my wonderful husband knows that i have been a religious person most of my life and while he despises jehovah's witnesses with a passion, he knows that i still believe in god and christ.
he being a greek orthodox and a wonderful human being he bought me a beautiful crucifix of jesus on a cross.
it is black stone and silver and says on the back of the cross, alpha and omega.
Why is the cross so important to the christian? Colossians 2;13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,having cancelled the written code with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us, he took it away nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by the cross.
Barry
i believe they are "cultlike" but i don't think they are a "cult"........and you?
I would say the JWs are a high control group. Cult is thrown around far too much and has lost its meaning to most people. Barry
on fox news the son of the man accused of killing his family in fresno was just on camera stating his family was devout 7th day adventists and that "there was never any abuse".
isn't that church a close follower of jw church and policies?
the report states too, that it appears to be a ritual killing.
on fox news the son of the man accused of killing his family in fresno was just on camera stating his family was devout 7th day adventists and that "there was never any abuse".
isn't that church a close follower of jw church and policies?
the report states too, that it appears to be a ritual killing.
What a sicko i guess more information will come to light soon.
Im an SDA and would like to clear a few things.
Wednesday SDAs do have elders at the church I go to we have a lady elder an elderet I suppose. They are voted in by the church.
Over the elders in the minister who is a full time employee of the church.
Ive never heard of anyone haveing to confess to elders or ministers .
SDAs celebrate all holidays some have xmas trees in the church
From 2000 no adventists have been disfellowshiped the practice was voted out at the general conference session held that year in Toronto that year.
SDAs beleive in the second comming of christ when the faithfull will be taken to heaven to reign 1000 years; the earth will be renewed and will be made into a paradise
Beleifs similar to the JWs are soul sleep , similarities in profetic interpretations including the day year principle, and some SDA are Arian just as the JWs beleive but the majority beleive the Trinity doctrine.
I would describe Adventists as very legalistic but certainly not heavy handed.
Of couse there are many varities of Adventists eg my Dad an elder has differing beleifs to me and my Uncle has different beleifs to both of us and that is in the mainstream group.
Barry
last night i attended a "seminar" put on by the 7th day adventists.
its been decades since i've attended a 7 day adventist meeting, but decided i would go see if they have come out of the 19th centrury yet.
alas, still the same stuff.
Being an SDA myself let me comment.
Carmel youre going to the wrong meetings they will all be on their best behaviour there because that meeting is to get converts. If you want to go to something where everyone can be themselves and talk freely go to what they call sabbath school before the sermon on saturday and if its a good group there may be some lively discussion.
50% of adventists practice "Health Reform' and that 50% according to studies have an increase in lifespan by 8 years. The 50% not practiceing ;Health Reform" were found to have a livespan similar to the rest of the community. Barry
my company recently(less than a year ago) replaced all our computers with dell and it has been nothing but a nightmare!.
within 3 months 2 of them had to have their motherboards replaced.thats just the tip of the iceberg.i can't even begin to tell you the numerous "little" problems we have had.you will spend hours on the phone with snotty sarcastic tech support agents ...if you can first figure out how to get to them.. check out this link if you don't believe me.. http://www.smorgasbord.net/blog/archive/000002.shtml.
rumor has it that they are going bankrupt..
I phoned Dell for a price on a computer and the call went all the way to Malaysia which is where they answer there calls. That put me off straight away. Barry
i was watching a program on the history channel the other night and it was mentioned that the author of the book of revelation is not known.
it is thought to be "john" but they said it could have either been john the baptist, the apostle john, or maybe a completely different "john.
what is the org's view?
The book of Revelation was the last book to be accepted into the canon because the churches in the east beleived Revelation wasnt written by John., Barry
i recieved a pm from a born again christian asking how i might aid him in helping a relative excape the wt.
while i am not a born again christian, the teaching of jesus that we can remove guilt and be right with god just by believing it is done helped me out.
gal 3:11-13: consequently, it is clear that no one can ever win god's favor by trying to keep the jewish laws, because god has said that the only way we can be right in his sight is by faith.
Gday Steve ,
I beleive you are absolutely right you are talking about the truths that changed the shape of Europe at the time of the reformation.Barry
I still dont know how they get away with 20 bucks a week. Teachers at SDA schools were being paid less than the going rate but that was only about 10% less than other teachers. The SDA teachers threatened to strike here in Australia and had to then be paid the going rate.
I hope the WT doesnt spread the religious order around other religious workers will be working for less than peanuts. Barry
please advise this old woman ... which should i get for a christmas gift play station or x-box?
on one games sight (starwars) they say x-box but i've never heard anything about that??
help
My 7yo wanted an xbox its under the tree for xmas present but I wouldnt know what is best.Barry
