by hibiscusfire 42 Replies latest jw friends
We are commissioned
That's the same line that started The Inquisition!
Stop trying to control others...
I hear the Dubs are looking for a few good men like that...with quick promotion potential...why don't you join up.
With that mentality you'd fit right in...
u/d
As Christians this is our sole purpose on earth. If we cannot go, then we can send others as missionaries. And we can put effective literature in their hands.
HF
I love it when one group of "christians" starts denouncing another goup of "christians"...so Christlike and the unity amazes even me!
u/d(of the religion is a snare and a racket...especially "christianity" class)
Hibiscus ~ I am curious as to what religion you belong to/practice? Maybe you have already said in another post but I missed it.
Thanks!
Dams
But there are people here who believe in Buddha
Buddha was an actual man who was born in northern India in I think about 500 BCE - 500 years before Christ.
Remeber, the Hebrews/Jews only inhabited a very small area in the near East. Jesus was not born until about 2BCE and died about 29 AD (I know someone will correct my dates for me). Christianity didn't become popular until Constantine in the 3rd century AD.
Buddha, meaning Awakened One, taught much the same things and Jesus did. The tenants of Buddhism are simple and powerful. As were Jesus's teachings
Iconic relecs are popular amoungst Christiantity too, look at the Shroud of Touran, the graves of the popes and apostles, etc.
Jehovah's witnesses are incredibly superstitious: Don't shop/buy at a thriftstore or a garage sale or you might pick up something that's demon inhabited. Smurfs (from the Smurf cartoons) are demonized. Etc.
As far as bathing in the Ganges to wash away sins and hopefully never have to reincarnate again, is no different than being Baptized a Christian and accepting Christ redemption for original sin of mankind.
Buddha, as Christ, would be aghast at what religion and superstition their followers have built up around their teachings.
u/d:
Stop trying to control others...
I have no control of others. All I can do is talk it's up to you.
Satan is the one that could control people's minds.
HF
damselfly:
Hibiscus ~ I am curious as to what religion you belong to/practice?
I am what you call a bible (full gospel) believer of Jesus Christ. Evangelical.
Hib
Satan is the one that could control people's minds.
Then there's no free-will... And...oh never mind.
u/d(of the can't believe I used to spew this stuff once myself class)
Thanks! Curiousity satisfied.
Dams
u/d:
I love it when one group of "christians" starts denouncing another goup of "christians"...
Actually I'm not denouncing but stating a fact. Besides God said do not worship or bow down before idols.
And a christian, if you break it down is Christ like....I prefer to say I'm a believer of the Lord Jesus Christ a sinner who will ask God for forgiveness when I make mistakes. The bible says no one is righteous. We should follow the teachings of Jesus because He is God.
Buddha is a false god.
HF
