Jehovah - A lover of diversity

by PopeOfEruke 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  PopeOfEruke

  While looking out the window on a recent long road trip, I took some time to reflect on the natural world. What amazed me was the amount of diversity in the plants and animals. I noticed a certain type of tree, and just in this family of trees there are simply hundreds of varieties. And thats just one tree! There are thousands and thousands of other plants, each with their multitude of varieties.

  Then I thought about all the animals, and all the nationalities of people. All different colours, all different lifestyles, dress, speech patterns, languages, mannerisms, traditions, cultures, and so on.

  Well, the JW's believe that Jehovah created everything. And creation has so much diversity. What does that prove? Jehovah must love diversity! I think there is even a scripture that says God invisible qualities are made evident by the things created. The wealth of diversity in ALL created things, plants, animals, humans must indicate that Jehovah is a god of diversity and who loves diversity.

  I can imagine Jehovah sitting back and looking at the planet, with all the diversity of his creation and feeling very pleased. This planet has got it!

  Any arguments so far?

  So then, if he is pleased with all the diversity of his human creation, the skin colours, customs, clothes, cultures, WHICH HE CREATED, why would he be displeased with the variety of the way in which the humans worship him?

  Why would he insist that only 1 religion is correct? Why did he not create 1 type of cat? 1 type of dog? How could he create a planet of such diversity and then expect that he would be worshipped in 1 way?

  The JW's ask the householders: Why are there so many religions?

  Well, because God Loves diversity!! Its a natural fact of creation taht there are many religions. Obviously he loves the myriad of ways he is worshipped, from Jew to Muslim to Catholic to whatever. Thats the way he made the planet.

  He is a god of diversity. To believe that he insists on only 1 way of worship is ludicrous.

  To believe such a thing flies in the face of the evidence of Gods creation surrounding us, and to me proves how off track the JW's are, and how their beliefs are anti-Bible and anti-God.

  The Pope (and I should know!!!)
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  larc

  Pope,

  I think you are on to something. If it wasn't for diversity, I wouldn't be sitting here in Ohio eating Chinese, Tai, Italian, and Mexican food. Now, all these cultures not only had different foods, they had different religious histories, as would be expected. Given our human history, how could one culture's conclusions be judged to better than another's.

  The Jews gave us Moses and reuban sandwiches. I like them both.
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  Mister Biggs

  Interesting perspective.
  I will ponder on your thoughts.

  Spoons?!? Can I assume that the potatoes will be mashed tonight?
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  Bang

  He is the Adventure, the diversity of life is His creation, and He sees it as "good".

  I'm sure He likes to look around, to "see life". God likes a tent, tentative living. The faith is in the love, not in the temple. Our 'land' is His love, a "land with hills and valleys", hills at first and then valleys - it's a firmament between the waters above (water from God) and the waters below (sea of man etc) - let their be a firmament, a spiritual firmament - with the kingdom of God in the midst of you.

  For me He is the Adventure I would follow to "see life", with all the diversity, the ups and downs - a real Adventure isn't padded. I wonder if that's why we tend to watch tele.

  The wicked servant keeps his talent under a rock, to keep it in the one spot out of fear, because he doesn't trust God, he's afraid of losing it (maybe a demon might steal it or something?).

  Creation is "good" and diversity as we know it is part of it - joined by love in creation.
  To fix Him in the one spot of our design divides the love that is God, it's against His design of diversity, an attempt to "nail Him down", so as to "buy and sell" a love, etc. etc.

  Bang