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twinflame

And the point is? Oh yeah.....WT doctrine is f'd up.

daystar

FF

Now THAT'S what I call repitition for emphasis™!

ROFL!! Dude, you have got to stop. I nearly choked on a peppermint here.

toer5777

Lesson 11
Beliefs and Customs That Displease God

	What kind of beliefs and customs are wrong? (1)
	Should Christians believe that God is a Trinity? (2)
	Why do true Christians not celebrate Christmas, Easter, or birthdays? (3, 4)
	Can the dead harm the living? (5) Did Jesus die on a cross? (6)
	How important is it to please God? (7)

God is not a Trinity

Christmas and Easter come from ancient false religions

There is no reason to worship the dead or to fear them

1. Not all beliefs and customs are bad. But God does not approve of them if they come from false religion or are against Bible teachings.— Matthew 15:6 .

2. Trinity: Is Jehovah a Trinity—three persons in one God? No! Jehovah, the Father, is "the only true God." ( John 17:3 ; Mark 12:29 ) Jesus is His firstborn Son, and he is subject to God. ( 1 Corinthians 11:3 ) The Father is greater than the Son. ( John 14:28 ) The holy spirit is not a person; it is God's active force.— Genesis 1:2 ; Acts 2:18 .

3. Christmas and Easter: Jesus was not born on December 25. He was born about October 1, a time of year when shepherds kept their flocks out-of-doors at night. ( Luke 2:8-12 ) Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather, he told his disciples to memorialize, or remember, his death. ( Luke 22:19, 20 ) Christmas and its customs come from ancient false religions. The same is true of Easter customs, such as the use of eggs and rabbits. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.

4. Birthdays: The only two birthday celebrations spoken of in the Bible were held by persons who did not worship Jehovah. ( Genesis 40:20-22 ; Mark 6:21, 22 , 24-27 ) The early Christians did not celebrate birthdays. The custom of celebrating birthdays comes from ancient false religions. True Christians give gifts and have good times together at other times during the year.

5. Fear of the Dead: The dead cannot do anything or feel anything. We cannot help them, and they cannot hurt us. ( Psalm 146:4 ; Ecclesiastes 9:5 , 10 ) The soul dies; it does not live on after death. ( Ezekiel 18:4 ) But sometimes wicked angels, called demons, pretend to be the spirits of the dead. Any customs that have to do with fear of or worship of the dead are wrong.— Isaiah 8:19 .

6. Cross: Jesus did not die on a cross. He died on a pole, or a stake. The Greek word translated "cross" in many Bibles meant just one piece of timber. The symbol of the cross comes from ancient false religions. The cross was not used or worshiped by the early Christians. Therefore, do you think it would be right to use a cross in worship?— Deuteronomy 7:26 ; 1 Corinthians 10:14 .

7. It may be very hard to abandon some of these beliefs and customs. Relatives and friends may try to convince you not to change your beliefs. But pleasing God is more important than pleasing men.— Proverbs 29:25 ; Matthew 10:36, 37 .

Published in 1996

HappyDad

Toer...................

The following is and AWESOME ARTICLE. Much more to the point and easier to understand and also believe.

The Rabbit

A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the
middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but
unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit.
The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled
over to the side of the road, and got out to see what had become of
the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead.

The driver felt so awful, he began to cry. A woman driving down the
highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over.
She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explained, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and
killed it."

The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to
her car trunk, and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp,
dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto the rabbit.

Miraculously the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the
two humans and hopped down the road. 50 yards away the rabbit stopped,
turned around, waved and hopped down the road, another 50 yards, turned,
waved and hopped another 50 yards.

The man was astonished. He couldn't figure out what substance could be
in the woman's spray can!!

He ran over to the woman and asked, "What is in your spray can? What
did you spray on that rabbit?"

The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It
said: "Hair spray. Restores life to dead hair. Adds permanent wave."

Tim Conways' Facts of Life

This story came from comedian Tim Conway (Carol Burnett Show, McHale's
Navy). He was explaining how he learned about the facts of life:

My dad and I used to go out for walks all the time. Sometimes we'd go to a
relative's farm. Well, one day dad & I were walking through a pasture, when
we came upon a bull mounted on a cow.

"What's that all about?" I asked my dad.

"Uh-hmm, well, you see Tim, it's windy and the strong wind blew that bull up
on the cow's back." My dad though he'd avoided an embarrassing moment.

But I came back with, "Then, what are they doing with all that grunting and
groaning?"

My dad stairs into the air and mumbled, "Uhhhh, yeah, well, they're making
cookies."

So, my whole young life I went with that explanation until one day, this cute
girl at school asked me to come over to HER house after school.

"What'll we do? I asked almost in avoidance.

"Well," she shot back. "We can make cookies.'

I stared back at her in disbelief and said, "Oh, I don't think so. It's not
NEAR windy enough!!"

Redneck Computer Terms

BACKUP--What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods.
BAR CODE--Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern.
BUG--The reason you give for calling in sick.
BYTE--What your pit bull dun to cusin Jethro.
CACHE--Needed when you run out of food stamps.
DIGITAL--The art of counting on your fingers.
DISKETTE--Female Disco dancer.
FAX--What you lie about to the IRS.
HACKER--Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking.
HARDCOPY--Picture looked at when selecting tattoos.
INTERNET--Where cafeteria workers put their hair.
KEYBOARD--Where you hang the keys to the John Deere.
MAC--Big Bubba's favorite fast food.
MEGAHERTZ--How your head feels after 17 beers.
MODEM--What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall.
MOUSE PAD--Where Mickey and Minnie live.
NETWORK--Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line.
ONLINE--Where to stay when taking the sobriety test.
ROM--Where the pope lives
SCREEN--Helps keep the skeeters off the porch.
SERIAL PORT--A red wine you drink with breakfast.
SUPERCONDUCTOR--Amtrak's Employee of the year.
SCSI--What you call your week-old underwear.
TERMINAL--Time to call the undertaker.

Tearfully yours............HappyDad

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