Originally posted by wafflehead
That's what somebody wrote about events some 2,000 years ago, it was recorded in the Bible and has absolutely nothing to do with Jehovah Witness in 2018.
Now seeing that you are not Jesus, nor a disciple reincarnated you should then understand that you answer absolutely nothing by cutting and pasting somebody else's words from the Bible that do not relate to your religions situation.
I suggest rather than copy and paste you do what Paul did,
And from morning to evening, he explained the matter to them by bearing thorough witness concerning the Kingdom of God. I other words, Paul answered the question asked. You are not being asked religious questions, by the way.
If a claim is levelled at your religion and said religion is telling the truth, then you will have no problem answering that claim. The truth will be as clear as the midday sun. If however your religion has something to hide and they have been fiddling with the truth, then I expect you will continue to cut and paste from the Bible.
After all, your religion is the active ingredient here. It is your religion that sells its wares door to door, so it is your religion that has to explain itself when these very obvious problems arise. So instead of cutting and pasting irrelevant passages from the Bible that have nothing to do with the Jehovah Witness, cut and paste from your Governing Bodies answers to the many errors that seem to be littered throughout your religion.
Your religion should be a great lover of the truth, their own truth, not Paul's, not somebody else's. Get your hand off the Bible and answer the question because you're the door knocker and we the passive and innocent bystander.
The truth will be as clear as the midday sun.
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The truth is clear as the midday sun... but only to those with "a fine and good heart". Jesus made this clear, the same as Paul did.
(Luke 8:11-15) Now the illustration means this: The seed is the word of God. Those alongside the road are the ones who have heard, and then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are the ones who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy, but these have no root. They believe for a while, but in a season of testing, they fall away. As for that which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, but by being carried away by anxieties, riches, and pleasures of this life, they are completely choked and bring nothing to maturity. As for that on the fine soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word with a fine and good heart, retain it and bear fruit with endurance.
