Posted on 12/21/2009 12:08:37 PM PST by annieup
FIRST OF ALL THE WITNESSES ARE NOT A CULT. THAT OPINION WAS FORMED BY SOMEONE THAT OBVIOUSLY FEELS THREATNED BY THE TRUTH.IT AMAZES ME THAT WHENEVER A WITNESS DOES SOMETHING WRONG IT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWS! IF A BABTIST OR PROTESTANT DOES SOMETHING WRONG IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RELIGION. AND THIS BIG COVER UP GARBAGE IS A JOKE. ADMITTEDLY THEY ARE NOT PERFECT NOR CLAIM TO BE. MATT 24:9 SAYS THAT WE WOULD BE OBJECTS OF HATRED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS NAME. WHAT OTHER RELIGION IS HATED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS NAME? ONLY 1 THAT I CAN THINK OF THE WITNESSES PROUDLY GLORIFY JEHOVAHS NAME. ALSO WE ARE NOT PROGRAMMED. WE HAVE FREE WILL,GOD DOES NOT WANT ROBOTS, THAT IS WHY HE GAVE ADAM AND EVE FREE WILL. AND WE DO BELIEVE IN JESUS. HE IS GODS SON AND HE DID GIVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR SINS. I ALSO GET A KICK OUT OF THOSE WHO TELL US WHAT WE BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY IF IT ISN'T TRUE. PEOPLE JUST MAKE UP WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT THE WITNESSES AND THE NAIVE ONES BELIEVE IT. IF IT IS TRUE THEN LOOK INTO WHY WE BELIEVE WHAT WE DO. DONT JUST ASSUME TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THEY TEACH OR BELLIEVE BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION. TALK ABOUT HAVING A MIND OF YOUR OWN!!
The astounding thing to me is that so many people are stupid enough to believe it.
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There are several otherwise intelligent people who fall for these things.
One reason is the absolute LACK of biblical literacy in the world. If you don’t know the Bible, things can be easily twisted.
The other main reason, imo, is that they “hook” you with one set of doctrines/beliefs, only for you to find out later that that was just the tip of the iceberg and there is a whole other set of doctrines and beliefs.
“Sometimes I wonder what ever happened to those two girls....”
Your attempts to lead them astray were far more successful than you could have imagined. They ran off and joined a lesbian terrorist organization.
Oh NOW you did it! She’ll have to contact the high muckie muck so he can tell her how to refute all that.
But, hey, Merry Christmas!
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Wishing a JW Merry Christmas. LOL.
That’s a pretty informative post. Put that way, they really don’t seem all that looney. In fact, a lot of “mainstream” Christians probably believe many of those deviations from orthodox Christianity.
They do appear to at least get the biggie correct, namely this part: “The requirements for salvation are somewhat similar to those found in other conservative Protestant groups. It requires ‘taking in knowledge’ of God and Jesus Christ (John 17:3), repentance of sins, acceptance of the sacrificial atonement of Jesus, and conforming, as much as humanly possible, to the teachings of the Christ as stated in the Bible. Good works are an expected evidence of the member’s prior salvation but are not the source of salvation.”
Oh, and BTW to the original poster, I think the kitties are gonna have fun with you...
One down, 143999 to go...
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ROFL.
Of course...it was a drive by.
Yes, explain that to Jesus, who declared that ‘in three dyas he would rebuild this temple’.
AND KNOCKED ON THE SIGN!
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The sign must have said knock here to see a nekid person. LOL just kidding
What, no Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
I mean I know the church is facing budget cuts and all...
Yet they deny the Trinity, and thus the Divinity of Christ. Not a good position to be in, IMHO.
;-)
That’s disturbing... LOL.
It stops looping at a count of 144,000.
They are the people who install the old style bearings!!
OK, in a reponse to another post about the JWs, I somehow missed the whole “Jesus is not part of the Trinity” thing. That’s a biggie. Kind of like THE biggie, in fact...
Nope, Submachinegun Pennance of Tarshish.
I wonder if the "badger, badger" thing does too...
ibtz
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