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The Logic of Christmas
Yesterday, December 24th 2010, a Jehovah Witness lady knocked on my door and I went out to chat with her. She gave me a book titled: "The Greatest Man who ever lived" and asked me to read the fourth paragraph of the first section bearing the title of the book. The paragraph read
By his dynamic teachings and by the way he lived in harmony with them, Jesus has powerfully affected the lives of people for nearly two thousand years. As one writer aptly expressed it: "All the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully".
These qualities definitely amount to the divine or supernatural which undermines Jehovah Witnesses' attempt to portray Jesus as not God as seen in their propaganda and representation of Him in the above excerpt in lower case letters.
Secondly, assuming Jesus were not God (if this makes Jehovah Witnesses feel any better), is it still not normal that humanity sets aside a day to commemorate the birth and life of this great Human Being who sacrificed so much for mankind as the above excerpt clearly shows. If Jehovah Witnesses truly believe Jesus did for mankind what armies, navies, parliaments or kings ever did or would ever do, is it too much to gratefully acknowledge this by setting aside a special day to say "thank you". Are Jehovah Witnesses this ungrateful? Hello!!! What is their point or logic?
When we loose a loved one, we often pause sometimes to remember them, even if we don't express this openly or physically, it does happen in our consciousness and subconsciousness; even the Jehovah Witnesses. Do they celebrate birthdays, marriage anniversaries, childbirths, etc? So what is their point? Is it just a matter of church principle just to show them as "different" or as not part of the "grand narrative"? For heaven's sake religion is not fiction! I wish I could understand this manic hypocrisy and prosaic behavior! They do not celebrate the birth of Jesus whom they acknowledge did what no man would ever do, but celebrate the New Year...this is as ungrateful as it gets! I do celebrate Christmas, even in my little room, by pausing momentarily to tell this extraordinary MAN who's done all to me "THANK YOU LORD".
By his dynamic teachings and by the way he lived in harmony with them, Jesus has powerfully affected the lives of people for nearly two thousand years. As one writer aptly expressed it: "All the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully".
These qualities definitely amount to the divine or supernatural which undermines Jehovah Witnesses' attempt to portray Jesus as not God as seen in their propaganda and representation of Him in the above excerpt in lower case letters.
Secondly, assuming Jesus were not God (if this makes Jehovah Witnesses feel any better), is it still not normal that humanity sets aside a day to commemorate the birth and life of this great Human Being who sacrificed so much for mankind as the above excerpt clearly shows. If Jehovah Witnesses truly believe Jesus did for mankind what armies, navies, parliaments or kings ever did or would ever do, is it too much to gratefully acknowledge this by setting aside a special day to say "thank you". Are Jehovah Witnesses this ungrateful? Hello!!! What is their point or logic?
When we loose a loved one, we often pause sometimes to remember them, even if we don't express this openly or physically, it does happen in our consciousness and subconsciousness; even the Jehovah Witnesses. Do they celebrate birthdays, marriage anniversaries, childbirths, etc? So what is their point? Is it just a matter of church principle just to show them as "different" or as not part of the "grand narrative"? For heaven's sake religion is not fiction! I wish I could understand this manic hypocrisy and prosaic behavior! They do not celebrate the birth of Jesus whom they acknowledge did what no man would ever do, but celebrate the New Year...this is as ungrateful as it gets! I do celebrate Christmas, even in my little room, by pausing momentarily to tell this extraordinary MAN who's done all to me "THANK YOU LORD".
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