LGBT community rallies for Jehovah's Witnesses

by SixofNine 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  SixofNine

  (scripture at bottom was commentary from whomever posted this on another discussion board)

  http://lgbtweekly.com/2012/01/05/lgbt-community-rallies-for-jehovahs-witnesses/
  
  An anti-hate-crime fund originally endowed by and for the LGBT community is likely to contribute an additional $5,000 to augment a reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) of an arson hate crime against a San Diego Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall – a church noted for its opposition to marriage equality for same-sex couples.
  
  The idea of contributing additional reward money is being promulgated by LGBT activists and community leaders, such as Nicole Murray Ramirez (who is also a columnist for San Diego LGBT Weekly), San Diego Human Relations Commission (SDHRC) chair, Bruce Abrams, and San Diego City Councilman Todd Gloria – among others.
  
  “When I saw this had happened, I thought, ‘Hey, we should help them with a contribution to the reward fund – maybe with $5,000 or so,’” Ramirez said. “That should help find the people who committed this despicable act.”
  
  According to Councilman Gloria’s office, deliberately set fires occurred at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall Dec. 20 and Dec. 30, 2011, while another arson attempt was made at 12:30 a.m., Jan. 3.
  
  
  Matthew 5:43-48 (New International Version)
  
  43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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  No Room For George

  Luke 16:9 is more likely how the WT would view this developement.

  9 “Also, I say to YOU , Make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous riches, so that, when such fail, they may receive YOU into the everlasting dwelling places.
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  undercover

  A very nice and Christian act on their part... but maybe a bit ignorant.

  If they knew just where they stood as a group, and individually, with the teachings of the JWs, maybe they could have put that money to better use elsewhere.
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  sabastious

  Anyone who burns down a Kingdom hall needs to be escorted to the rooms of the criminally insane, imo. Colonel Worf, from Star Trek 6, is good allegory for what evolved war becomes. Arson is outdated, but that doesn't mean there isn't a war between the Watchtower and EX Witnesses.

  The view that Colonel Worf is the grandfather of The Next Generation character of the same name is supported by novels such as The Art of the Impossible, which portrays a promoted General Worf as the father of Mogh. The book also establishes that the elder Worf was not a warrior of any type, saying that, as a defense attorney, his battlefield was the courtroom. Worf did, however, make sure that his son, Mogh, was a warrior. Worf, unlike many other Klingons during his time, did not hold a very high opinion of "The Great Curzon". The novel also states that Lorgh, the man who raises Kurn as his own son after the assault on Khitomer, was an old friend of Worf's, who also kept an eye on the younger Worf living in the Federation, to ensure that both the sons of Mogh would live to adulthood so that his friend's family line would continue.

  -Sab