Spirituality
10 Jul 14
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by Proper KnobJWs get treated with upmost respect at my house, as do most salespeople as long as they take 'no' for an answer. Robbie carrobie and Galveston are not representative of the JWs I have met previously.
You turn up on peoples doors uninvited, what do you expect? I would imagine 'chuggers' and other sales people get just as short thrift as you do.
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by divegeesterYou have my sympathy for that. I read the OP, I haven't read the whole thread so sorry if this has already come up. In the OP you talk about your opposition to organised religion. I'll just quote a line:
I see they have managed to hijack what is a serious Christian thread.
I am somewhat of an island in that I don't mix in organised religion, but I do have fellowship.As you may have gathered from other threads I'm an agnostic, if I believed I would be an Anglican (although technically I'm a Presbyterian but if I did believe I wouldn't agree with predestination) I'm just mentioning this to give you an idea of where I'm coming from.
Onto the question: in Christianity communion is a central part. How do you either get communion without being in an organised church, is this part of your fellowship? Or do you not regard it as essential to being a "real Christian"? I would but then again I'm not.
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by galveston75Maybe you should adapt to the world we live in today. Oh, yeah, you claim to be no part of the world. Then why should you think anyone that is a part of the world should consider you a neighbor?
Great as we all need mercy to be shown towards ourselves too.
I have no doubt you would probably be willing to give anything you have to help a neighbor.
But how far does your neighbor or neighborhood extend out? A block, a mile, or maybe all around the globe?
What if they believe different then you, maybe a diiferent color? Are they still ...[text shortened]... and about our god would last forever.
Would that not be the ultimate "loving your neighbor"?
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by DeepThoughtI think Christian communion is very important; whom to commun with is the interesting question,,,
You have my sympathy for that. I read the OP, I haven't read the whole thread so sorry if this has already come up. In the OP you talk about your opposition to organised religion. I'll just quote a line:I am somewhat of an island in that I don't mix in organised religion, but I do have fellowship.As you may have gathered from other thre ...[text shortened]... do you not regard it as essential to being a "real Christian"? I would but then again I'm not.
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by divegeesterI believe you are the one who brought up the persecusion thought, not me. If you review my post I am speaking of "Am I a real Christian?" only.
I see they have managed to hijack what is a serious Christian thread.
If I have high jacked your thread, I am sorry.
15 Jul 14
Originally posted by divegeesterDo you want me to be in the discussion here? If yes then I have the right to speak as I see in fitting in with your thread. If You are not open to others speaking here that may disagree with your version of Christianity...say so now!
Don't you mean "us Christians"? Or do you see Jehovah's Witnesses as being somehow a separate group from "you Christians"?