Sounds like rwingett is the only one truly beloved of god because he is being persecuted. I've never personally seen a christian persecuted. I have seen many people being persecuted by christians - who (I can only surmise) were not really christians at all and therefore are just going to hell. So why should rwingett concern himself with people destined for hell?
Originally posted by TerrierJack Sounds like rwingett is the only one truly beloved of god because he is being persecuted. I've never personally seen a christian persecuted. I have seen many people being persecuted by christians - who (I can only surmise) were not really christians at all and therefore are just going to hell. So why should rwingett concern himself with people destined for hell?
Originally posted by galveston75 From the Holocaust Museum....
Even before 1933, Jehovah's Witnesses were targets of prejudice. Mainstream Lutheran and Catholic churches deemed them heretics. Moreover, citizens often found the Witnesses' missionary work--knocking on doors and preaching--to be invasive. Individual German states had long sought to curb the missionary work through strict ...[text shortened]... ligion, or civil concerns such as traffic congestion and noise.[citations needed]
Originally posted by TerrierJack Sounds like rwingett is the only one truly beloved of god because he is being persecuted. I've never personally seen a christian persecuted. I have seen many people being persecuted by christians - who (I can only surmise) were not really christians at all and therefore are just going to hell. So why should rwingett concern himself with people destined for hell?
Originally posted by galveston75 From the Holocaust Museum....
Even before 1933, Jehovah's Witnesses were targets of prejudice. Mainstream Lutheran and Catholic churches deemed them heretics. Moreover, citizens often found the Witnesses' missionary work--knocking on doors and preaching--to be invasive. Individual German states had long sought to curb the missionary work through strict ligion, or civil concerns such as traffic congestion and noise.[citations needed]
So this Matt 24:9 applies to the JW's ? There were no JW's when this was written. It applies to followers of Christ. Various religious groups have been persecuted through the ages by certain regimes or empires or whatever. No surprise.
Originally posted by menace71 So this Matt 24:9 applies to the JW's ? There were no JW's when this was written. It applies to followers of Christ. Various religious groups have been persecuted through the ages by certain regimes or empires or whatever. No surprise.
Manny
Who more then the Witnesses the last few decades comes close? Jesus was talking about the last days of the wicked world before armageddon happens.
Why do people think they are making valid points by quoting from this book. They seem to think that everything in it is a proven truth. It's just a book, written by men, nothing more.
Originally posted by acb123 Why do people think they are making valid points by quoting from this book. They seem to think that everything in it is a proven truth. It's just a book, written by men, nothing more.
Originally posted by menace71 So this Matt 24:9 applies to the JW's ? There were no JW's when this was written. It applies to followers of Christ. Various religious groups have been persecuted through the ages by certain regimes or empires or whatever. No surprise.
Manny
Let's also not forget scientists who have been persecuted and murdered by religious fundamentalists throughout history also.
Originally posted by galveston75 Who more then the Witnesses the last few decades comes close? Jesus was talking about the last days of the wicked world before armageddon happens.
seriously? how about the Jews for starters. Then of course there are the buddist monks of Tibet. seriously? yer joking right?
Then we could consider the Maronite Christians of the middle east, christians or muslims in Africa depending on the region.
wow what a completly ignorant and ethnocentric point of view😞
Originally posted by galveston75 Who more then the Witnesses the last few decades comes close? Jesus was talking about the last days of the wicked world before armageddon happens.
Palestinians, Chechens, Iraqis (Shia & Sunni), Hutsi's and Tutsi's in Rwanda, Afghans and the Balkans conflict are just a few places.
16 Aug '09 14:43
Matt 24:9?
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