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Thanks Pina, my nickname is Pina too!Cool cat, the flowers are great too
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Thanks Pina, my nickname is Pina too!Cool cat, the flowers are great too
I'm not sure I understand what I said. I'm trying to post photos of Argentina on the South America thread and the mind is bungled.I understand what you're saying but I am referring to the leadership of these churches though.
It's amazing.. What a sad development for those hospitals. Oh sure, it's for the greater good.All of the Catholic hospitals here are enforcing the vaccine mandate for the “greater good” and people are more likely to get a religious exemption working for a regular hospital.
No worries!I'm not sure I understand what I said. I'm trying to post photos of Argentina on the South America thread and the mind is bungled.
I wouldn’t expect anything logical or sensible from group of people and their follower believers who in 21st century still believe that a child can be born from virgin vagina and this child is of sperm of God:)“Absolutely vaccinate them!” said Pope Francis.
I’ve been wondering why churches are silent on the adverse effects of Covid 'vaccines'. I would have expected most Christians (and other religions) to be outraged at the blatant disregarded for the sanctity of life. It’s no longer a secret that there are adverse effects, beyond what has been experienced with previous vaccines, from the covid injections.
The story of the trans struck me as rather macabre not least because of the historical contempt held for this particular group of people. It is now known that the Catholic Church has form when it comes to turning a blind eye to atrocities. ‘Absolutely vaccinate them’ is a chilling statement considering that priest, bishops, let alone popes are by far more educated than most other groups in society. They are versed in the study of ethics, which is relevant. How can it be that this statement is viewed as a benevolent gesture? Can we really absolve the church or the pope specifically, of knowledge of the dangers of these ‘vaccines’?
To go as far as saying the vaccines will be needed to enter heaven is beyond comprehension. If the pope did say this, then he is personally responsible for many deaths and adverse reactions already experienced and anticipated in the near future. Knowing that these injections are experimental and still in clinical trials it is wrong of the pope to make such a profound declaration. By doing so, I believe he has condemned many to death.
Pope Francis invited trans people to Vatican to get COVID vaccines
Pope Francis invited a group of trans people to the Vatican to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at Easter, it has been revealed. The pontiff welcomed 50www.pinknews.co.uk
Pope Calls Coronavirus Vaccinations an Ethical Obligation (Published 2021)
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Pope Francis Says Covid Vaccine Will Now Be Required To Enter Heaven
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis said today that God has informed him of a new requirement to enter Heaven: everyone must now receive the COVID-19 vaccine before entering the pearly gates. "This is very important for the salvation of all people on Earth," Pope Francis explained. "We know that God lets...babylonbee.com
I wouldn’t expect anything logical or sensible from group of people and their follower believers who in 21st century still believe that a child can be born from virgin vagina and this child is of sperm of God:)
By its nature, church/religion is enemy of reason and logic.
Very apt. It sometimes feels like the whole world is evangelising about the safe and effective ‘vaccines’. I approach this in the same way as I have approached other dogmas, with a great deal of scepticism.
All of the Catholic hospitals here are enforcing the vaccine mandate for the “greater good” and people are more likely to get a religious exemption working for a regular hospital.
I wouldn’t expect anything logical or sensible from group of people and their follower believers who in 21st century still believe that a child can be born from virgin vagina and this child is of sperm of God:)
By its nature, church/religion is enemy of reason and logic.
That's the protestant position, but it seems ground on the words of those who reject Christ, so I don't think it's sound.Mary, the mother of Christ our Lord, was undoubtedly a virgin, but in Mark we find out that the Savior had at least 6 brothers and sisters together, after the birth of Christ the Lord, she lived with her husband and they had children, so she could not be a virgin after, obviously. It is an outcry to heaven and an abomination to God idolatry of any kind, that is a big problem!
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Mark 6:3
All of the Catholic hospitals here are enforcing the vaccine mandate for the “greater good” and people are more likely to get a religious exemption working for a regular hospital.
That's the protestant position, but it seems ground on the words of those who reject Christ, so I don't think it's sound.
My brother I can tell you have had a one on one encounter with Jesus. I understand you. Once you have that experience nothing is the same.Look, dear brother or sister, you can insinuate in whatever way you want. I was born under the name of orthodox christian, but I want to tell you with pleasure that I renounce any religious name. I am a free thinker and so I came to know God through Jesus Christ the Lord, I rely strictly on the Word of the Lord -(Bible, Holy Scripture) , which is the absolute Truth.
In the country where I was born I went to church, I even worshiped icons, I sat on my knees, I kissed icons, I remember that I was twice on pilgrimage to the relics of two different saints in the country, that is, I traveled a long way as to reach those dead people who are called saints. Then I knew nothing, but since the Lord God took me under His wing, saved me and began to teach me and show me what is true and what is heresy, I realized how far I was from Him, for what I was doing represented a filth for the Holy God!
I assume you were born a catholic, another brother of ours here on the forum called me a protestant in another thread where we discussed the fact that idols are an abomination to God. I have nothing against you wanting to follow your religion and not wanting to follow God's Word! But I feel the need to respond when someone tells me that I belong to a religion, especially when he tells me that I reject Christ the Lord! How can I reject the Savior if He is the only way to God the Father? He is the way, the truth and the life! I do not say it, the Savior Himself said it.
Coincidentally, I am now in a predominantly catholic country. I notice the striking similarities between orthodoxy and catholicism, both of which promote the worship of idols, either statues or icons, of the various saints who were in the past and who appear daily, over and over again. Both promote the veneration of the relics, as well as of various saints who are dead, and insinuate that if we pray to these saints either live on the spot or through icons, we will be helped, healed, and so on. My dear, this is a form of necromancy, any contact with the dead is strictly forbidden by God!
Not to be misunderstood, I have nothing against the saints. May God help us and give us the strength to sanctify ourselves in the same way!
I have something against the idolatry and pagan rituals that have taken over these so-called "christian" religions!
Satan has always sought to replace the Lord, to receive his worship, and for this he does everything in his power to replace Jesus Christ as the only intermediary between us and God, through saints, icons and other tricks that are presented to mankind under a pleasant shape, in a beautiful way, obviously.
We know that he is the father of lies and we also know that our Lord Jesus Christ called him the prince of the earth and even the god of the earth. My dear ones, Jesus Christ took the devil very seriously, because our Lord knows what the evil one is capable of.
Remember the lie in the Garden of Eden, not just read, but deepen Genesis 3: 1-6. He is a master in deception, he presents the lie dressed in the most beautiful packaging, he makes something destructive seem something beneficial. It makes white black and black white.
Be careful, however, not to stray from the Word of God and be seduced by human practices that are in opposition to the Bible and that come from the evil one.
If even the angels, these beings clearly superior to us in intelligence and other matters, have rejected worship to them, then if not as terrible, perhaps even more terrible would be the worship of men, whether dead or not or by means of icons or statues or relics etc.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Revelation 19:10
And I John saw these things, and heard them . And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Revelation 22:8-9
Both religions have in their composition all kinds of rituals, both catholics and orthodox believe that at holy communion bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of the Savior. In orthodoxy the most important moment of the liturgy, that of the epiclesis in which the bread (anaphora) and wine are transformed into the body and blood of the Savior Jesus Christ by the coming of the Holy Spirit and where the priest invokes intercession to Mary. For catholics but also for protestants, if I'm not mistaken, it is the eucharist, a similar ritual that uses the host or unleavened bread that is supposed to be transformed into the body and blood of the Savior following the ritual. This is just another form of cannibalization and the continual crucifixion of Christ.
My dear Jesus Christ, the Lord died once for all sinners and shed His precious blood drop by drop on the cross once. That was enough to forgive all sins, including those you have not yet committed, you just need to accept this gift of God and believe wholeheartedly in the Lord's sacrifice! You don't have to eat that leavened bread or not daily or annually to be forgiven!
Both religions recognize so-called holy mysteries such as baptism, marriage, priesthood, etc. In orthodoxy the child is submerged in water, in catholics only sprinkled!
Both the catholic church and the orthodox church are considered to be the only true church, but both are excluded, that is, excommunicated by the other.
I witnessed these things since I was a child and I heard around me that we have the true religion and that it is false of others, and if anyone dared to question this, then that person would sign his sentence. Now that I am here where catholicism predominates, I see and hear the same things, I have had discussions with catholic brothers and I can say that they also have people aware that not religion saves them but faith in the Blood of Christ, but they also have people who believe strongly that catholicism is the true religion, people who get angry or upset if you speak to them on the basis of God's Word. But hey, so are the islamists and the hindus and buddhists and so on. They simply do not want to hear the Truth, it is sad, but it is not surprising, it should not surprise, because we live in the age of deception!
Both catholics and orthodox believe that there is another possibility for the man who after death went to hell to go to heaven. Catholics have a teaching about purgatory, and orthodox believe that this is possible through the prayers of the church. But Jesus said categorically, very categorically, that if no one is born again, he will never see or enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
This birth again is through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, following the faith in the sacrifice of God through Jesus Christ his son! When we trust with our heart in the Blood of Christ, then the Holy Spirit will be sealed within us and God will work through us!
And not only so , but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 5:11
In whom ye also trusted , after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:13
One question I often use is this:
Are you saved, do you know if you are saved or not?
I. There are people who don't want to talk about it and I understand them.
II. There are people who don't believe in such a thing or who I see starting to laugh or who consider you crazy, when I notice this I don't go to do clarification work with them, I don't sit and talk for tens of minutes. Because that is not what the Savior would do, as we know with Herod when He was brought before him and mocked and asked if He was the Son of God, Christ said nothing, absolutely nothing.
It is bad when your brother, sister, mother or father does not speak to you, but when God himself does not speak to you, it must be awful. The Lord did the same with that rich young man who wanted to follow Him, and when the Savior proposed to him to sell his property and follow Him, he flatly refused. The Savior did not stop to convince him, He did not say anything to him. The Savior said:
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 7:6
III. There are also people who have given me uncertain answers to this question, for example: "I have no way of knowing if I am saved, only God knows" or "if I do good deeds and try to be a good person, to help others, then I am saved "or" if I pray and ask forgiveness for my sins, then I am saved "or" if I go to church more often and attend services, I fast regularly and avoid doing harm, then I am saved ".
Nothing is further from the truth than these things.
I am speaking strictly to those who believe that there is life after the death of the body now.
If I were to die at this moment and I would instantly wake up before the Most High God and He would ask me:
"What did you do to deserve to enter my Kingdom?"
then the only answer I can give to the Lord is:
"Lord, I have trusted in the Blood of your Lamb, I have believed in your sacrifice, O God!"
forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Peter 1:18-19
If I were to tell Him that:
"I did good deeds, Lord, and I went to church and prayed."
then I am afraid that He will say to me, " I never knew you, depart from me, you who have committed iniquity."
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:25
What was the point of Jesus Christ dying if we could be saved by good works, going to church, or anything like that?
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 9:22
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 1:7
We can clearly see how lost our brothers and sisters are if we start a short conversation on this subject, even though they believe that what they are doing is right. Religion teaches that by our good deeds we can be saved, but with the bad deeds, what do we do, which are definitely more than the good ones !? It's not their fault, obviously, because the evil one is infiltrating everywhere. We need to help them if they are willing to be helped. We must guide them according to the Word of the Lord and through the Word of the Lord!
Therefore, dear brother or sister, you can see that I do not reject the Savior, but on the contrary, He is the Salvation given as a gift by the Father! I would also like to point out that it doesn't matter what religion you belong to, I don't look at you differently and it doesn't change my mood, because I myself gave up my religion to truly serve Christ, because my religion does not save me, on the contrary, it leads me to perdition through her practices.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:13-14
A sound judgment, based on the thinking of Christ and the teaching of Scripture, will help us make decisions that will honor God and help our fellow men.
May the Lord bless you and guide you to the truth!
My brother I can tell you have had a one on one encounter with Jesus. I understand you. Once you have that experience nothing is the same.
Thanks for your testimony of faith.When I was about to die at 19-20, then I cried out from the bottom of my soul to God and no one else, I cried out to Him in despair, I was filled with fear and sadness at the same time, I was never so scared in my life and I begged him not to let me die, because I felt enveloped in death, I knew this was going to happen, I prayed to the Lord to let me live, because I am too young to die and I promised Him that I would not commit, never again, those sins that were to bring me death. He in His great goodness and in His unseen mercy took pity on me the sinner and did not let my soul go to hell, for my chaotic way of life, alcohol, drugs, fornication led to hell, unmistakably.
I talked in another topic about this in more detail and so I do not want to repeat here about those 15 minutes that actually marked me, so long I sat down, motionless with my body, but with my soul in a short time journey, which seemed like an eternity to me.
He left me alive and I started the destructive "hobbies" again, He knew I would do it again and yet He kept me alive. He was constantly by my side, even when I was away from Him, I always felt Him working in my life.
But the day came when the Most High allowed me to get sick, He had to stop me somehow, so he took my pride, crushed me from His great love, also to save my soul! Because I was saved 7-8 years after that incident and for that I am grateful to the Lord! I started reading from the Word of God and I was very happy, because that's how I knew God and gradually I started to really feel the need to confess to my brothers and sisters about how to be saved, I'm sure you understand about this feeling, I feel a duty to help their souls, that is, I do not want any of them to suffer, but to all reign with Christ the Lord! I ask God the Lord to help me and give strength to my words, so that through His Glory, whoever sees such a message, may return with his heart to the Lord!
I also see that the people of the evil one serve him openly, on TV, internet, promote satanic rituals, practically they say with their own mouth that they have the enemy as their father, they do not hide, but they are proud of their faith in the devil. While poor christians have come to be considered insane if they talk about Christ or what God has done for us, the world makes fun of them, treats them with contempt and so on.
That is why many of them do not talk about it, they are satisfied that they are saved and that's it. However, if I am saved, I must still be accountable to the King, for He will ask me:
"What have you done for me, how many souls have you brought to my Kingdom?"
It is suffering to be a servant of Christ, it is true, but no one has suffered more than He!
So I take any risks, and what if people think I'm crazy, old-fashioned, or hate me? What matters is God's opinion of me. Let us not forget that the world hated the Lord first, let us not forget the words of Christ!
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also.
John 15:18-20
I confess to the unbelievers that there is life beyond, because I saw with my soul, I felt and heard! I have no reason and I am not paid to lie to anyone with such things. Every time I remember those moments my hair rises instantly on my hands, sometimes I cry lightly and thank the Lord that I am still alive because of His mercy!
May the peace of Christ the Lord dwell in the hearts of His children, and for the brothers and sisters who have not yet discovered the Lord and who do not trust in Him, may the Lord direct them with their hearts to Him, to the home!
Thanks for your testimony of faith.
May I know what made you, aside from your belief that icons are just as bad as statues, that made you turn away from Orthodox Christianity?
I despise the current satanic pope, and think the church is filled with Zionist and Freemasonic critters, and this revelation strengthens my belief that the Catholic Church has long been infiltrated and co-opted, and acts as a benign face and servant to Zionists and Freemasons.
However, this feeling of mine also extends to pretty much all Christian denominations and sects, and even those who call themselves born-again or evangelical. These past 4 years of Trump crystallized that feeling further as we see loads of Christians supporting Trump because they believe and support Zionism, without which Trump would never have been elected president.
The entire structure of Christianity has betrayed Christian believers, and so it must make sense for you to sail alone on a raft, not adrift though, as you have your rudders intact and that beats being a trusting passenger with an errant captain headed straight towards an iceberg.
Back to my original question though, what do you see wrong with the Orthodox Church?
Not an issue at all, I’m immune to preaching. I switched off after the first 2 lines of this post. It’s not my thread, it’s a thread I started, but it’s created by everyone who contributes to it.Thank you for giving me the opportunity to detail this aspect, yerrag! I hope Pina doesn't get scared, because I "sabotaged" her thread, I rely on her understanding because the intention is right!
Thank you, may I ask which country?against vaccination,