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Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 2:06pm On Apr 05, 2023
Surely a lot of things will still shock you because you're not a Bible student!

Children are God's heritage but they've been alienated from God that's why God instructed His people to inculcate in the minds of their children his righteous decrees {Deuteronomy 6:6-7} otherwise those babies will be treated like God's enemies! Deuteronomy 6:14-15 smiley

MightySparrow:
Another error - babies ( heritage of God) are His enemies! This doctrine shocked me when I first heard it. Why would God make enemies His heritage? What about adults that leave JWs to become Muslims. https://youtube.com/shorts/v_j2sFtpCCE?feature=share
Delusion
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:28pm On Apr 05, 2023
LIAR!

The prayers of Hannah are well recorded in the Bible book of Samuel, Sarah desperately want to have a child but can you point to a verse where old Zachariah and Elizabeth prayed for a child?

You are hiding from your shadows so remain in your shell no one is forcing you to believe in what the Bible teaches but whether you like it or not the truth is clear that babies are God's enemies! smiley

Kez11:
He requested a bible verse where a believer prayed to have children from the new testament and I gave him just one, you can read his ignorant twist above... They have been so indoctrinated to their dogma belief that asking a rational question becomes a sin to them. You dey really try to dey engage those people. For me, I read, pick what I can then move. Nice day bro.
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:22pm On Apr 05, 2023
MightySparrow:
if any of your sons who may not reason with you on your 'pure worship ' (the same way you abandoned your parent's religion), and joins Nigerian Army or US Army what will now happen?
Babies are God's enemies from birth so it's through the teachings that we makes peace between people and our God {Deuteronomy 6:6-7 compare to Matthew 5:9} so whether the child is our blood or not he is God's enemy until he decides to live by the standard set by our God! Matthew 12:46-50

Therefore if a child who has been taught what Jesus commanded decides to opt out from that moment he is no longer a member of the global family of peace loving worshipers.

Simple as ABC!
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:16pm On Apr 05, 2023
Many babies are born deaf and dumb, blind, cripple, sickle cell, abnormal, i have seen a child born without nose only for this baby to die few minutes after it's birth and many are still dying.

So why did God allowed all these to happen to innocent babies if they're not His enemies?

This is what Abraham the father of all those having faith said about the one and only true God:

"It is unthinkable that you would act in this manner by putting the righteous man to death with the wicked one so that the outcome for the righteous man and the wicked is the same! It is unthinkable of you. Will the Judge of all the earth not do what is right?” Genesis 18:25

So considering what has happened to millions of babies in history and what Abraham said are babies God's friends or enemies? Psalms 51:5

Abeg warn this OP make he no dey tamper with JWs o because i will prove to him that all his friends and himself knew nothing about the true God! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:04pm On Apr 05, 2023
Walahi talahi only JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES are real believers in the God of Abraham!

How come all those claiming Christians ran away from this thread after i pointed out what the atheists had in mind?

The atheists are of the opinion that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a monster for killing innocent babies, in fact many of them has raised questions regarding this topic but i often ignore most of them since i know it's not time to defend those stupid religionists claiming Christians.

But now that this OP decides to challenge God's organization on our beliefs i think it's time to tell them all that they were never real believers of the Bible God before they started claiming atheists. If any of you truly was a Christian in the past surely this question should have crossed your mind and just as Jesus Christ promised you would have gotten the answer long before now! Matthew 7:7-8 smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 12:55pm On Apr 05, 2023
bobestman:
where you there? Do you understand spiritual matters? You won't call these old covenant. Tell us where such happened in NT?. The messiah told you instead that children behold the face of the father daily. He made us know they are innocent. Even if they die untimely they are not judged cos they have no sin. They return to heaven. Your head is full of jw craps and fables. Babies are not judged. They return to heaven if they die. Unless you worship the devil, another god in the OT who love child sacrifice
Stop beating about the bush answer the question:
Why did your God destroy babies in Noah's days, Sodom and Gomorrah, Jericho and Amalek if they're not His enemies? cheesy
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 12:52pm On Apr 05, 2023
bobestman:
you are a fool and a son of devil. I told you first. Quote one. As old as you are you don't know the NT are just commentaries. It is reporting what was said in the old. That is why they say it is written. Many true facts were omited by your fathers who love child sacrifice cos they are gay
So if you don't know any verse where servants of God pray for child/children in the New Testament but noticed that neither John the baptist, Jesus or Paul had children what does that tell you about Christianity?

Well it's simple: True disciples of Christ don't see their blood relations as real families rather they believe in those they're related to by faith! Matthew 12:46-50

That's why having children no longer has real meaning to them since the babies are not God's friends until they're able to learn and show appreciation for God's righteousness standards! Deuteronomy 6:6-7 smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 12:46pm On Apr 05, 2023
MightySparrow:
Did any one compel you or conscript you to join the army as a Muslim? Pure choice.
I imagine you standing before Jesus Christ and telling him "it's choice to join the army" when he has COMMANDED his own disciples never to hate anyone talkless taking people's lives! Matthew 5:43-48

Guy you keep amusing me with your stories about Satan's agents disguising as agents of light! 2Corinthians 11:14

Whatever makes you carry weapons with the thought of killing people then you're no longer for Christ but for the killer! John 8:44 wink
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 11:35am On Apr 05, 2023
Foolish commentator!
The highlighted was never part of what the man in the video said!

However since you claim to believe in the Bible why not tell the atheists on this forum the reason your God destroyed many (innocent) babies in Noah's days, Sodom and Gomorrah, Jericho and Amalek?

At least that should help these atheists who are now trying to go emotional even though they've always dismiss the idea of using emotions to settle debates! wink
bobestman:
@Max the jw bono. You, that foolish man in the vid and your entire jw are children of devil. The devil love child sacrifice that is why they told you they are enemies of God and should be killed. You even called them athiest but God said "before i formed you, i knew you and even made you a priest.." we know God and he knew us before we were formed. We aren't born athiests. The messiah said children behold his father's face in heaven. He said we should be like little children and many more. Why? Cos children are innocent, humble and have no sin. Even if their is hell, no babies can be their if they die untimely. They have no knowledge of sin untill they are able to know good and evil. Without law their can't be sin. When you have no knowledge of what sin is, you can't sin. Why do you guys carry bible but teach lies. You, that man and anyone who support you deserved to be hanged. This is spiritual, biblical, emotional and morally evil
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 11:33am On Apr 05, 2023
oteneaaron:
Wow. You are now treading paths of pure fanaticism. This sounds like something a boko haram member would say.
There's just a slight difference between Boko Haram and practicers of pure worship.

They use weapons to judge unbelievers but we use the Bible to TEACH you if you're willing to learn. Instead of killing you like the Boko Haram we allow God to do the judging by Himself! Revelations 22:11-12

So whether you like it or not the true God is coming to destroy all unbelievers be it the fetus in the womb, babies, toddlers, teenagers, youths and older ones who aren't His worshipers! Luke 19:27 wink
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 11:27am On Apr 05, 2023
bobestman:
why do you love lies. Did christ tell any of the faithful servant not to have babies? Was it written any where in the bible? Celibacy is man's idea not God's idea. God's idea is that we multiply and have children. Every god man has a child including the messiah
Just quote a verse in the New Testament where a faithful servant of God pray for child/ children that will ends this unwarranted argument! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 11:23am On Apr 05, 2023
The funny thing about you is how you want to dodge the fact that what JWs are doing is not just about members of a 20st century religion rather it's exactly what Jesus of Nazareth taught!
So instead of thinking about accusing the JWs why not ask all others who are claiming they follow Jesus Christ? smiley

However you've forgotten something really important here, the process of unlearning what someone believes from birth will surely cause a lot of frictions {Matthew 10:34-36} but by the time he relearn then there must be some benefits that's exactly what Jesus meant when he promised his disciples that they will have families all over the globe to recompense for the ones they lost during the process! Mark 10:28-30

So learn to agree with the fact that there will always be a POSITIVE side of anything you view as NEGATIVE. That's what JWs have above all others as prophesied in the Bible book of Isaiah 2:2-4 and repeated at Micah 4:1-3

Do you think anything could be of a greater benefit than an organization of people who strongly believe in peaceful resolution to all matters unlike those building weapons in anticipation of unresolved disparities? wink

oteneaaron:
Great! Just so we're clear, are you also admitting that your destructive religious organization is also using negative indoctrination tactics to control the minds of you and your follow members?
It is important to note this because, you can't pick one and leave the other - just as you agree that Jehovah's Witnesses are a destructive religious organization, it most definitely means they use negative indoctrination tactics to control the minds of their followers. I hope other Jehovah's Witnesses like Janosky, Aemmyjah and Cornelboy all agree with you.
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:34am On Apr 05, 2023
I've told all atheists on this forum that there is a difference between intelligence and wisdom.

An atheist could be intelligent but wisdom only belongs to true believers.

So if any atheist feel like challenging the idea of God destroying babies let him give a better opinion in this scenario:

You are a King and you want your kingdom to be peaceful but a certain region has been infected with a virus that's killing them you have the power to cure them but they need to prevent doing things that will give the virus power.
So you sent them a letter through messengers some have read your letter with keen interest and acting on the instructions but many ignored your letter and continued infecting others including those who are following the preventive measures.

Please tell me what you will do to save those acting on the safety instructions if not to exterminate all those infected but refused to act on preventive measures! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:21am On Apr 05, 2023
All newly born babies are God's enemies but they must be killed only when their parents who supposed to teach them God's word don't want to do so and at the same time disturbing those sent to teach these babies!

So God sends them back to their default mode which is DUST! Ecclesiastes 3:20

As descendants of Adam humans in general are sentenced to death {Romans 5:12; 6:23} this includes the fetus in the womb, babies, toddlers, teenagers, youths and older ones are all sinners in line for destruction!

But due to His mercies God began planning to save obedient ones through His program so if anyone doesn't know His plans God will send His messengers to teach them but when they're not ready for this that won't stop Him from going on with His plans so they must be given what they really deserve as Adam's descendants: DEATH!

I wonder why those claiming believers aren't here to speak up for their God, i thought they want to preach and teach just like those trained by the group the man OP quoted is a member! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:05am On Apr 05, 2023
jaephoenix:
This point is completely irrelevant. The point we are making is the thought that babies are Yahweh enemies, and should be killed
You're getting things wrong again!

Jehovah doesn't kill His enemies until there is no other option. Noah's contemporaries, the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, Jericho and Amalek were destroyed not because they are Jehovah's enemies but because that's the last option as Jehovah was prepared begin His work to restore sanity and these people were posing a threat.

So Jehovah doesn't just go about killing His enemies it's when there's no other way out! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:00am On Apr 05, 2023
jaephoenix:
So Max can you answer why Yahweh didn’t kill you when you were a gang-banging toddler rebelling against his word? (At least to save us some stress on Nairaland)
It's obvious churchgoers aren't coming to this thread after my touch so let me answer you! smiley

Babies are God's enemies but God doesn't kill His enemies when they're posing no threat to pure worship or His will in fact they still have a hope and that is what they will grow up to become after they've developed their own line of thought and opinion about life in general.

I was born, bread and raised by Muslim parents who lives among other religionists in a peaceful neighbourhood where JWs are allowed to preach and teach. Note that the JWs are God's representatives in every human society so their freedom to continue doing the will of their God largely depends on what God will do to those living in that place.

So as a baby JEHOVAH has no business with me not until i grew up and began thinking about Him and His ways. I could remember vividly the day i prayed to God (without mentioning any so called divine name) asking Him to show me His worshipers due to all the contradictions in religion. But i was shocked when this people with bags and umbrellas kept coming now and then as if they're the ones i'm seeking. At first i drove them away like scavengers but they won't stop coming that's why i decided to ask them the one and only question bothering my mind.

Why did God create so many religions yet they have contradicting teachings and conflicting doctrines?

I guess that was the day i began studying with JWs because they answered my question satisfactorily.

So my friend Jehovah didn't kill me because my parents never posed a threat nor disturb His Witnesses doing His will! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: What Does The Quran Say About Jesus Christ? by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:41am On Apr 05, 2023
Saidfx:
Read with sincere mind. There was a nation filled with stoned minds like yours in the days of old. Nothing new in your highlighted points. However, the Quran is a mercy to all and so shall it be till the messiah fulfill his final work.. Peace
MaxInDHouse:
Who wrote the Qu'ran?
Christianity Etc › Re: i got my faith back by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:39am On Apr 05, 2023
AllenforGOD:
u no get sense at all!
He surely has sense but he mismanaged it.

From his own opinion about God, people who don't know God shouldn't survive at all.

So he needs to be schooled that that's not how the true God deal with people, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ said about his father:

He makes his sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. Matthew 5:45b

In fact the manner of prayers most so called religionists carry out really has negative impact on the thinking of many including these atheists because many often pray for material possessions as if their life as believers largely depends on how much material things they possess but that's not what Jesus taught his own disciples! Matthew 6:19-34

So he needs to know what God promised His worshipers that other can't get! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Is It True That Allah Surely Want Us To Be SINNERS!? by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:09am On Apr 05, 2023
When Jesus said:

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you men had known me, you would have known my Father also; from this moment on you know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him: “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him: “Even after I have been with you men for such a long time, Philip, have you not come to know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’? John 14:6-9

Jesus sent his disciples to go and speak with people of all the nations {Matthew 28:19-20} Jesus instructed them not to force their beliefs on anyone rather they're to be cautious and harmless {Matthew 10:16} Jesus was sure that if they get things right God's Holy Spirit will be with them and without force they will succeed in fishing out disciples for him in all the nations of the earth! Act 1:8


But Satan the father of lies is selfish so all those following his footsteps are closely related to him in this attitude {John 8:44} they will also try to establish their opinion but since God's Holy Spirit is not working with lies Satan's agents will resort to killing both those who do not accept their teachings and even their own fellow believers {Revelations 6:3-4} because the intentions of their hearts is the same as that of Satan who wants to dominate others! Ecclesiastes 8:9
Christianity Etc › Re: What Does The Quran Say About Jesus Christ? by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:56am On Apr 05, 2023
Who wrote the Qu'ran?
Christianity Etc › Re: I'm Beginning To Reason With Jehovah Witness On Their Stand Concerning Trinity by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:54am On Apr 05, 2023
brocab:
Then why do you still argue with me? if you believe you are Christian?
Who is arguing with you?
Perhaps your brains has lost its function due to time, this thread was raised by a young lady who confessed that JW's stand concerning trinity makes sense to her.
So you're the one arguing blindly over what is not written anywhere in the Bible: TRINITY! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: What Is Belief, What Is Truth? by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:46am On Apr 05, 2023
TRUTH is what can't be disputed BELIEF is what a person holds so dearly as fact but at times it could be misplaced.

So even though both works side by side many selfish humans have concluded that there is no absolute truth but that's a big fat lie.

How do we know this?

Well TRUTH is powerful it will help people from different races, fields, cultural backgrounds and schools of thought to come to terms on how to cohabit peacefully {John 17:22 compare to Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-3} while all those holding on to lies will continue arguing, insulting, abusing and cursing one another {Luke 11:23} and by the end kill one another due to selfish ambitions! Revelations 6:3-4
Christianity Etc › Re: Is It True That Allah Surely Want Us To Be SINNERS!? by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:30am On Apr 05, 2023
zoer:
LegalWolf to avoid all this.... answer the question. Your dodging the question makes you look like an irresponsible fanatical liar that knows the truth but still pitch side with lies...
With the way you you are dodging and insulting who didn't insult you shows how irresponsible what you believe in is.....
Simple question you can't answer.....wait....so you know that Allah want all who worship him to be sinners and you are still in the path?....
I know you will insult me by calling me names...but while at it just ans TenQ's question and prove him wrong.
In Islam the worshipers are not allowed to think for themselves so Muslims can't preach or teach anything apart from using existing religions as examples for what Allah says then tell people that Allah is the same person who misled all these people.
WHY would Allah mislead people?
Muslims can't answer! undecided
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:23am On Apr 05, 2023
oteneaaron:
In essence, you are telling everyone on this thread that your religion aka Jehovah's Witnesses is an example of a destructive religious organization that uses negative indoctrination to control the minds of its followers. Interesting admittance.
I admit completely!

Because the founder of our group said:

Do not think I came to bring peace to the earth; I came to bring, not peace, but a sword.  For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Indeed, a man’s enemies will be those of his own household. Matthew 10:34-36

So even though he commanded us never to use weapons in settling disparities yet we know that his teachings will surely lead to the destruct of many relationships in this world but by the end a global family of peace loving worshipers will suffice after the turbulent storm is over {Isaiah 2:2-4} that's exactly what Jehovah's Witnesses have achieved globally today! wink
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:16am On Apr 05, 2023
MightySparrow:
Your argument is empty. Any indoctrination is to create a line of thoughts and identify and pride. Why would kegites say they are human and every other person an animal
Your not lifting weapon is a choice as ISIS, BOKO HARAM taking weapon. JWs itself is toxic. Pure worship is enslavement.grin grin
“You heard that it was said: ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you,  so that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. Matthew 5:43-45

Then Jesus said to him: “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword" Matthew 26:52


Surely you're an antichrist in disguise! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:11am On Apr 05, 2023
He's getting worse by the day due to his hatred for God's organization but despite all his disguise i will fish him out as an enemy of the true God. So even though his churchgoer friends cheering him up for criticizing JWs don't really know him i will make them know that he's doing all these to attack the truth! cheesy

Janosky:

Good thing the internet won't forget your IBERIBEISM. Courz Oteneaaaron the Idol Worshipping slave of Atheism opened 6 different threads (in the screenshot) to malign Jehovah's witnesses. See IBERIBEIST forming as if he understands "cognitive dissonance grin grin
Courz Oteneaaron,Have your threads ever attacked Christendom, Muslims, Hindu's, Buddhists, Pentecostals, Catholics etc?
But the IBERIBEIST can't comprehend that his own threads & malicious comments project his hatred & cyber bullying of Jehovah's servants. Ozuo dey your blood. grin cheesy grin
Christianity Etc › Re: All Babies Are Enemies Of God by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:04am On Apr 05, 2023
I want to believe you can grasp the highlighted before quoting me on this thread! cheesy

MaxInDHouse:
If you don't believe in the God of Abraham i've got nothing to drag with you but whoever sees himself or herself as a worshiper of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the one i'm ready to debate! smiley
jaephoenix:
Max and Dtruth are too far gone in this rabbit hole, they'll need serial ElectroConvulsive therapies to attempt to save them undecided
jaephoenix:
What does this verse mean?
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
jaephoenix:
So Max can you answer why Yahweh didn’t kill you when you were a gang-banging toddler rebelling against his word? (At least to save us some stress on Nairaland)
Christianity Etc › Re: i got my faith back by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:56am On Apr 05, 2023
jaephoenix:
I have been an atheist for close to 20 years and have been doing great professionally, without relying or praying to any mothafucker. But many folks, have been praying to your sky daddy for years for myriads of issues and yet get disappointed. Some die.
Can you explain why?
The post you quoted said:

"You need people to lean (rely) on each day of your life"
Is the title "GOD" mentioned in that post?

You need to calm down with this atheism so you can think straight sometimes it's not everyone that's misinformed regarding the significance of a supreme being! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: i got my faith back by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:00pm On Apr 04, 2023
odenkirk:
god aint helping me nd i feel bad
God has helped you but the comparison you're making in your heart is what makes you feel bad not God! undecided
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:57pm On Apr 04, 2023
MightySparrow:
Why is JWs thinking different from others. Why is ' God's holy spirit' misleading them?
Hahahagrin
Perhaps your own spirit is not thinking different from the OP! smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: ***************************** by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:09pm On Apr 04, 2023
Person don blow you so tey all your face don swell up you still dey drag sey you no go gri! cheesy

All the evidences i have shown you on this thread is enough to help any honest hearted and sincere individual to know that if the old testament really worth considering then Jesus of Nazareth is indisputably the Messiah! wink

MindHacker9009:
If you are no the one deceiving yourself and wants other to be deceived and to base their faith on a FAKE pagan messiah then: Show the prophecies in the Old Testament that an innocent man being nailed to the cross and some Marys going into his tomb with anointing oil on the third day to anoint his body, to be the fulfilment of those prophecies?
Christianity Etc › Re: Indoctrination As A Mechanism Of Psychological Manipulation In Religion by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:05pm On Apr 04, 2023
Now is the time to know those who truly knows the reason why faith is important.
Let them come and speak up for their faith but as for millions of JWs globally we can tell you the benefits of having the same line of thought with our neighbours even though it's not that easy.
The white man says "no pain no gain" for anyone to benefit from something you must contribute your own quota that's what sacrificing selfish cravings means! wink

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