his disciples that they as individuals could face death because of their faith. After stating this, Jesus stressed, not miraculous deliverance, but ‘endurance to the end.’ (Matthew 24:9, 13) The fact that some individuals were protected, while others were not, does not indicate that God is partial. God simply used the person who was in the best position to accomplish his purpose, which ultimately will benefit all mankind.
*** g02 4/8 p. 13 Should Christians Expect Divine Protection? ***
Should Christians expect God to rescue them miraculously in every case of impending disaster? The Bible record does not support such an expectation.
How many missed the excepting phrase, “as a group” or “as a whole”?
*** w98 12/15 p. 22 When Armed Robbers Strike ***
While Jehovah protects his people as a whole, he does not intervene in every case to shield his servants from robbery. Job was outstandingly faithful, yet God allowed marauders to plunder Job’s livestock, with loss of life to the attendants. (Job 1:14, 15, 17) God also permitted the apostle Paul to experience “dangers from highwaymen.” (2 Corinthians 11:26)