@galveston75 saidIf you don't simply reproduce the Watchtower's answer, how can you be certain you'll say exactly the same thing as a JW answering the same question in Japan or a JW answering the same question in Brazil, a uniformity and total agreement with one another you were boasting about a couple of weeks ago?
Not that I'm aware of.
@galveston75 saidI am only interested in what the official answer of the non-profit Jehovah's Witnesses corporation is. I'd like to read that. Then I will return here and review what you've written to see if you've said anything original or different.
Perhaps you'd like to comment on the subject?
It is certainly true that many Americans were incredibly blessed by God as families and as individuals.
It would be hard to look at a family of honest farmers or workers in Texas or Califonria or Iowa or wherever who had all put in their honest labor since the time of their immigration and saw it pay many dividends between the years of 1950 & 2000. Really now, the prosperity and social mobility of Americans was pretty amazing.
I can totally see how this would make many feel that their land and t heir society were blessed... And, surely, there is something to say for how blessed America was for quite a long time.
I do get the feeling when I am back in America sometimes that it is "God's country." But I also feel very much that way nowadays here, most recently when out in Gangwondo.
Honestly, it's a beautiful sentiment.
I encourage people to feel joyful & blessed.
@philokalia saidYes as far as countries go and from a human standpoint this (USA) country is OK at times. I'm sure many others are better again from a human standpoint. Some country's have very few murders from shootings where others like the USA are out of control. Some have very few murders but many are starving.
It is certainly true that many Americans were incredibly blessed by God as families and as individuals.
It would be hard to look at a family of honest farmers or workers in Texas or Califonria or Iowa or wherever who had all put in their honest labor since the time of their immigration and saw it pay many dividends between the years of 1950 & 2000. Really now, t ...[text shortened]... o.
Honestly, it's a beautiful sentiment.
I encourage people to feel joyful & blessed.
So that list can go on and on depending on what one is looking at.
So if God really did have a country that he ruled and took care of all it's citizens needs, would that be one that any human could say God has blessed it?
Would he allow anyone to hurt another human? Would any one starve? How about sickness and diseases?
Wouldn't it be fair to think with his power that he would control all those issues?
@sonship saidWhere do you live?
@galveston75
Texas ??
"We didn't cross the border. The border crossed us ! "
@galveston75 saidthe good ol' USA
In this country, the good ole USA,
or
the good 'ole
depending on your perspective.
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