Brilliant Talk Yesterday

Just thought I would share this.........a brother who used to be a mercenary before he came into the Truth  gave the talk at the Hall yesterday and he said that the Bible was like Jehovah's CV.....it told us everything about Him.....so we can really know Him.

He also said with all the governments and all the rules and regulations in the world, and nothing working at the moment, we should appreciate that Jehovah only has 2 laws.............Love Him above all other things, and love our neighbours..........if only the whole world obeyed those 2 laws there would be peace without the need for Armageddon................so its all down to humans why things are going wrong.

If we abandoned the planet tomorrow the earth would repair itself and there would be peace and harmony in Nature.........

Man has really messed up.

Thank goodness we have had the chance to know Jehovah and have a hope for the future!!

.............Love Him above all other things, and love our neighbours.......
...if only the whole world obeyed those 2 laws there would be peace

WELL at least he got that part right. But as to Jehovah???
that isnt the name of MY GOD where did he dig that up? what century?

Welcome Violet,

I look forward to more of your comments, and perhaps if you feel able, an introduction of yourself so we know a little about you.

Welcome again.

Love

Wobble

de ja vu, could sworn id already read this somewhere else.

add an N to your name Violet and you have Jehovah's CV in one word. 

de ja vu, could sworn id already read this somewhere else.

sadly I posted this twice....sorry!!

Nice observations Violet, especially "Jehovah only has 2 laws". Yes, humans tend to follow destructive ways, whether it be politics or religion. Sadly, "Jehovah's organization" has kept adding to Scripture over the years until it is hard to distinguish what is essentially Scriptural and what is man-made. But to be fair - many, many religions have done this: Started out with the Scriptural basics only to add their own interpretations. Look forward to hearing more from you, Violet.

Hi Violet, I'm a rare poster but would like to welcome you to the board.   The 2 points you mentioned are very important ones.  I know many people who are not Jehovah's Witness, that implement those principles into their lives.  Loving our neighbors should be unconditional, whether they be JW, Muslim, gay...

Non judgement and love, are truly godly qualities.

> with all the governments and all the rules and regulations in the world, and nothing working at the moment

I disagree with this statement.  If none of the rules were working we would be in a situation similar to Mad Max.  I don't see any Mad Max's anywhere other than places like Afghanistan. 

If we abandoned the planet tomorrow the earth would repair itself and there would be peace and harmony in Nature.........

As nice as that sounds, it is a lie to believe nature lives in harmony.  In earth's history, more species have gone extinct than exist on the earth today.  Regardless of the changes man has made... nature has never been anything but a war for survival.  Lions and bears are not 'in harmony' with the species they hunt.  Predators were hunting prey to extinction long before man came along.  This is fact, demonstratable by the fossil record.

It's silly to consider the works of man 'unnatural'.  Everything in nature is a product of nature, and that includes man and his behavior.  Man takes every advantage it can of it's environment the way all species try to do.  Ants and bees build colonies.  Beavers build dams.  All species have an impact on the environment they live in, positive and negative.  Man just adapts his environment to suit his own needs really, really well.

Sometimes even man is at the mercy of natural creatures changing their environment.  The bacteria that grows in your gut produce chemicals that trick your immune system.  They change YOU so that your own immune system fights off bacteria that are their rivals - sometimes causing food alergies.

Man does some unfortuately distructive things - but unlike a beaver that wipes out a species of frog by building dams in an area  - humans can recognize the damage they cause and make an effort to reduce their impact.

- Lime