Thank you all for you encouraging tweets and also the informative ones about the wicked Muslims...

[The Librarian]

Thank you all for you encouraging tweets and also the informative ones about the wicked Muslims Jehovah will destroy them The Model Prayer

— Elsie Kirk I am a jw (@2b4cb2887c264fb) June 12, 2016

via World News Forum

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[Lussier Denis]

"The wicked Muslims ..."

Dn't say about them specificaly. Say: "Jehovah will destroy Babylone the great.". Dn't give a pretext to gouvernement power.

We are on the spot.

(Sorry about my English).

"The end is near !"

[b4ucuhear]

It would be true to say that there are wicked men in any religious organization (including ours at times).  It's also true to say that we used to be very graphic, specific and expressive in our description of other religions.  In today's climate however, tact becomes important and we often need to choose our words carefully so as to maintain Jehovah's standards, and yet not alienate people who could potentially become our brothers and sisters, or unnecessarily bring governmental/legal restrictions that would curtail our preaching work.  We don't want to sound like "haters," while trying to reach those very same individuals (whether regarding religion or lifestyle).  That's not to say we approve of or tolerate wickedness, but we need to also guard against "painting with a wide brush" millions of people of whatever persuasion who like the Ninevites Noah was sent to -  "did not know their left hand from their right hand."  My next door neighbour happens to be Muslim as was one of my previous employers.  They were very nice to me.  I can't imagine how they would feel if I started referring to them all as wicked Muslims or how receptive they would be to our message with that description.  I'm sure the poster wasn't intending to make broad sweeping generalizations (even though we know Jehovah will destroy Babylon the Great), but my point is we need to be tactful in the way we relate to others who we may want to reach.  

[Melinda Mills]

Nice comment. You meant Jonah, not Noah.

[Melinda Mills]

1 hour ago, Melinda Mills said:

Nice comment. You meant Jonah, not Noah.

I was referring to the comment by b4ucuhear - not the original post. That was not tactfully written.

[JaniceM]

Shouldn't this post be deleted? 

[b4ucuhear]

On June 15, 2016 at 20:31, Melinda Mills said:

Nice comment. You meant Jonah, not Noah.

Yes I did mean to say Jonah, but didn't know how to change it afterwards. Not sure if it was the auto-correct that usually messes things up for me or absent-mindedness. Thanks for the clarification. 

[Alzasior Lutor]

Il serait vrai de dire qu'il y a des hommes méchants dans toute organisation religieuse (y compris la nôtre parfois). Il est également vrai de dire que nous avons utilisé pour être très graphique, spécifique et expressive dans notre description des autres religions.  Dans le climat actuel cependant, tact devient important et nous devons souvent choisir nos mots avec soin afin de maintenir les normes de Jéhovah, et pourtant ne pas aliéner les gens qui pourraient devenir nos frères et sœurs, ou apporter inutilement des restrictions gouvernementales / juridiques qui restreindre notre prédication travail.  Nous ne voulons pas sonner comme «ennemis», tout en essayant d'atteindre ces mêmes personnes (que ce soit au sujet de la religion ou de mode de vie). Cela ne veut pas dire que nous approuvons ou tolérer la méchanceté, mais nous devons garder aussi contre "la peinture avec un pinceau large" des millions de personnes de toute la persuasion qui aiment le Ninivites Jonas a été envoyé à - «ne connaissaient pas leur main gauche de leur droite main." Mon voisin se trouve être musulman a été l'un de mes anciens employeurs. Ils étaient très gentils avec moi. Je ne peux pas imaginer comment ils se sentiraient si je commençais référence à tous les musulmans méchants ou comment ils seraient réceptifs à notre message avec cette description. Je suis sûr que l'affiche n'a pas l'intention de faire de larges généralisations (même si nous savons que Jéhovah va détruire Babylone la Grande), mais mon point est que nous devons faire preuve de tact dans la façon de nous rapporter à d'autres qui nous voulons atteindre .  Thanks b4ucuhear A+

[Arauna]

What is wonderful about being 'neutral' about human governments and active for the real government of Jehovah (and being cautious and at peace with everyone) is that one can see the political activities of Babylon the great (world empire of false religion) in the political arena.

So many religions are becoming violent and are being "worked up in their emotions" towards other religions and their governments......(which may eventually bubble over to people killing each other ....but the governments will put in "peace and security" measures to keep the peace).  Buddhists are killing Muslims as we speak; Hindi culture has been declared the national culture in India by the far right government; and we already know that extreme Islam (with its terror tactics to force all people to become Muslims) is clearly visible for all to see.  When Christians in America fight the government to bring in laws that reflect their Christian views - they are also being political.  Most of them love the NRA which protects their right to bear arms...  and they may even use them in future... Jesus never used any arms and chastised those who did (Peter). 

Jehovah is preparing us to go through Armageddon so we can truly stay neutral regarding human institutions.  However, more of us will have to learn to be verbally 'cautious'  when preaching because people in future will become more prone to take offense - some may even become violent.  I wish to speculate that our freedom of "speech" may be curtailed in future (UN is already regularly tabling decisions to this affect but it has not been voted in yet) - when one will not be allowed to say anything about another person's religion because they can use it as a reason to persecute you.  People may call the cops when they feel you are using "hate speech' against their religion.  This will make our preaching work so much harder. 

At present hate speech is viewed as saying something nasty about another religion (even if it is true) but it eventually may become hard to say anything - even if one tries to tactfully expose false religion.