The False Witness of Jehovah Witnesses – part I
Jun 24
The Watchtower Society claims to be the prophet of God. However, it has consistently made false prophecies throughout its history. Oddly enough, Jehovah's Witnesses argue that some of the bible’s prophets held mistaken views and yet they were not condemned as false prophets. Neither then, should the Watchtower Society be condemned for its prophetic errors!
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Cults, Occults and Religions – Mormonism
Feb 23
“Therefore I testify to you on this day that I am pure from the blood of all. For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also men shall arise from your own selves, speaking perverse things in order to draw disciples away after them. Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.” Acts 20:26-31 During the summer of 2008, I was hiking across the Appalachian National Scenic Trail on behalf of the American father and fatherhood. On one particularly difficult day of hiking, I decided to cut my day short and duck into a desolate mountain shelter for some much needed rest. As I unloaded my backpack, a large group of Boy Scouts arrived. Scurrying about like a bunch of animated squirrels, these young men made quick work of setting up their tents, food supplies and the such – and then, engaged me in conversation. It wasn’t long before one of them directly asked me if I were interested in their “faith” – Mormonism.
Cults, Occults and Religions – Buddhism
Jan 20
“Behold! I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil, in that I command you today to love Jehovah your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, so that you may live and multiply. And Jehovah your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it. But if you turn away your heart, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days on the land where you pass over Jordan to go to possess it. I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live, so that you may love Jehovah your God, and that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, so that you may dwell in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them.” Dueteronomy 30:15-20 It's founder, Siddhartha Gautama, lived from about 566 to about 480 B.C. The son of an Indian warrior-king, Gautama led a life of luxury in his early years, enjoying the privileges of his caste. But eventually he tired of the affluence and ease, and set out what some might call a "vision quest."
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