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Jesus IS Lord
It’s on my front door
They don’t even bother to knock.
Careful now, if you let the old JWs learn you’ve returned to “Apostate Christianity”, you’re bound to get some skeletons from your closet unleashed.
save for later
Thank you for this. I teach at a Christian homeschool ministry and two of our children are JW. We had an Easter Celebration - not a party, but truly a celebration of Christ and these children had to sit by themselves and not participate. This helped explain to me where they are coming from and why they look like deer caught in headlights when we have devotion time.
We must be doing/saying something right because we have not scared them away yet and they keep coming back week after week. I hope Jesus has captured their hearts. Thanks again - I now know where to focus my prayer!
http://www.catholicxjw.com/ A great site for Catholics dealing with JWs.
If it’s not the same Jesus as the bible, its not Jesus.
Very good info, thanks!
For me, seeing how the issue of Easter was the result of a government edict (upon pain of death) in 325 AD, I preferred to return to the faith practiced by the Apostles. I cannot find the word “Easter” in the NT and it is not in the Greek. The only word is the one translated “passover” every place else. That is what I practice and I am not alone. In fact, aside from the JW’s position on Easter, there are a number of Churches of God that observe the Passover instead of Easter.
This is not only time that a church has been co-opted by government. In recent history, the LDS church changed their position on plural marriage right after the US government held Utah statehood hostage. I suspect that the Roman Catholic Church may have a “revelation” about married priests if the sexual abuse scandal gets much worse and governments hint of severe criminal sanctions. I also suspect that some Protestant churches may have revelations to permit gay “marriage” about the time that governments start to enforce equal rights laws.
In the case of Easter, Emperor Constantine presided over the Council of Nicea in 325 AD and decided the issue in favor of observing Easter and condemned anyone observing the Passover on the 14th of Nisan to be an apostate worthy of death.
While others may bend their knee to church doctrines decided by worldly governments, even if they are rubber-stamped by church delegates, I will politely reserve the right to come to my own conclusion.
There are various ways of sugar-coating this, but the history on this point is far more settled than is AlGore’s GlobalLukeWarming.
My Dad is caught in that cult so I’ll bump the thread thanks for the nice read
Helping Jehovah’s Witnesses Find Freedom in Jesus:
http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/jehovahs-witness
Some JW's were walking the street knocking on doors.
They approached me and asked if I wanted to take a Watch Tower magazine. I am very familiar with their "religion" having read Dr. Walter Martin master work "Kingdom of the Cults" several times.
I calmly and in a very friendly manner explained to them if they wish to have a discussion they will at an very large disadvantage as I am well versed in their cult and the error of their doctrinal positions.
Both walked off.
I looked around for my kid and he went inside after I told the guy he belonged to cult, he thought we were going to get in a fight LOL
No answer. She just stood there speechless. I walked away and said “Have a nice day!”
I have a young man in my RCIC class, his father is JW, I get the feeling that might have caused the divorce between his parents because Mom is Catholic.
Interesting
Does anyone find it interesting that anytime the JW’s are brought up .. there is a hateful like rhetoric from others, sorta like the crap that is spewed about the tea party folks?
I see the word ‘Cult’ thrown around when referencing these folks .. Not to be un-kind but I could say the same about Most religious beliefs and the Catholic religion would truly stand out.
CULT
(1) A particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. (Not lacking among the catholics, for sure)
(2) An instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers (Of course we could include the Pope here, couldn’t we?)
Take the Plank out your own eye people!
I work with a woman who is JW. She is the receptionist in our dental office. When she was first hired, she started preaching to the patients in the waiting room. The boss quickly put a stop to that! A few days ago, her young daughter was going to a friend’s house for a few hours. I heard her on the phone, sternly warning her daughter not to eat anything with bunnies one it. LOL!
Just sent this to a dear friend who is also a convert from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Great story!
Funny, isn’t it?
I could ‘claim’ to be an X anything and post my rantings about the EVILS and HARDSHIPS that I had to endure because of those Bad Catholics or those Bad Mormons or those .. Well you get the idea.
Hey .. No One twisted your arm or held one of your loved one’s as hostage and made you do ANYTHING!
Like piranhas are apt to do .. Whenever the JW’s are brought up or whenever someone ‘claims’ to be an X witness .. The ripping and tearing begins.
Makes you wonder?
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