NICK, I can direct you to a real moderator who will accompany you to the proper thread if you wish.david.

Quote PrincessOk then we should never give out tracts at all unless we do it everyday, right?Unless you think there is something unholy about “Oct 31st” which is a day that the Lord has made!We do not see the day as a different day, but somehow you guys do!–WJWHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING THIS? Obviously, based on reality, logic, common sense,…[Read more]

Quote Why do you have a problem with us treating it like any other day?–WJYOU DON'T!YOU DON'T!

Quote (david @ Oct. 22 2009,17:08)Quote My mom used to tell me a story about a frog and a pot of water.  She said that if you put a frog into a boiling pot of water (Halloween), it will jump out.  But if you put a frog in to a cool pot of water (Christmas and Easter), you can gradually heat it up and cook the frog alive!!–Mandy?How did your mom f…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Oct. 22 2009,20:08)david, acting righteous just comes across as legalistic. No amount of holier than thou's makes the JWs look like the real church. They are just one organisation of many. Often these organisations write their own versions of things to make themselves look good. Pointing out how bad everyone else can perhaps make the…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Oct. 22 2009,20:06)Quote (Constitutionalist @ Oct. 22 2009,19:42)Quote (david @ Oct. 21 2009,23:42)Thinker, WJ, refused to answer this question.  I was wondering what your thoughts were?Which is more important.  1. Your freedom.  Or, 2. your brother?Brother!David,I have answered you and so has WJ. If the exercise of my li…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Oct. 22 2009,20:12)The way I see it is that much of what is called Christian is mere christian labels on a pagan heart. There is no doubt about that. Jesus wasn't born on Christmas day and Easter most likely wasn't the time that he died and rose again. If we believe such, then we only provide evidence for pagans to say to us that we…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Oct. 23 2009,04:02)Quote (thethinker @ Oct. 23 2009,03:29)BTW, I have said that I have been oblivious to the evangelistic opportunities that halloween presents and that you have made me aware of this. I have ordered some gospel tracts and I will have them this weekend.It is a no-brainer that one should seize the opportunity to…[Read more]

Here are some of them. Do the scriptures matter? Or does only your freedom to do whatever you want matter?“YOU were, of course, called for freedom, brothers; only do not use this freedom as an inducement for the flesh, but through love slave for one another.” (Gal 5:13)Your freedom was to be used in a serving way, slaving for others. Which…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Oct. 23 2009,03:19)t8 said:Quote I think this whole thread is basically a debate about law versus grace.Exactly!thinkerI tend to think of it as:Syncretism verses non-syncretismIn other words: “Is it ok to mix things God hates, with things he doesn't, adopting them and calling them our own.”I feel strongly scriptures speaks…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Oct. 23 2009,03:18)Quote (thethinker @ Oct. 22 2009,04:06)Quote (Constitutionalist @ Oct. 22 2009,19:42)Quote (david @ Oct. 21 2009,23:42)Thinker, WJ, refused to answer this question.  I was wondering what your thoughts were?Which is more important.  1. Your freedom.  Or, 2. your brother?Brother!David,I have answered yo…[Read more]

Quote They believe but they do not love, Nick. The Lord knows whos are his…….There is no other requirement for salvation but to believe in the one he sent.And if you believe in the one he sent, you will 'OBEY' his commands. Just as “love” is the law's fullfillment, because love covers everything, “belief” is similar. If you believe, you…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Oct. 23 2009,13:06)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Oct. 23 2009,12:35)Hi CON, Belief in God has never saved anyone.Awareness of the Creator is commonplace but listening to His Son is vital.John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;….and so many others.Belief in…[Read more]

Quote (bodhitharta @ Oct. 24 2009,08:42)Quote (Lightenup @ Oct. 23 2009,15:13)Quote (david @ Oct. 22 2009,02:39)Quote Well,I think the message is that pagan roots do not have to dictate what is built upon them and what is built upon them can be totally in God's will.  An argument based on pagan roots is insignificant to me because of this “altar”…[Read more]

Quote In a similar way, Christians don't wear a cross around their neck in order to worship the cross but to remember a significant event that involved God. –kathiPerhaps you don't worship it, but a whole lot of people do. They bow down to it, kiss it, pray to it, worship it, adore it, love it…I sometimes wonder if they remember that they…[Read more]

Quote (Constitutionalist @ Oct. 22 2009,18:41)Quote (david @ Oct. 21 2009,23:39)Quote Well,I think the message is that pagan roots do not have to dictate what is built upon them and what is built upon them can be totally in God's will.  An argument based on pagan roots is insignificant to me because of this “altar” passage.  God can have us b…[Read more]

Thinker, WJ, refused to answer this question. I was wondering what your thoughts were?Which is more important. 1. Your freedom. Or, 2. your brother?

Quote Well,I think the message is that pagan roots do not have to dictate what is built upon them and what is built upon them can be totally in God's will.  An argument based on pagan roots is insignificant to me because of this “altar” passage.  God can have us build over something that was used for a false god.  The mere fact that common el…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Oct. 21 2009,16:52)Quote (david @ Oct. 21 2009,00:40)Quote Christmas without Jesus is just a winter holiday.  I will celebrate Christmas.Almost every part of Christmas existed before Jesus was born.David,Almost every part of the new altar probably existed within the old altar too.  Stones are stones.  The difference is who is th…[Read more]

Quote Hi Keith,So are you fine with changing the saying “Merry Christmas” to “Happy holidays?” Do you now say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas?” Does that not irk you that the country is slowly taking “Christ” out of Christmas?–lightenupI think, eventually, we'll return to the standard “Lo Saturnalia” as a greeting. Kathi, you do…[Read more]