Every once in a while a wee bit of wisdom falls into your lap that is so special, so very wondrous, so magically delicious, that not having a way of sharing it with you would very nearly have me burst at the seams! Actually in this particular case the glorious truth arrived not via the lap route, but rather in my mailbox, compliments of my friends and yours, the Jehovah's Witnesses.
First let me tell you that I very much respect these people. Not that their particular brand of cultism rings any more sane to me than the rest of them, but rather for their courage and work ethic. You gotta give credit where credit is due, and when it comes to standing behind their beliefs, the JW's go the extra mile....literally! If they were willing to put miles on their car just to visit my mailbox, then the least I could do is have a look at their paper before I recycle it. Or perhaps it was just because I was returning from my hill run, and the oxygen levels to my brain had not quite been restored??
But I digress. Back to the wisdom they chose to share with me on this gorgeous December Sunday. It came in the form of a very succinct little pamphlet espousing their belief in resurrection---to quote them exactly the pamphlet header was "Can the dead really live again?"
Once they raise the question, they then go on to provide supporting documentation in the form of...you guessed it...bible quotations. Three of them to be exact.
But! They certainly don't expect you to just take this all on faith, and as a matter of fact when you turn the page, they turn their assertion into an unbiased, neutral, bordering on academic, discussion by asking this question---in bold letters no less--- "CAN WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS?"
WOW!
I was impressed that these people of strong faith would actually put their arguments to the test, and if their intent was simply to get me to finish reading the rest of their pamphlet, then they were successful.
You might have guessed however that their question as to the bible's believability was immediately answered with a resounding yes, and furthermore they provided the proof in the form of, and again I quote, "at least 3 reasons"
And this is when it gets precious. If I didn't already believe in god then this manna from heaven would have certainly converted me on the spot. Paul himself wouldn't have been able to claim a more dramatic or unexpected conversion!! It made me grin when I read it half way up the laneway, and now some hours later my grin has turned into a chuckle. Can you guess what they used as proof that the bible can be believed? Wait for it! And then laugh with me!
Quotes from the bible!!!!
I just laughed out loud again. Yes my dear friends, you can all rest comfortable knowing that you can believe the bible, because the bible says so!!
I'm sure that the people that actually write the pamphlet are not typical of the the Witnesses in general, because I refuse to believe that there are that many people out there that either a) have an IQ in the single digits, or b) believe that my IQ is even lower. Then again, I guess that a) does not necessarily preclude b) and indeed they could be both stupid, and think that I am as well!! Perhaps they're even right eh??
Hill run, 9kms
"You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the truth."--- Michael Levy
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."--- John 8:32
Love
Peter
First let me tell you that I very much respect these people. Not that their particular brand of cultism rings any more sane to me than the rest of them, but rather for their courage and work ethic. You gotta give credit where credit is due, and when it comes to standing behind their beliefs, the JW's go the extra mile....literally! If they were willing to put miles on their car just to visit my mailbox, then the least I could do is have a look at their paper before I recycle it. Or perhaps it was just because I was returning from my hill run, and the oxygen levels to my brain had not quite been restored??
But I digress. Back to the wisdom they chose to share with me on this gorgeous December Sunday. It came in the form of a very succinct little pamphlet espousing their belief in resurrection---to quote them exactly the pamphlet header was "Can the dead really live again?"
Once they raise the question, they then go on to provide supporting documentation in the form of...you guessed it...bible quotations. Three of them to be exact.
But! They certainly don't expect you to just take this all on faith, and as a matter of fact when you turn the page, they turn their assertion into an unbiased, neutral, bordering on academic, discussion by asking this question---in bold letters no less--- "CAN WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS?"
WOW!
I was impressed that these people of strong faith would actually put their arguments to the test, and if their intent was simply to get me to finish reading the rest of their pamphlet, then they were successful.
You might have guessed however that their question as to the bible's believability was immediately answered with a resounding yes, and furthermore they provided the proof in the form of, and again I quote, "at least 3 reasons"
And this is when it gets precious. If I didn't already believe in god then this manna from heaven would have certainly converted me on the spot. Paul himself wouldn't have been able to claim a more dramatic or unexpected conversion!! It made me grin when I read it half way up the laneway, and now some hours later my grin has turned into a chuckle. Can you guess what they used as proof that the bible can be believed? Wait for it! And then laugh with me!
Quotes from the bible!!!!
I just laughed out loud again. Yes my dear friends, you can all rest comfortable knowing that you can believe the bible, because the bible says so!!
I'm sure that the people that actually write the pamphlet are not typical of the the Witnesses in general, because I refuse to believe that there are that many people out there that either a) have an IQ in the single digits, or b) believe that my IQ is even lower. Then again, I guess that a) does not necessarily preclude b) and indeed they could be both stupid, and think that I am as well!! Perhaps they're even right eh??
Hill run, 9kms
"You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the truth."--- Michael Levy
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."--- John 8:32
Love
Peter
Someday, we'll have the discussion about this, and believe it or not, my IQ has actually reached triple digits (likely not as many as yours, but you know..) and I still believe!! Love, gail
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