He ordered us to preach to the people and to give a thorough witness.—Acts 10:42

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He ordered us to preach to the people and to give a thorough witness.—Acts 10:42.All of us are subject to “the law of the Christ.” (Gal. 6:2) That law includes all that Jesus taught. Foremost among Jesus’ teachings is that his followers should display love. (John 13:35; Jas. 2:8) And one of the primary ways we show love for God, for Christ, and for our neighbor is by preaching the good news of the Kingdom. (John 15:10; Acts 1:8) Jesus commanded only a relatively small number of his followers—those to whom he appeared after his resurrection—to preach. (Acts 10:40-42; 1 Cor. 15:6) But all his faithful first-century disciples recognized that the command applied to them, even if they had not personally heard Jesus speak. (Acts 8:4; 1 Pet. 1:8) Likewise today, Jesus has not personally spoken to any of the eight million active Kingdom preachers. But all recognize their obligation to exercise faith in Christ and to express that faith by means of the witnessing work.—Jas. 2:18. w15 3/15 4:14, 15

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@lightblueberet wrote:

You're knocking your head against a brick wall cee-dee !

If I'm not mistaken, their Governing body forbids "independent thinking", with the claim that such thinking is the devil's work !

Thus, any chance of reasoning is...futile !

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Yes you are mistaken xxx

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@astrologica wrote:

He's dead.......full stop.

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No astro, he is very much in existence in the heavens with Jesus Christ.  Xx

[cee-dee]

You can't produce a miniscule bit of evidence to prove that is correct. Believing it doesn't make it so.

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@evoman3957 wrote:

You have absolutely NO proof whatsoever to back up that claim, just BLIND faith.............and if your going to say " I know because somebody ELSE said so "...........please save your breath and think of how ridiculous that sounds to MOST people.........the fact is YOU don't KNOW and YOU will never KNOW !!!

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I have all the proof I need, and because of that and my own ability to reason on the facts before me, yes I have faith that what I have come to believe to be the truth is the truth.

[lightblueberet]

"...Yes you are mistaken..."

I think not fd, but I fully understand that this is something no JW, in his/her right mind, would ever admit !

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CeeDee the answers you asked for ARE in the link.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-teach/what-is-gods-kingdom/

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@lightblueberet wrote:

"...Yes you are mistaken..."

I think not fd, but I fully understand that this is something no JW, in his/her right mind, would ever admit !

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Lol, xxx lightblueberet.  I'm am quite happily in my right mind thank you, but I can quite understand why you would say what you do. Xxxx

It's kind of that you have to say that because of you yourself admitted anything other then you would not be in yours lol xxx

8 million, now are all united in the same truths. That is including very many learned men and women. Xxx

[evoman3957]

It's appropriate that Sheep are used in religious connotations to describe the " Flock " , for they would follow a shepherd wherever that shepherd would take them and even if that shepherd were blind, misguided, or evil...........and they wouldn't know the difference.........they don't have the ability to look further than the shepherd........even if he's taking them to be slaughtered.

[astrologica]

So.....if he is in existence in the Heavens...what does this existence consist of? Have you any idea? Do your scriptures tell you what you will be doing in your new life in the Heavens? With the greatest of respect FD, I find that sort of blind belief ridiculous.

[evoman3957]

F-D............although we don't agree, you don't bother me and I shouldn't bother you. People who practice their religion in peace, are no real bother to anybody.  The best way I can put it, is to say it's like me seeing a seller selling a fake on eBay.  I know it's a fake ,because it's in my field of expertise and my main annoyance is with the seller; who has no scruples in taking the buyer for a ride. I'm slightly annoyed with the buyer, for playing around in a field that they obviously don't know enough about; but I'm more annoyed, because they are going to be taken for a ride.  I can't contact the buyer to tell them, until it's too late and if I contact the seller; they'll tell me to mind my own business ( because they know I know what they're up to ).  So I watch from the sidelines, while the seller pulls off the scam and the buyer remains happy with the fake they've just bought; because they don't know the difference.  I'll accept it , because I can't change it , but I don't have to be happy about it.

" Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference ".

[cee-dee]

It's all nonsense. There's no proof there. It's all belief. You believe it so you say it must be right, it's not. Answers according to the JWs are not proof. What's written in the many versions of the Bible were all written by MAN as were all the ancient writings upon which many Bible stories were based.

If ancient writings are "the proof", where does that leave other ancient writings which tell a different tale and are not connected to the Jewish faith or Christianity?

All that which has been written was written by MAN. It all came out of the mind of a MAN. If your god was an all powerful being, he (it must be some being with a male perspective?) would ensure that the human race on this planet saw him, saw him regularly and saw him write his proposals for a way of life according to him.

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@astrologica wrote:

So.....if he is in existence in the Heavens...what does this existence consist of? Have you any idea? Do your scriptures tell you what you will be doing in your new life in the Heavens? With the greatest of respect FD, I find that sort of blind belief ridiculous.

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I was explaining how the apostle Paul is in existence in the heavens, he now is a spirit being, (pretty obvious if he is in the heavens I would think.)

I haven't said I believe I will be in heaven, I have no wish to be there, if I stay faithful and get through the oncoming great tribulation then I am hoping to be part of the many who will enjoy everlasting life on a cleansed new paradise on earth.

And with the greatest of respect to you astro, I really don't think you do respect anyone with the faith . It is just lip service. I really don't mean to offend when I state that, it is a genuine feeling, but of course I have no right to expect anything more, you are entitled to your opinions. Xxx. 

Do you really take notice of my answers, you speak of blind faith all the time, but I explain to you that my faith is built up from reading the scriptures, reasoning on the evidences I believe to be there and coming to conclusions based on my ability to choose those conclusions for myself, so in that respect it is not BLIND faith, it is FAITH.xxx

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@cee-dee wrote:

It's all nonsense. There's no proof there. It's all belief. You believe it so you say it must be right, it's not. Answers according to the JWs are not proof. What's written in the many versions of the Bible were all written by MAN as were all the ancient writings upon which many Bible stories were based.

If ancient writings are "the proof", where does that leave other ancient writings which tell a different tale and are not connected to the Jewish faith or Christianity?

All that which has been written was written by MAN. It all came out of the mind of a MAN. If your god was an all powerful being, he (it must be some being with a male perspective?) would ensure that the human race on this planet saw him, saw him regularly and saw him write his proposals for a way of life according to him.

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I'm sorry CeeDee, but you can turn that around, just because you don't believe doesn't mean it isn't true.  Xxxx

The bottom line is, I believe there is a creator who cannot lie, so everything that comes after that I can reason on in a logical way and come to the conclusions I do. I believe in a The Almighty God and his power, I appreciate  and honour his Sovereignty so the proof is there and I want to please him and obey him and know I need him for every aspect of living my life.

You don't believe he exists therefore nothing will register as proof to you, you won't have an appreciation for him and his sovereignty and won't accept you need him etc etc. That is no proof that he doesn't exist, that.is just the conclusion you come to. You have a choice to believe and follow or not. The same as I.

In my opinion Jehovah  is verry real  he is our grand creator, and anyone who wishes to be acknowledged as  a Jehovah's witness is required to tell others what the choice is and why .

What won't change is the promise that has been made for the wickedness to be ended whether we believe it or not. Time will reveal who is right and who is wrong. The sad thing though is it will then be too late for many. Surely it would be better to research it for yourselves rather than just to listen to all the negativity about it, at least you would understand the reasons why ones like me keep on, that we do care for our fellow man, our motives are good that we are just Jehovah's workers.  Xxxx

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@evoman3957 wrote:

F-D............although we don't agree, you don't bother me and I shouldn't bother you. People who practice their religion in peace, are no real bother to anybody.  The best way I can put it, is to say it's like me seeing a seller selling a fake on eBay.  I know it's a fake ,because it's in my field of expertise and my main annoyance is with the seller; who has no scruples in taking the buyer for a ride. I'm slightly annoyed with the buyer, for playing around in a field that they obviously don't know enough about; but I'm more annoyed, because they are going to be taken for a ride.  I can't contact the buyer to tell them, until it's too late and if I contact the seller; they'll tell me to mind my own business ( because they know I know what they're up to ).  So I watch from the sidelines, while the seller pulls off the scam and the buyer remains happy with the fake they've just bought; because they don't know the difference.  I'll accept it , because I can't change it , but I don't have to be happy about it.

" Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference ".

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I see your point evoman ☺ xx

But I/ we am not an unscrupulous seller. Xx

[lightblueberet]

"...the oncoming great tribulation..."

What oncoming great tribulation ? The one your faith predicted for 1914, then 1925, and lastly 1975, and who knows how many other years !

[cee-dee]

You mention "proof". You don't have any. All you have is your belief, that's not proof.

I don't have to prove there is no great all powerful being because it's you claiming that there is.

You believe it, OK, carry on believing but don't try claiming your belief is proof because it's certainly not.

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https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/does-god-exist/

[Anonymous]

But Forum,

What about the following then. I'm pretty sure these faiths must have some learned men and women as well. People who will have done their homework, just as the JW say they have. So who decides who is right and who is wrong? You would have to study all their scriptures to make sure you are betting on the right horse so to speak.

Buddhism has over 500 million followers

Hinduism has about 1 billion followers world wide

Islam roughly 1.5 billion  followers.

Catholicism around 1.09 billion.

Christianity in general approx 2.4 billion.

Sikhism approx 30 million.

Looks like a lot of people are going to get a bad deal if they don't become Jehova witnesses.

[cee-dee]

Yet another JW link promoting the JW brainwashing which provides absolutely no evidence only more "belief".

It's all absolute garbage with no substance whatsoever. It seems some people just cannot (or want to) grasp  absolute creation formed by physics over the eons leading to (as far as this planet's concerned) evolution.