Originally posted by menace71
I have to agree your false in this G-75 because all it takes is a simple google search and there are a lot of groups / foundations / ect..... involved in translating the bible so this shows that the JW's are not the only group doing this.
Manny
The report is not just showing Bibles. I never said we were the only ones printing Bibles in other languages. There are 3 other publications that are on that list as well as many other publications over the decades that we've printed and in many languages that are printed with the sole purpose of teaching the Bible to as many as possible in different countries that sometimes have never read or owned a Bible and know nothing of Jesus and the future that Jesus says will happen soon.
And I'm not denying that others are doing that on some level too. If they are truly doing that in following Jesus's command then that is great and I'm sure that Jesus and his Father will notice it. But the obvious issue would be with the mainstream churches that do not see the importance of one on one teaching out in the cities and towns and door to door exactly like Jesus did and commanded us all to do.
Yes the Catholic church is huge but how did they get that way? What is their history of how they've become so influincial? Could a lot of it have been fear and control or even just plain ole visual amazment that so many are pulled into in seeing the man made beauty and adornment of their churches?
One point I want to make about the issue that we should spend our money on such things as helping feed needy children or house the homeless as some think we should be doing instead of printing books and magazines.
What examples did Jesus give? Did he with all his power and ability to make bountiful amounts of food out of a few fish, his priority? Could he not with all his power feed everyone in that part of the world and stop any starvation that probably existed then? Why didn't he?
He was able to make wine out of water. He could have made any drink he wanted and in any amount he wanted. Why didn't do more?
He cured the sick, but only a few times. Could he not have cured all the sicknesses that his people no doubt had? Why didn't he?
He even raised the dead, but only a few times. Why didn't he do more?
So the question now is with all his power he had at his disposal, even to the point that he had the power to call on angels to protect him from being killed, why didn't he just use all that he could to help all that he could?
But instead how did he spend the vast majority of his time once he stared the ministry work??????????