One thing he's doing now is inspiring his followers to create the most widely translated website in the world, with publications available in over 500 languages. Why would jw dot org be so important? It is because we are rapidly coming to a resolution of the issues raise in Genesis chapter 3.
Foremost would be God's sovereignty.
The serpent insinuated that folks would be better off setting their own standards.
If the Bible says that the "serpent" insinuated that humans would be better off setting their own standards...the serpent was correct.
We would be.
And very likely...that is what we are doing...setting our own standards.
The god of the Bible seems almost certain to be an invention of ancient Hebrews. They apparently invented this god...and put their ideas...their standards...in the mouth of that god.
The real mystery to me...is why anyone today would allow superstitious, relatively unsophisticated, relative unknowledgeable, ancient Hebrews to set standards for us!
I believe it is a matter of whose standards are superior
They may all be the standards of humans...there may be no gods, Neo.
So you really should be considering whether the "standards" of superstitious, barbaric, relatively unsophisticated, unknowledgeable ancient Hebrews are "superior" to what we modern humans can devise.
I'd go with what we can devise.
I know...I know...you would rather go with what the ancient Hebrews would devise.
