AboutBrenda Martin Expertise I have been one of Jehovah`s Witneses now for over 30 years, in those years I have brought up 4 children, teaching each of them the bible.Being one of Jehovah`s Witnesses has helped me cope with my Epilepsy and bring up a daughter with learning difficulties.I have conducted bible studies with people from nearly every denomination i.e. Muslim. Having used the bible all these years to answer peoples questions, I feel I am qualified to give any answer regarding Jehovah`s Witnesses and the bible.
Experience My experience has been one of attending bible lectures 5 times a week,taking part in these lectures in front of an audience and being with thousands of J.W. at conventions where I have seen the bible at work in peoples lives.It is truly a miracle when you see thousands of people meeting together and not one policeman needed, and not even a piece of litter in sight.It is like another world.
Question Brenda,
I do not belong to any one relgion however, I have studied with Witness's in the past and believe a lot of the same. My problem is that my dad doesn't believe in God at all and I know it is "our" job to spread the good word and I have tried to do this with him and all he will tell me if I can tell him who made God or where God came from then he would be willing to listen. Do you have any advice on this?
Thanks,
Angie
Answer "WHO MADE GOD OR WHERE GOD CAME FROM?"
It has been said that there are two books that tell us about the existence of God—the “book” of creation, or nature around us, and the Bible. They have been the basis for belief for millions of people past and present. For example, a king of the 11th century B.C.E., impressed by what he observed in the starry heavens, exclaimed poetically: “The heavens are declaring the glory of God; and of the work of his hands the expanse is telling.” (Psalm 19:1)
In the 20th century, an astronaut, looking at the spectacular view of the earth from his spacecraft as it circled the moon, was moved to recite: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”—Genesis 1:1, KJ.
That age old objection can be likened to your dad coming in from work and you having the tea ready on the table, but he says “I’m not going to eat it until I see how it was made” the fact is, the proof of God’s existence is all around us, it is “inexcusable” so to say; I’m not going to believe there is a Creator unless I know where he came from is silly, because there are many ,many things around us that we do not understand, but that does not make them any less real does it?
A calculator for instance cannot work out a 9 digit sum, why? Because it is limited, the furthest it can go is an 8 digit sum, so does that mean a 9 digit sum doesn’t exist? Of course not, So likewise just because our human brain cannot comprehend; God always existing and not being created, doesn’t mean it cannot be true, it just means we are limited.
Why worry where God came from, we don’t have to see and understand everything to believe, do we, ask your dad if he understands the wind, or the tides, or the universe and how it works, he will realise there are many things he does not understand, yet accepts they exist and are real.
