Friend in need,
What do David Koresh and Jim Jones have to do with JWs. Have any Witnesses ever killed en mass? I'm afraid I don't understand your point at all.
Maybe not in mass murdering, but their vaccine, blood, transplant, medical, psychological, beating of children and shunning policies have resulted in more deaths and suicides than David Koresh and Jim Jones together.
If the young witness decided to choose religious books over his health concerns, that is his business. Said nurse has no right publicising anything about any patient, especially to a newspaper. That alone would make me wonder about anything the nurse had to say.
That is one of the reasons that I am glad that Moscow is banning the WTB$ from their midst. As Cesar, it must protect its citizens. There has to be something wrong with a religion that places more value in books than life itself. As for the nurse, she did nothing unethical. The person was unidentified by her, plus she helped people become aware of the dangers of belonging to a cult. By the way, where does that article mentions that the witness was young?
And in reply the king will say to them, "Truly I say to you, To the extent that you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
The important words there is "my brothers". In other words Jesus' true followers. You are taking it to mean people in general.
I love it when JWs show their character. To begin with, according to the WT, Jesus brothers are only the anointed. Second, it would not apply to the ?great crowd?s?, need to know the ?good news?.ç because they already have the ?good news?. Third, if they don?t even help their own preserve their own life, they are not preserving Jesus?s life.
You have been deceived, my friend. Time to take your blinders off, and start reasoning.
Are you serious? Of course sisters are included.
You are again showing your blinders. Junction-Guy said
To " a friend in need" So if you take that literally then jesus said to only help the brothers? what about the sisters?
Which you completely ignored. He was trying to prove to you that you can not take everything literally.
You are right. The bible tells us to 'love one another' and to help our neighbours. What is more loving than to pass on life-giving news?
You hit it on the nail. JWs see their role in life as one of publishing for the WT. What is more important: to actually save lives, or to publish news?
Jehovah's Witnesses DO help their neighbours in need as well. They just don't make a production of advertising it. In many countries where natural disasters strike, Witnesses are usually there first to help. They do help their own but others as well.
Don?t you see the contradiction? The only way you know about this disaster relief is because the WT publicizes it. It is their only help, and they ?milk? it as much as possible. Where are their hospitals and food kitchens? When it comes to help their own, they leave it to individuals.
While I appreciate your points about Jesus taking pity on the poor, his main concern was for their spiritual wellfare. We mainly talk about Jesus' ministry on earth, don't we? Not that he was put here to physically feed some.
Blinders on again. Jesus and His disciples shared their wealth, and cured the sick. Do Jehovah?s Witnesses do that? If they were truly Christian, they would do both, just like Jesus and the apostles. Have you analized how much of the gospels are dedicated to show that Jesus helped the physical needs of humans, and how much to proclaim the "good news"?
On the parable to the rich man who wanted salvation, How many commandments about worshipping Jehovah did Jesus mention? None. Jesus did not worship Jehovah, He was more interested in loving God and people.
There is a reason why Jesus did not say that we should love jehovah. That name was very well known by the jews. He only said we should love God.
As in bible times, peoples spiritual needs far outweigh a temporary meal at a soup kitchen. As I said, it is good to feed the poor but not more important than helping them gain the hope of everlasting life.
Blinders on again. Even the Jews recognize that the law was made for man, and not man for the law. Nobody knows for sure what the next life will be like. Even Paul said that you cannot love someone unless you see that his material needs provided for and you help him with those. Christians do this by seeing to their material needs first. (I am not Christian). They have true love for humanity. They don?t preach or put as a condition of their help that you receive the ?good news? first.
The centurion did not even know about Jesus or Judaism. It was his works of charity that made him deserving to be called to the ?good news.?
Think hard. Would JWs be called like the centurion was? Methinks not.
Faraón
