undercover witness
I take this thread to be tongue and cheek. 34 minutes ago
I keep reading that Jehovah's Witnesses are in effect monsters. I keep reading that they kinda leave chaos and distrust in their wake. So I simply wondered if anyone had anything nice to say about them?
Some of them. The religion breeds them that way.
I am not an official Witness. I am therefore Undercover. They wouldn't let me join their organisation with a cigarette in my mouth. It's unhygienic and sets a bad example to the kids. Quite right too. So if I bump into Witnesses on the street I don't smoke in front of them lest they go and get the hump.
Nice of you. That doesn't make them nice generally speaking.
However, there are many reasons why I like Jehovah's Witnesses wherever they may be. They know the essential validity of the Bible and from all of the versions of the Bibles, their's is the only one that makes any actual sense.
They don't really validate the Bible but instead they validate the governing body's interpretation of it. The New World Translation is a pile of bovine manure.
They know the reality of the Creator and even what His name means.
Some others use the name Jehovah though nowhere near as much as the Witnesses. Think of Exodus 20:7. They simply don't want to identified as a Witness
They know a con from most of the world's religions when they see it too.
Can they smell their own?
They know the prophecies in the Bible and pretty much what they mean and what is on the horizon and beyond.
Sure. Can't you hear the "trumpet blasts" at their assemblies?
Not everything they say or do, nor everything they believe, stands up to examination from the heart, but the vast majority of what they say about the Bible is correct and can be demonstrated by them from every version of the Bible.
Like the doctrine about Sheol in the Old Testament which in the Hebrew means underworld with immortal spirits of the dead (not the soul) are asleep in a literal manner.
Or Hades in the New Testament where, in contradiction to the Old Testament, also refers to the underworld but with conscious (and immortal), souls either in a Paradise section of it for the righteous and a Lake of Fire section (Gehenna) for the wicked. Both of them awaiting the resurrection at judgment day with body and soul joined up together.
Or their idea of Judgment Day.
Yes I know, huh?
And they mean you well. Without hatred in their hearts nor money on their minds.
Something about crows pecking your eyes out and your house being transferred to them comes to mind.
It takes drive and determination to go out in all weathers and keep knocking at everybody's door. They do it for a reason.
Sure. I guess they must go to three or four houses per hour in between coffee and donut breaks.
They have got some stunning information. They know what the so-called 'Good News' actually is. So hats off to them, I say.
Their interpretation of John 6:68 comes to mind.
It is a shame most people think they are mad. They aren't any madder than all of us, though, just very, very driven by and towards our Creator. They have been told to do it by scripture and won't give up until this world's way of doing things ends.
Suuuuuuuuuure. So where does Scripture say that salvation requires being a member of an organization? In particular they have added to the baptismal rite an oath of allegiance to the organization putting it on an equal standing with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).
So hats off to Witnesses because they mean goodness not harm. Above all I like Witnesses because they are my fellow human beings and that's reason enough to like anyone.
ISIS terrorists are your fellow human beings. While the witnesses may not become suicide bombers their belief in Armaggedon slaughtering all non-witnesses is what they believe in their heart. Only because they don't have sovereign territory are they not dangerous to non-witnesses.
