Mistah MOJO

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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
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  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hi Jeff, I understand your answer of "vanilla" and the reasons for it. Goodonyemate. MM
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hi Satanus. No, you're "backslidden" so it doesn't apply. MM
  
  "As for me and my household we wil serve pastrami on rye"
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hi Gill. Yes, I find it oddly funny too. I recall an otherwise highly intelligent evangelical friend who nonchalantly told me that God had changed the weather on the entire planet so that it would be a nice day here when her friends flew in for a visit. MM
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hi Little Toe
  
  You wrote a number of things I enjoyed reading, particularly:

  "As far as biblical inspiration goes, broadly speaking, I side with Karl Barth and have very eclectic tastes. I think that sacred writings are written by individuals who are inspired much as an artist, and that they resonate with others to further inspire them. To that end it barely matters is the writings are historically or scientifically accurate, as long as they have the desired effect. The hand that points to the moon is not the moon...

  Agreed! Great position on inspiration, and I've used the same analogy vis a vis artists, musicians. It's comforting to read your sanity, and it stirs hope in me that sanity will spread to the fundies. Of course, they then will no longer be fundies.
  
  "If I had to be pinned down on a theology constrained by the canon of 66 books"
  
  Nice touch.
  
  "More personally I suggest: let it go and enjoy the experience of just being. Too much study and pedantic wrangling over words keeps our attention focussed on the hand, instead of the moon..."
  
  My days of studying Christian theology and world religions are pretty much years behind me. I've been meditating for thirty-thre years a couple of hours a day. Thank you very much for participating! Intelligent, coherent, and well-thought out answers are always appreciated. MM
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hello Elatrwa. I would rather keep my own convictions out of this so I don't inadvertantly influence any answers or steer the direction of the discussion. Thanks for the compliment. I should have an impressive grasp of Christian theology. ;) MM
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Way to go WA! MM
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  Are You A Born Again Christian Now? If so...

  by Mistah MOJO in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.

  trinitarian or modalist?

  (oneness)?.

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  Mistah MOJO

  If so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):
  
  Trinitarian or Modalist? (Oneness)?
  
  Covenant theology or dispensational? Or something else?
  
  Premillennial, Amillennial. Postmillennial or Panmillennial? (Panmillennial: "It will all pan out in the end.")
  
  Pretrib, Midtrib, Postrib?
  
  Futurist or Preterist?
  
  Eternal Torment, Annihilation, or eventual (not immediate) Universal Reconciliation?
  
  Baptized as an infant or as an adult?
  
  Sprinkled, poured, or immersed?
  
  In the name of Father-Son-Holy Spirit or the Lord Jesus Christ?
  
  Liturgical and Sacramental or Nonliturgical and Nonsacramental?
  
  Pentecostal, Neo-Pentecostal (Charismatic), or Non-Pentecostal?
  
  Is Communion the Body and Blood of Christ, or a sign or symbol?
  
  Does God still heal and perform miracles?
  
  Is the Holy Spirit a retired author or an active divine Person?
  
  Is your pastor "anointed" (Which means "Christed")
  
  Are YOU anointed? (Christed)
  
  Do you have visions? Do you hear God audibly? Have you had a miracle (inexplicable supernatural occurrence) in your life?
  
  Do you consider yourself free now, or that you've exchanged a small cage for your mind and spirit (JWs) for a much larger cage?
  
  Do you study the Bible or rely on someone else to explain it to you?
  
  Is the Bible inerrant and infallible in the "original languages and manuscripts"? Is it plenarily (fully) inspired right down to the actual words or just inspired in a general way?
  
  Are works necessary for salvation? (Ethics, morals, actually obeying Christ's commands) Or are works not neccessary, just a nice idea and something to shoot for when you're in a good mood? Or are they "the necessary FRUIT of GENUINE conversion"?
  
  Who would you most identify with of these three choices? Luther, Calvin, or Zwingli.
  
  Do you believe in free will? Or predestination?
  
  Eternal security?
  
  Creationism aka Intelligent Design? Theistic evolution?
  
  Dominion Theology aka Christian Reconstructionism?
  
  Is your Christology Chalcedonian, Nestorian, Apllonarian, Arian? Something else? (Please do not respond "biblical" as that means nothing. All the aforementioned views are "bible based.")
  
  Pacifist or Just War? (Do you turn the other cheek or kick ass?)
  
  Is Jesus:
  
  God Almighty, the Eternal Logos, the second Person of the Holy Trinity.
  
  The first and only direct creation by Yahweh, thru whom everything else was created?
  
  The archangel Michael?
  
  An emanation of God?
  
  A mode of existence which the Father has taken upon himself?
  
  Would you agree or disagree that the resurrected Christ is "fully God and fully Man, one OUSIA (essence) in two Natures simultaneously"?
  
  Or do you not concern yourself with these things and Jesus is your Divine Friend? Or...
  
  Will Jesus return visibly, bodily, literally? Or...
  
  Does it concern you that Christians and Christianity are divided on every conceivable issue and often at war with each otherm both literally and figuratively?
  
  Are Jews "God's chosen people?" If so, would you consider converting to Judaism? If not, why not, if they are God's chosen people?
  
  Is Bible prophecy being fulfilled in the Middle East?
  
  Will the Rapture occur soon? Time estimate in years or decades:
  
  Are we on the verge of Armageddon?
  
  Will "the Antichrist" claim to be JESUS or claim to be THE CHRIST? (The One specially Anointed by God)
  
  Does anyone today, on TV or other media, or in your church, claim to be "God's Anointed Messenger for these last days"? Is that not not an antichrist-like claim? If not, why not? If so, why so?
  
  Are demons/evil spirits real? How about "angels"? Or are these "beings" archetypal/psychological in nature?
  
  Is disease caused by microbes/viruses or evil spirits? Or both? If both, explain.
  
  Should we seek medical help or seek divine healing by faith alone? Or a combination?
  
  Is Science "out to destroy faith"?
  
  Are atheists evil?
  
  Are scientists "tools of the Devil?"
  
  Are Theists more moral, more ethical, better behaved than atheists? If yes, do you have any stats to support this? If no, do you have any stats?
  
  Do you engage in a prison/jail ministry? If so, what percenttage of inmates were "born again" BEFORE being incarcerated?
  
  Should an inmate go free when they are "born again" and therefore have " a clean slate with God"?
  
  Is God against abortion? If yes, why did Jehovah kill unborn babies, having them ripped from their mothers wombs and dasehd aginst stones?
  
  If God is against abortion, is there a Bible verse or verse to supoort this? Book__________ Chapter ____________ Verse________________
  
  If God is NOT against abortion, are you? if so, why?
  
  Will the unsaved be:
  
  Thrown into Hellfire
  
  Annihilated
  
  Eventually reconciled to God and saved?
  
  Are there ghosts? Have you seen, felt, or heard a ghost?
  
  Please feel free to add any other questions or content that I've overlooked. Thank you! MM
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  "Jehovah Unmasked!"

  by sf in

  1. social
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  http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fhomepage=225208

  http://www.lulu.com/content/167431

  the author, nathaniel j. merritt, has been hitchhiking his way to enlightenment since he was a teen.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Well, yes, its difficult for me to write anything without injecting some humor! I hope it will be a good source of ammo against the JWs! Thank you very much for posting. I was quite surprised that anyone responded. I supposed that old threads such as this were inactive. Methinks I need to study this board more, how it works. Divine blessings to you both! MM
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  "Jehovah Unmasked!"

  by sf in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fhomepage=225208

  http://www.lulu.com/content/167431

  the author, nathaniel j. merritt, has been hitchhiking his way to enlightenment since he was a teen.

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  Mistah MOJO

  Hello Nate!
  
  Hello Mojo!
  
  Well Nate, Jehovah Unmasked is still selling bloody well!
  
  That it is Mojo, that it is. My newest book, I WAS A TEENAGE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS is now available from Moon Temple Press and Amazon.com!
  
  Well, Nate, I can hardly wait to read it, ya old sod!
  
  Well, here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977999432/sr=1-3/qid=1155798199/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-1934634-6134546?ie=UTF8&s=books
  
  Thanks Nate!
  
  Yer welcome Mojo!
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  Who Pioneered?

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my two sisters did the right thing, pioneering straight out of school, janitoring to pay for the petrol (one didn't even bother with her final year of school).

  it was this kind of fine example that got me guilt-tripped into auxiliary pioneering just after getting baptised at age 20. i only lasted six months; i took a holiday in queensland and returned not knowing much more about life but at least that it's bigger than my little congregation.

  i despised the field service, i dreaded the daily schedule and every morning i was on my way out there was this awful countdown from the alarm going off to the first door opening, knowing that it's just a big setup to another depressing humiliation.

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  Mistah MOJO

  They called it "Vacation Pioneering" way back when I was involved. I think one was required to put in 75 hours a month. I did it for a couple months and burned out. I have never EVER been responsible for brining ANYONE into Watchtower Slavery. Of that I am very glad indeed. MM
  
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977999432/sr=1-3/qid=1155793972/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-1934634-6134546?ie=UTF8&s=books