stahrwe wrote:

President Camacho wrote:Competing for a limited number of spots in heaven. Wow. That's motivation!

I'll ask next time someone comes around. I get them every couple of months.

We used to live near a Kingdom Hall and had them come by every other week.

They believe that only 144,000 will be allowed in 'heaven' and that admission is based on merit, which is why they are talking to you. They really don't want you to be 'saved' but they have to go door to door as one of their works.

Let me clear up one thing though. It might occur to you that Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormon's are just another denomination and their reading of the Bible is just as legitimate as Methodist, or Baptists and you would be correct except for one thing. The Jehovah's Witnesses came up with a whole new translation of the Bible called the New World Translation. It radically altered not just the text but the meaning of key verses and left others out. One major change they made was to John 1. They added the word 'a'.

The normally accepted translation of John 1:1 is;

"In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the Word was God."
KJV

The Jehovah's Witness New World Translation reads:
"1 In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god."

The Mormons also have a different book than the Bible, they use the Book of Mormon. Their different than Christians in that if you are a really good Mormon, including being baptized a bunch of times for dead relatives (that's why they have that genealogy bank), one day you may get your own planet to rule. So you would no longer be President Comacho you'd be God Comacho. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

JohnOneOne wrote:

stahrwe wrote:

President Camacho wrote:Competing for a limited number of spots in heaven. Wow. That's motivation!

I'll ask next time someone comes around. I get them every couple of months.

We used to live near a Kingdom Hall and had them come by every other week.

They believe that only 144,000 will be allowed in 'heaven' and that admission is based on merit, which is why they are talking to you. They really don't want you to be 'saved' but they have to go door to door as one of their works.

Let me clear up one thing though. It might occur to you that Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormon's are just another denomination and their reading of the Bible is just as legitimate as Methodist, or Baptists and you would be correct except for one thing. The Jehovah's Witnesses came up with a whole new translation of the Bible called the New World Translation. It radically altered not just the text but the meaning of key verses and left others out. One major change they made was to John 1. They added the word 'a'.

The normally accepted translation of John 1:1 is;

"In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the Word was God."
KJV

The Jehovah's Witness New World Translation reads:
"1 In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god."

The Mormons also have a different book than the Bible, they use the Book of Mormon. Their different than Christians in that if you are a really good Mormon, including being baptized a bunch of times for dead relatives (that's why they have that genealogy bank), one day you may get your own planet to rule. So you would no longer be President Comacho you'd be God Comacho. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Regarding Jehovah's Witnesses' "New World Translation" Bible and its rendering of John 1:1, it may interest you to know that there is soon to be published an 18+ year study (as of 08/2010) in support and explanation of their wording of this verse entitled, "What About John 1:1?"

To learn more of its design and expected release date, we invite you to visit:

http://www.goodcompanionbooks.com

Agape, JohnOneOne.
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Interbane wrote:If you died today do know for sure that you would go to Heaven?

Yes, I paid my church a deposit a few years back for entry into heaven. They handed around a dish for it.

Suppose you did die today, and found yourself standing before God and He asked you, "Why should I let you into My Heaven;" what would you say?

Fine, send me to hell you prick, you already know any answer I'd give.

Interbane wrote:If you died today do know for sure that you would go to Heaven?

Yes, I paid my church a deposit a few years back for entry into heaven. They handed around a dish for it.

Suppose you did die today, and found yourself standing before God and He asked you, "Why should I let you into My Heaven;" what would you say?

Fine, send me to hell you prick, you already know any answer I'd give.

stahrwe wrote:

Interbane wrote:If you died today do know for sure that you would go to Heaven?

Yes, I paid my church a deposit a few years back for entry into heaven. They handed around a dish for it.

Suppose you did die today, and found yourself standing before God and He asked you, "Why should I let you into My Heaven;" what would you say?

Fine, send me to hell you prick, you already know any answer I'd give.

Interesting answers.

Robert Tulip wrote:

stahrwe wrote:

Interbane wrote:If you died today do know for sure that you would go to Heaven?

Yes, I paid my church a deposit a few years back for entry into heaven. They handed around a dish for it.

Suppose you did die today, and found yourself standing before God and He asked you, "Why should I let you into My Heaven;" what would you say?

Fine, send me to hell you prick, you already know any answer I'd give.

Interesting answers.

The moral blackmail inherent in this type of Pascal's Wager religious bullying is appalling. Heaven does not exist except as a vision for the transformation of the earth, as indicated by Jesus in his instructions to pray 'your will be done on earth as it is in heaven'. The whole idea of 'going to heaven' is obsolete, wrong, primitive and immoral.

stahrwe wrote:They are just questions. Why are you so upset?

Wiki: "Perhaps the most famous use of push polls is in the 2000 United States Republican Party primaries, when it was alleged that George W. Bush's campaign used push polling to torpedo the campaign of Senator John McCain. Voters in South Carolina reportedly were asked "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" The poll's allegation had no substance, but was heard by thousands of primary voters."