“No Olsem Pipol Long World”

“Pipol long world heitim olketa bikos olketa no olsem pipol long world.” —JOHN 17:14.

Wanem Jesus Minim: From hem no join insaed politik or raoa bilong pipol long datfala taem, Jesus showimaot hem no olsem pipol long world. Hem sei: “Sapos [kingdom bilong mi] hem bilong disfala world, hard for olketa wea followim mi letem olketa Jew kam tekem mi. Bat Kingdom bilong mi hem no bilong disfala world.” (John 18:36) Hem talem olketa disaepol bilong hem for stap klia from tingting, toktok, and wei for duim samting wea Bible stopem.—Matthew 20:25-27.

Wanem Olketa Christian Long First Century Duim: Olketa willing for safa winim wei for join insaed long war. Jonathan Dymond, man for raet abaotem religion sei olketa first Christian “no join insaed [war], nomata diswan bae minim pipol tok spoelem olketa, putim olketa long prison or killim olketa dae.” And tu, olketa standard wea olketa Christian followim saed long wanem hem stret and no stret hem mekem olketa difren from nara pipol. Olketa Christian savve samting wea disfala scripture talem bae kasem olketa: “From iufala no gohed duim olketa rabis samting olsem olketa, olketa konfius and tok spoelem iufala.” (1 Peter 4:4) Will Durant, man wea raet abaotem history sei from olketa Christian long first century “strong for followim wanem olketa bilivim and garem gudfala wei, diswan mekem pipol wea no Christian and aftarem nomoa hapitaem, for feel guilty.”

Distaem, Hu Nao Duim Wanem Jesus Talem? New Catholic Encyclopedia sei olsem: “Man wea no join insaed war bikos diswan againstim konsens bilong hem, hem duim samting wea no stret.” African Rights, wanfala human rights organization sei, evri church nao join insaed wei for trae killim dae wanfala full tribe long Rwanda long 1994, “bat Olketa Jehovah’s Witness nomoa no join insaed.”

Wanfala skul teacher sei olsem abaotem datfala Nazi Holocaust: “No eni grup or organization tok againstim olketa barava nogud samting wea happen long datfala taem.” Bat bihaen hem story witim olketa long United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hem luksavve datwan hem no tru. Hem faendaot hao Olketa Jehovah’s Witness no join insaed datfala faet nomata olketa kasem olketa nogud samting from datwan.

Waswe long olketa standard saed long wanem hem stret and no stret? U.S. Catholic magasin sei: “Staka young pipol long Catholic church no agree witim olketa teaching bilong church wea sei hem no fitim for tufala wea no marit for stap tugeta, [and] hem no fitim for tufala wea no marit for duim sex.” Magasin hia talem toktok bilong wanfala deacon wea sei: ‘Staka wea marit olketa stap tugeta finis.’ The New Encyclopædia Britannica sei Olketa Jehovah’s Witness “evritaem followim olketa hae standard.”