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HardMirror:
I can speak for myself. I am not doubting Gods word. Where is God's word? I have not even seen the gods word talkless of doubting it. Have you seen gods word?

Myer:
I intentionally ignore your mentions and posts because you're painfully predictable.
Every engagement with you starts and ends with promoting your organisation which imakes you sound mechanical.
Just decided to address the bolded.
Who am I shy of? You??
If I was an atheist I would gladly declare it.
But I'm not.
So stop constituting public nuisance on people's threads.

AntiChristian:
So how did Jesus found Jehovah witness?

AntiChristian:
And how many of the disciples were Jehovah witnesses?

Emusan:
So you just learnt not to be hypocrite this year
This is the same hypocrisy I do talk about.
But you can go back to another person's past by digging up a post he made five years ago (2016) but here you are claiming you don't deal with past.
You see, this your cunning life won't help you unless you totally surrender to the Lordship of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Myer:
Are you dust? Since that's what the bible says.

AntiChristian:
Jesus Kwa! I know Jesus didn't marry before. No be Russell be your founder?

HardMirror:
Just so you know and perhaps you can think...
1. No single evidence for creationism
2. There are thousands of evidence that supports evolution.
3. Creationism teaches that life came from nothing, yet creationists keep asking where life started with evolution?
There is absolutely no reason to believe a god created life and no evidence for it.
if you have evidence or superior arguement that supports creationism over evolution tell us, cause no one in the world has so far presented any evidence that life was created
Happy Sunday

HardMirror:
I honestly think, the belief that life is created is because we humans seek to claim being special than other life forms, we do not want to accept we are just animals

Janosky:
Your mumu is incurable
The employee worked for the bonus .
The employee did NOT work for Christmas.

Emusan:
Hypocrite! But you aware my post is about when I first joined Nairaland before you spew that rubbish that day....
Damage control.... Don't worry internet never forget!
At least you can't deny this your glaring hypocrisy.
Hypocrite! See where he wants to hide his hypocrisy.
New light your organization has always used to deceive you.

AntiChristian:
With this your theory can you explain why your founder divorced his wife when there was no peaceful coexistence between them?

Emusan:
No wonder you failed woefully with that moniker
Now this is the hypocrisy I do talk about.
In one of our conversation here, where I made mention about how I joined Nairaland just to catch fun and I can remember vividly how you raised your voice high that how can people be talking about their gods/God but I only join a forum to catch fun.
So what you accused me of doing is what you actually did.
Your hypocrisy is bigger than WTBTS headquarter.

Faithworld1:
Didn't notice a lot was going on here. A should is not a must. People should be allowed to make their choices. Don't be God's judge representative.

Faithworld1:
But is Celebrating Christmas a sin?

FreedomfromtheT:
I don't know how true this story is but the soul is immortal whether you believe it or not. By the way, how do you know he never saw anything? Was Lazarus interviewed as to what he saw when he was dead? Was it everything that was written in the Scriptures. Only those things that were necessary for us to know were written. Thanks.

FreedomfromtheT:
You are so wrong sir. Where you quoted simply means that once a person is physically dead, he knows nothing that happens on earth. Compare that with the true story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke chapter 16: 19 - 31. In verse 19, Jesus' said "there was a CERTAIN rich man....". In verse 17, Christ said "there was a certain beggar......". Both the sinful but rich man and the poor but righteous Lazarus died and immediately found themselves in another places - hellfire and Abraham's bosom (Paradise). Jesus the truth Personified cannot fabricate a story that is not true to make illustrations. In Luke 23:43, Jesus Christ emphatically promised the repentant thief on the cross "Verily, I say unto thee, TODAY, shalt thou be with me in Paradise". As such, immediately both Christ and the saved thief died, they went to Paradise. Thanks.

KnownUnknown:
You dumb animal, where did I or the criminal say anything insinuating an exchange of money between us?
That’s a rhetorical question.
Your fellow cult member lending support to your imbecility is par for the course.
You “stupidly” serve as mugu for some thieving whites in America, so maybe that’s why you are attempting to protect this scammer.
“God’s words” is the epitome of a nonsensical phrase. Lol
The day words come out of your god’s mouth instead of coming out of the mouths of men, or the allegorical nonsense written by misogynistic men, is the day I become a Jehovah witness a.k.a. A day that will NEVER come.

KnownUnknown:
Go ahead and f#ck off.

KnownUnknown:
Shove that Bible where the sun doesn’t shine.
If those nonsense words meant anything, half your cult leaders would be maimed or in jail, not living fat off the hog.

Ola17:
This is quite logical and humane, I learnt from it. Thanks a lot Max. And also thanks to Jehovah!

Crystyano:
You learnt to be heartless
Why should you call someone a beggar or useless because the person asked you for money?
How did he know anyone that asks you for money sees the other person as evil just because the other person doesn't give ?
He arrived at baseless conclusions and you called it humane......... brainwashing at its peak!

KnownUnknown:
Boko Haram is more akin to your cult than me.
Posting the picture of a scammer is public service. Lmao. I’ll sacrifice my nairaland life to save the mugus. Call me the Unknown Christ, the only begotten Son of Chaos.

Anyway, mind your business.

KnownUnknown:
they can ban me. I don’t GAF.
I’m not reporting anything. His picture will be posted if he doesn’t stop.

Ola17:
This kinda sounds hard-hearted, hopefully there’s a profound wisdom behind it. I as a person has been in an unfortunate situation years ago and it was friends and family that rallied round to bail me out. I learnt from that and has always come to the aid of those that seek my help if I can afford to.

Ola17:
If you don’t mind me asking one last time, are Jehovah Witnesses encouraged to come to the help of their member in financial distress?

Ola17:
Thanks a lot. I wholeheartedly agree with most of your points. Just one last clarification though, we can give to our loved ones, friends and relatives who have genuine need right?

Ola17:
Please can you elaborate on this?
Thanks.

TemmyT002:
Taking Nigeria as a case study, if you are not a Jehovah’s Witness, you must have heard from some pastors or some other Christians like you about how the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach the wrong gospel. You must have heard them say that they use the wrong Bible. They must have told you to kick them out of your house or never let them in. They might have even told you that listening to them could lead you to Hell Fire.

My view about them changed when I related with one of them during an external tutorial class. There was a single guy among the rest in a mixed class of Christians and Muslims. This guy was the only Jehovah’s Witness. We all had a lot of fun bullying him. We made jest of his bag and made jest of the fact that he was a Jehovah’s Witness.

Despite all these bullying, he never retaliated. We were still kids back then and our knowledge of the Bible was what we were taught in our different churches. We argued over some verses in the bible and the guy took pains to explain some topics based on what he had been taught. We all shut him down, of course.

Years later, I had the opportunity to visit one of their Kingdom Halls. I had read a lot of their FREE publications and I wanted to see what they did there. I was wowed. I have been to many other churches but this Kingdom Hall was different.

The surprising part was that after the service, I met this guy again and he was so happy to see me. I was surprised. I thought he would make jest of me and ask why I was there. Instead, he and the other people there showed me love.

How are the Jehovah’s Witnesses better Christians than the rest of us?

1. THEY FACE MORE PERSECUTIONS

The Bible says “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”- Matthew 5:10

John 15:18- “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.”

2 Timothy 3:12 – “Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.”

You will agree with me that Christians in Nigeria also get persecuted but the persecutions occur mostly in the Northern part of Nigeria. Jehovah’s Witnesses, however, are many all over the world and they are persecuted more than all other Christians of different denominations. The recent one occurred in Russia.

The Southwestern part of Nigeria, which is full of the Yorubas is considered to be full of people who are tolerant and accept you into their society no matter your status or religion. However, Jehovah’s Witnesses still get persecuted there most of the time.

I watched an American movie about the Second World War and at the end of the movie, some statistics were listed based on the number of people who were killed by Hitler’s Soldiers. Apart from the Jews, the homosexuals, and blacks, I was surprised to see Jehovah’s Witnesses listed among them too.

2. DONATIONS ARE VOLUNTARY

Unlike in other Christian churches where people are forced or even threatened to make donations, donations in Kingdom Halls of the Jehovah’s Witnesses are quite voluntary. When you walk into one of their Halls, you will see a box right at the entrance calling you to make voluntary donations.

In other churches, publications are not free. Pastors and General Overseers write a lot of books. Some churches even produce a lot of books for the benefit of their congregations but these books are not free. This is different with Jehovah’s Witnesses.

In each Kingdom Hall, at least the ones I have been to, there is a special place where lots of books and publications are arranged. You can pick any book depending on the language you want for free.

You might have seen them giving out books on the streets and they would never ask you to buy them. They would instead ask you to make voluntary donations. Even if you don’t have money, you can go ahead and pick. They are more interested in making sure you gain the knowledge of God’s word.

3. MEMBERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Do you know a Jehovah’s Witness who doesn’t ‘preach’ on social media? When Jesus was leaving the earth, he asked his disciples to go all over the world and preach the gospel.

Thankfully, we are in the jet age where you can share information that can reach people all over the world. Unfortunately, today’s Christians rarely make use of this opportunity to preach the gospel.

There are lots of Christians who have huge followers on different social media platforms but unless they are pastors, you would rarely see them post anything related to the gospel on their accounts. Instead of sermons you will see them posting their beautiful pictures.

Jehovah’s Witnesses’ members post different topics on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Pinterest, and so on. Whatever they learn in their Kingdom Halls or conventions, they make sure they share them online.

Other Christians prefer to share nonsensical topics and topics that won’t touch your life positively in anyway. They are supposed to share the sermons they learn from their different churches every Sunday but they would rather share posts concerning Big Brother Nigeria or other nonsense.

4. EVANGELISM

This is one of the things they are known for. Apart from the social media, radio and other modes of evangelism, the Jehovah’s Witnesses preach the gospel by walking from house to house.

Despite the fact that a lot of people reject them, they still keep on. Everything in their minds is looking for one or two people whose lives they can touch positively. You see them walking in the sun, with their umbrellas and bags, with no shame. They prefer to follow God’s instructions and they do this at least twice in a week, walking long distances.

5. TESTIMONIES

Their testimonies are different from those of other Christians. While other Christians give testimonies about what God has done in their lives, most of the testimonies usually involve material things of the world. This is good but there is always something missing.

Other Christians testify about the new cars they just purchased, the new child they just had, the new house they just built and so on. The testimonies of Jehovah’s Witnesses involve turning over a new leaf, giving their lives to Jesus and becoming a model example.

They have different stories on testimonies like these. When you read about people changing and turning over a new leaf, you will be encouraged and you will want to have the same experience. In one of their publications, I read about a Japanese Kamikaze soldier who fought in World War Two and then became a Jehovah’s Witness and began to preach the gospel. I was wowed.

6. THEY ARE ORDERLY AND CALM

Have you ever walked into a Kingdom Hall? As you approach the place, you would believe they are not holding any program because you won’t hear anything. It is only when you enter into the Hall that you will realize that there is a program going on after all.

Other churches love the use of loud speakers. You could be far away and you would hear the different speakers from different churches booming and screaming. Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Kingdom Halls do not pollute the air with noises.

During their programs, they never compete for Bible reading. We all know this. In Pentecostal churches, when the pastor calls a Bible verse, you see fifty people trying to read the same verse at the same time. You would think the fastest reader would be paid for it.

The ‘winner’ is usually the fastest reader. This usually causes fracas among the readers after church services and you may sometimes see two ‘readers’ keeping malice against each other.

The reverse is the case in Kingdom Halls. When a Bible verse is called or when a question is asked, people would raise their hands in order to respond. Everything is calm and quiet. You feel peace in your heart. You forget your problems.

7. SHOW OF LOVE

Many churches in Nigeria love to welcome newcomers. Some churches serve them foods and drinks and collect their phone numbers. The choir members sing a song of welcome and then some top leaders of different groups walk over to the newcomers to shake their hands and welcome. That’s all.

At the end of the program, everyone leaves and forget the newcomer. This occurs in most churches. When a newcomer’s phone number is gotten, all the church want to do is to make sure the newcomer becomes a member and comes always.

In Kingdom Halls, this is different. After the service, almost everyone walks over to you to shake your hand and welcome you with beautiful smiles. Then they politely ask if you would want free Bible study.

There are so many other ways by which the Jehovah’s Witnesses are better Christians than the rest of us and we need to emulate these qualities. There is a very big difference if we are being sincere with ourselves.

Showing love to one another is the key to peaceful nation. Despite the number of churches in Nigeria, in different states and in different streets, corruption is still rampant. Ethnic bigotry and tribalism is till rampant. Something is wrong somewhere and it is all in our hands to change things.

Emulating the qualities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is the key.

SOURCE: https://opinionsandstories.com/how-the-jehovahs-witnesses-are-better-christians-than-the-rest-of-us/

AntiChristian:
You just want to proof your Jehovah witness group...
And it's not about what each person concludes about the text of Islam.
Islam as i said is not about any specific group. What makes us one is the creed!

AntiChristian:
Your first premise is wrong and illogical so your conclusion is also wrong. I have proved many times that the Bible narration is not authentic!