Posts by jhine

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Letter of Disassociation to Former Religions / Baptism Questions ?

by HereIam60 in

this was prompted by some comments in another thread, but since it was somewhat "off" the original topic, i'm posting/asking seperately.... i was born in 1960, and baptized as a infant in a catholic church.

obviously i have no personal memory of this, and only know, because i was told, and we had a family photo of my parents holding me before the baptismal font while the priest prepared to do the sprinkling.

i was taken probably no more than 3 times to the catholic church in my early childhood and had no clue as to what was going on.. from the ages of 10 to 12 i attended a methodist sunday school, rarely the actual church service, but sang with the class in an annual christmas presentation in the church.. in the 1980s, studying with jehovah's witnesses, and considering baptism, i was told i had to write a letter to any religious group i had previously been involved with, stating i no longer wished any contact, wanted to be removed from their membership lists and witnessing as to why...(separation from satan's world, false religion, babylon etc.).

jhine

Blondie , apologies for the extremely late reply .

So when you were a JW a lady from a non JW church was having a study with you . Is that correct ?

I cannot comment on why she would do that. I would have thought that anyone with even a basic knowledge of the Bible would realise that the JW interpretation was bunkum .

It's sad that the lady didn't seem to be getting good teaching from her own church. Maybe she was just looking for something else .

I have been reading lately that church attendance has grown somewhat recently, including at my own parish church .

God isn't dead.

Jan from Tam

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Those Who Ascend To Heaven - As Revealed By YHWH

by EisMe in

martyrs ascend to heaven, the 144,000 are preserved.

many believers wonder about who truly ascends to heaven after death.

some hold that all believers go to heaven, while others believe only the 144,000 ascend.

jhine

I said that being a Christian means making him the King of your life .

JWs make the Governing Body the King's of their lives .

Jan from Tam

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Those Who Ascend To Heaven - As Revealed By YHWH

by EisMe in

martyrs ascend to heaven, the 144,000 are preserved.

many believers wonder about who truly ascends to heaven after death.

some hold that all believers go to heaven, while others believe only the 144,000 ascend.

jhine

Why do JWs often sign letters

" With CHRISTIAN love . " ?

Jan from Tam

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Those Who Ascend To Heaven - As Revealed By YHWH

by EisMe in

martyrs ascend to heaven, the 144,000 are preserved.

many believers wonder about who truly ascends to heaven after death.

some hold that all believers go to heaven, while others believe only the 144,000 ascend.

jhine

I follow the Master. He is the one in whom salvation is found , the one who paid the price for sin.

Jan from Tam

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Those Who Ascend To Heaven - As Revealed By YHWH

by EisMe in

martyrs ascend to heaven, the 144,000 are preserved.

many believers wonder about who truly ascends to heaven after death.

some hold that all believers go to heaven, while others believe only the 144,000 ascend.

jhine

I am a Christian, not a JW , and we teach that people are saved by believing that Jesus died to pay the price of sin , repenting of their sins and making Jesus the king of their lives. That means following HIS teachings not those of a group of human beings who are constantly getting " new light " ie changing their minds .

Jan from Tam

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Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

by HOTB in

does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

jhine

So you can only be " removed" for 90 days?

Jan from Tam

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Letter of Disassociation to Former Religions / Baptism Questions ?

by HereIam60 in

this was prompted by some comments in another thread, but since it was somewhat "off" the original topic, i'm posting/asking seperately.... i was born in 1960, and baptized as a infant in a catholic church.

obviously i have no personal memory of this, and only know, because i was told, and we had a family photo of my parents holding me before the baptismal font while the priest prepared to do the sprinkling.

i was taken probably no more than 3 times to the catholic church in my early childhood and had no clue as to what was going on.. from the ages of 10 to 12 i attended a methodist sunday school, rarely the actual church service, but sang with the class in an annual christmas presentation in the church.. in the 1980s, studying with jehovah's witnesses, and considering baptism, i was told i had to write a letter to any religious group i had previously been involved with, stating i no longer wished any contact, wanted to be removed from their membership lists and witnessing as to why...(separation from satan's world, false religion, babylon etc.).

jhine

blondie , at least in my church we do have Bible Study groups. We meet in people's homes and Study how we wish.

I'm sure that other churches do the same . Jan from Tam

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Why do they want to kill all the White People?

by liam in

the hatred against whites is escalating to an unprecedented degree.

in south africa, they are calling for complete genocide of white people.

for some reason they are targeting all the white farmers.. i’m so glad trump noticed.

jhine

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Why do they want to kill all the White People?

by liam in

the hatred against whites is escalating to an unprecedented degree.

in south africa, they are calling for complete genocide of white people.

for some reason they are targeting all the white farmers.. i’m so glad trump noticed.

jhine

Totally right Joey .

The first people in S Africa were black . Europeans/ whites didn't arrive until 1652 . They then proceeded to treat the black population appallingly.

A quick Google shows that these rumours of black on white genocide are rubbish. They have been circulating for years .

Your point about Musk being S African is a good one , of course that has nothing to do with this has it 🤔 ?

Yes S Africa is a fairly violent place to live , but that has probably been brought about by the blatant racism shown by the white settlers.

I started a thread a while back saying that l was worried that there would be bloodshed in American Streets in the not too distant future. It seems now that Trump is trying to bring that about.

Black vs White

Religious vs Atheist

Republican vs Democrat

He's probably not bothered as long as it gives him a reason to impose Martial law and become the dictator/ King that he wants to be .

Jan from Tam

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Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

by Sea Breeze in

breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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jhine

On Jan 6th over 130 people were injured, including police officers and some injuries were serious . Just how peaceful was that protest ?

On the subject of Trump's hypocrisy he has been found guilty on 34 charges , he IS a convicted felon

I know that his supporters will forgive him anything even his sexual " indiscretions" but to the rest of the world he is a criminal and hypocrite.

Jam from Tam