Jehovah's Witnesses are from another planet
Will Jehovah's Witnesses Populate Other Planets?
by God_Delusion 31 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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blondie
Past comments by the WTS re life on other planets, now or future:
Worldwide Security p 184 22 The God of the "Prince of Peace" Becomes "All Things to Everyone" ***
To all eternity our earth will bear a distinction that no other planet throughout endless space will enjoy, though the earth may not be the only planet that will ever be inhabited. Uniquely, it will be where Jehovah has indisputably vindicated his universal sovereignty, establishing an eternal and universal legal precedent. It will be the only planet on which Jehovah of armies will have fought "the war of the great day of God the Almighty." It will be the only planet to which God sent his dearest Son to become a man and die in order to recover the planet?s inhabitants from sin and death. It will be the only planet from which Jehovah will have taken 144,000 of its inhabitants to be "heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ."?Romans 8:17. w54 3/1 159 Questions From Readers ***
The publishers of "NewHeavensandaNewEarth" are well aware that some have speculated about creatures from earth as being taken to other planets to populate them, and the way some of these speculators talk it exalts their importance and makes it sound as though Jehovah needs men of the earth to complete his work of creation relative to other planets, and it is with such presumptuousness in view that the book said Jehovah does not need them. The expression about not needing them is designedly used to refute these unvoiced assumptions of God?s need of human couples on the part of those voicing such private interpretations. To preach that Jehovah?s purpose is to populate the other planets with couples from earth does make such couples necessary for his purpose. If it were his purpose to do it in that way, then he would be in need of such couples; otherwise he would have to do it in a way other than what he had purposed. If he did not use them his purpose to do it in that way would fail. So for these reasons the book had grounds for brushing aside this assumed need of Jehovah for human couples. w54 3/1 159 Questions From Readers ***
Whether there are other planets like the earth in other parts of the universe or not, and, if so, whether any of them are inhabited by some kind of life or not, or whether any of them ever will be so inhabited in the future or not, we cannot say because the Bible does not say. To concern ourselves with such questions is idle speculation, and we could never arrive at any definite answer. We can say, however, that there are no Scriptural grounds for contending that any future populating of other planets will be done by transporting couples from earth. The earth and the people on it are not that important. If Jehovah wanted flesh-and-blood creatures on other planets he could easily make them from the dust of those planets, and not need to miraculously transport earthly couples through light-years of space. It is well for us not to exalt ourselves to such a spectacular role in universal affairs, but concentrate on the earthly duties given us by our Creator. Remember what Jesus said: "Everyone that exalts himself will be humiliated, but he that humbles himself will be exalted."?Luke 18:14; 14:7-11, NW. w65 11/15 703-4 Questions from Readers ***
Even if the Creator should at some future time populate other planets?which is something that we do not know?there still would be no need for repetition of Jesus? sacrifice and the vindication of Jehovah?s sovereignty. -
TotallyADD
I hate to be the first ones to knock on the doors of Klingons. You would end up with a knife in your back. LOL Totlaly ADD
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Calebs Airplane
They already have... Planet 3L
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Bobcat
See my post on this thread for a connection with this topic and the promise to Abraham.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
some have speculated about creatures from earth as being taken to other planets to populate them, and the way some of these speculators talk it exalts their importance and makes it sound as though Jehovah needs men of the earth to complete his work
That's one of the most ironic statements WT ever made.
I thought Jehovah must have an Organization on earth, otherwise he can do nothing, right?
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adamah
Seems like a logical conclusion to leap to, just after they get the whole anti-gravity thing worked out (talked about in the "Golden Age")!
From VM44 post, 9 yrs ago (!):
"Many have wondered how accidents would be avoided during Christ's kingdom, since we are told that nothing shall then hurt or destroy. Most accidents are due to gravitation and its effects. Falling from airplanes... etc., may be avoided by an individual negative gravity device. "Scientists tell us that there is enough atomic energy in a finger-nail to propel a battleship. The people of the future may carry a little of this energy around with them, and if they fall down an elevator shaft they can let themselves down easy. Then they can turn a little more on and go back up. ... No danger of falling down stairs then." - Golden Age, March 24, 1926, p. 404.
Adam
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Comatose
OMFSM...
that 1926 Golden Age is a special kind of awesome.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Don't forget about anti-matter:
The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah" -- How? (book, 1971) pp. 376-377
The unburied dead, "those slain by Jehovah," will be so enormously many that even the carrion birds and scavenging wild beasts could never take care of their consumption. The burial of even what remains after these lower creatures have their fill would be stupendous. Doubtless the Almighty God will use some highly scientific means, whether including antimatter or not, to dispose of the surplus of decaying bodies in a speedy and sanitary way.
God: anti-matter? No problem?
"New Light": Houston, we have a problem!
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adamah
Heck, Comatose, I'd join up TODAY if they had anything like that as standard-issue gear! You just cannot make up stuff like that (unless someone MADE UP stuff like that up).
EDIT: Shirley, they were still banging that anti-gravity drum after 45 years? I guess they figured the best way to hide a mistake was to repeat it, and claim it wasn't an accident (although it IS pretty low-risk, since it's no more miraculous than believing in a flood, resurrection, etc). Heck, maybe Jesus had a special thumb-nail that contained anti-gravity atoms so he could pull off the "walking on water" stunt?
On this, from Blondie's find:
w54 3/1 159 Questions From Readers ***
Whether there are other planets like the earth in other parts of the universe or not, and, if so, whether any of them are inhabited by some kind of life or not, or whether any of them ever will be so inhabited in the future or not, we cannot say because the Bible does not say. To concern ourselves with such questions is idle speculation, and we could never arrive at any definite answer. We can say, however, that there are no Scriptural grounds for contending that any future populating of other planets will be done by transporting couples from earth. The earth and the people on it are not that important. If Jehovah wanted flesh-and-blood creatures on other planets he could easily make them from the dust of those planets, and not need to miraculously transport earthly couples through light-years of space. It is well for us not to exalt ourselves to such a spectacular role in universal affairs, but concentrate on the earthly duties given us by our Creator. Remember what Jesus said: "Everyone that exalts himself will be humiliated, but he that humbles himself will be exalted." Luke 18:14; 14:7-11, NW.More unintended irony, since doesn't the WT regularly tell members they must play a role in helping spread the Word of God so the Universal Sovereignty affair can be settled, once and for all?
It seems there was a LOT of rampant speculation going on amongst the congs about the theological implications of life on other planets, where the general interest in space exploration in the 1950's heightened and left a mark in JW literature (Bethel must've been bombarded by calls, letters, etc). I'm guessing that Luke scripture warning against such "haughty" speculation put a kabosh on some of it...
Adam