"Faith is the assured expectations of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities, though not beheld." - Hebrews 11: 1
For a growing number of people, faith has been reduced to a mere tradition, part of human culture, heritage, and nothing more. People still cling to it for identity but not for its practices.
Elsewhere in the world, people kill in the name of religion. Several flashpoints around the world are tainted by religious color. According to historians, conflicts are all the more bloodier if religion plays a role.
As a result, a growing movement has risen to combat religion, all religions, under the guise of fighting cults. And they cite the examples of the well publicized cults and their dangerous acts that definitely pose danger to society.
Amid this mix of opinions is a Christian group that has flourished in the last 100 years. They have been different and often misunderstood. For some, these differences account for the hostility that they receive. Yet, many people close to them vouch for the exemplary life that this Christian group live up to. They have become surprisingly the target of the Anti-Cult Movement. I am referring to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
And I am one.
Check out my local congregation.
And regarding Bible and politics, I wrote this
brief note.
Belief in a Creator who began the existence of the universe.
The Creator has introduced Himself and distinguished Himself by a name, a name that appears 7,000 times in the original Hebrew Bible. That name is JEHOVAH or YAHWEH.
Jehovah God though challenged in Paradise by an ex-angel, who made himself into a Satan the Devil, has purposed to reverse all the ill effects that this rebellion has brought to humankind.
Jehovah God using His Son, Jesus, purposed to ransom humankind from bondage to sin, to use His Son, Jesus, to establish a Kingdom which will replace human rulership, and become the agency to restore Paradise.
People who die today will have the chance to live again in a restored Paradise. They are not in Hell or Heaven. They are waiting in the grave.
Armageddon will pave the way for Paradise to begin.
