This is what I posted.
The fact that Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish leaders actually shared in the deliberations in San Francisco in 1945 during which the UN Charter was drafted can also be interpreted as these organisations wanting to introduce some spirituality into the process.
Just sitting back and doing nothing (“no part of the world,” ) is a misinterpretation of Jesus' message because he met with people, including sinners, where they were. He never practised an isolationist theology.
This is MrGordon's response
Just sitting back and doing nothing (“no part of the world,” ) is a misinterpretation of Jesus' message because he met with people, including sinners,
--------------
Whereu, that reminds me of the spoonerism where someone excitedly screams 'DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING...STAND THERE'
In my experience, I'm afraid that this is consistent with MrGordon's responses. Pass some irrelevant comment on a extracted phase or sentence and ignore the context.
Sorry, IMO, that's inappropriate to the sharing of ideas.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jehovah's Witnesses are renowned for their house to house ministry in imitation of Jesus.and his early disciples.
(Luke 4:43) But he said to them: “I must also declare the good news of the Kingdom of God to other cities, because for this I was sent.”
(Luke 8:1) Shortly afterward he traveled from city to city and from village to village, preaching and declaring the good news of the Kingdom of God. And the Twelve were with him,
(Luke 10:1, 2) After these things the Lord designated 70 others and sent them out by twos ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was to go. 2 Then he said to them: “Yes, the harvest is great, but the workers are few. Therefore, beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
Yes, I agree that this is what Jehovah's Witnesses do. I don't know of anything else that they do. I have debated with many, but find that most are ill-prepared for the more challenging questions.
I have found a reluctance to answer many questions directly - the normal strategy appears to deflect awkward questions by changing the subject.
Certainly then being "no part of the world" does not mean not meeting people. True Christians wisely shun attitudes, speech, and conduct that conflict with Jehovah’s righteous ways, such as the world’s avid pursuit of riches, prominence, and excessive indulgence in pleasures. (1 John 2:15-17) They also keep separate from the world by remaining neutral in matters of war and politics again in imitation of Jesus
True Christians I know are prepared to go into places were there is a need. Some of these places are dangerous, and some have lost their lives. True Christians cannot remain neutral in the face of injustice.
To paraphrase Desmond Tutu, if an elephant is standing on a mouse's tail, the mouse won't respect your position of neutrality.
Imagine what would have happened if all took the Jehovah's Witness stand and remained neutral in the face of Hitler's move to dominate. Imagine what would have happened if all had remained neutral in the face of apartheid in South Africa.
It's too easy to take the apparent neutral moral high ground and let others do the dirty work.
If Germans had decided to refuse military conscription, things may have turned out differently. But, for a number of reasons, they didn't and the world faced the threat. It would also be very easy to point fingers at the Germans without understanding the position of individuals.
Criticism from the high ground, from a distance and from a another era is easy.
What I find unacceptable is Jehovah's Witnesses breaking up marriages, involving children, to avoid worldly people.
As I have posted before, I wish, sometimes, that there is a day of judgement so that some will be forced to account for their actions.
Expand
