Notices by Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de), page 17

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube I suspect you feel like you are making compelling points and I am too dumb to understand them. However from here it feels like you have a text file with all the Baptists arguments to everything that you copy and paste without actually understanding what is being asked.

Again you do not address the question of as to why believers need to look to the Bible alone, when no where in the Bible does it say I have to show you in the Bible?

You clam that by 1611 baptize was the English word used for baptism that means immersion, yet King James and the Church of England believed in the practice the baptism of infants, and numerous other sacraments including marriage & confession, and to this day is continued by the CoE as well as their offspring, the worldwide Anglican Communion including The Episcopal Church (USA).

I am yet to see a response as to why you believe I am not a Christian other than the Church I now belong to.

My wife & I went to public school, but our kids are homeschooled, does that mean we are stupid, but we will teach our kids to be smart?

I believe that I am saved by grace Not because I had any particular magic words come out of my mouth. I am not saved because I accepted Jesus as my personal savior at age 9. You too are saved by grace.

That grace with which we are saved could not exist without the works of Christ.

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube this certainly comes of as smug. The meaning of words change overtime. I have every reason to believe the Jesus is happy, that while He walked the Earth He was happy. The dictionary says that gay means happy, but it would make no sense to say "Jesus is gay." Because thats not how the word is used anymore. Like "negro"ay have a definition akin to "an individual of African discent" but I certainly wouldn't wouldn't recommend using the term in casual conversation, save official names like "Negro College Fund" or "The Negro Leauges", as their is just too much baggage connected to it. Rather than coming off like sounding like you think you are smarter than everyone else, I think you'll make a better witness by trying to meet people were they are, trying to speak their language, and when you learn the two of you meant different things apologizing "I apologize, yes I meant he had a mental handicap, I did not mean to insult him."

I have reason to believe that most people who would hear you that you have studied medicine for 25 years are going to think you meant that you have gone to medical school and not only got abn advanced doctorate degree, but likely several and have done first line medical research funded by corporate and government interests to do so. I know you well enough to know that is not what you mean. I suspect that most others when learning you don't have even an MD will label you a liar and dismiss anything you have ever told them.

I have not yet made a decision as to if I believe you are purposely trying to deceive with how you frequently trumpet p up your education without technically breaking the 8th commandment.

#Christmas is an annual religious and cultural festival that is observed in almost all countries on 25 #December to commemorate the birth of #Jesus #Christ, whose teachings are followed by 2.3 billion #Christians across the world.

There is no historical or Biblical record to show that Jesus the Messiah was born on 25th December. In early #Christianity, Easter was the main holiday (to commemorate Christ’s Resurrection which is the foundation of Christianity). The birth of Jesus was not celebrated then. Around 350 AD, Pope Julius I (now St Julius I) declared: “December 25th, Christ (was) born in Bethlehem, Judea.” In 529 AD Emperor Justinian declared Christmas an official holiday.

Christmas festivity includes attending church (mainly 24 December at midnight Mass which many from other faiths also attend), carol singing, decorating homes with cribs and Christmas trees, exchanging gifts and meals with family and friends. It is a family-centered day of peace, bonhomie, relaxation, and gratitude. It is also a day when home-cooked food, packaged food items, warm clothes, blankets, #toys, and sanitary kits are distributed among the poor and vulnerable including inmates of children’s and old age homes.

The central point of Christmas is simplicity of life (Christ was born in a manger) and peace because Christ is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Therefore, On Christmas we recall Christ’s teachings (Love one another as I have loved you – John 12:34) and try to emulate him by burying our egos/differences.

Because Christmas heralds peace, we often hear of major peace agreements and `ceasefires’ taking place in conflict zones immediately preceding Christmas. One commonality in these peace processes is the collaboration of religious leaders of different faiths in brokering peace processes around Christmas. So, Christmas and peace are intertwined like Siamese twins.

However, this Christmas season finds us in a very uneasy state of mind due to: (1) The severe economic downslide due to Covid-19 pandemic. (2) After Covid onslaught, the world is now grappling with #Russia’s reckless invasion of #Ukraine. (3) The eruption of #Israel versus #Hamas-Hezbollah war that has been waging since October 2023, reportedly to derail #Israel-Saudi Arabia #Peace Agreement.

This war is also aimed to jeopardize Memorandum of Understanding signed at the September 2023 G20 New Delhi to launch the economic corridor on cooperation, connectivity and infrastructure development involving the European Union and seven countries, namely #India, the #US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (#UAE), #France, #Germany, and #Italy. This corridor is the first-of-its-kind complete with shipping and railway links. It will include a shipping route connecting Mumbai and Mundra (Gujarat) with the UAE, and a rail network connecting the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan with the Israeli port of Haifa to reach the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Haifa will then be connected by sea to the port of Piraeus in Greece to eventually be connected to Europe. For details on this, readers may refer to a report “India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: A passage of possibilities.”

Today no country can say with assurance that it is in total peace. Therefore, the Christmas message of peace and goodwill for universal brotherhood and bonhomie is more applicable today than it was ever before. Today we desperately need statesmen with foresight and benevolence who can make all world leaders realise that modern warfare of mass destruction is meaningless. This is where the Christmas message: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (Luke 2.14) is very relevant. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9).

Christmas message of peace and goodwill is beautifully expressed in the Preamble to the UNESCO Constitution: “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam linked a nation’s prosperity with peace.

We often hear of `Education for Peace.’ The aim of this education is to ingrain into individuals the values, skills and attitudes required to live as responsible citizens, in harmony with others. #Education for #Peace can be incorporated in the curriculum of educational institutions across the world. This can be both formal and informal curriculums that aim to teach students Life Skills to resolve conflicts in a non-violent manner. Skills taught in these programs range from communication tools to social and emotional self-awareness techniques. These tools will help in increased appreciation of diversity among people and to dowse Hyper-ethnic Sensitivity which is an emerging global trend that prioritises preservation of one’s community at the expense of others (Manipur ethnic violence).

On Christmas as we commemorate the birth of Christ - the Prince of Peace - the question our leaders need to introspect on is: “What investment have we made towards peaceful living and peaceful coexistence?”
Christmas & Peace are like conjoined twins https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/oyvuogq3jkjc4hri.html

I appologize @Robbie I am not following you. Can you help me understand what you mean by

Is it any wonder that most people aren't Christians?

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

Baptism is a step of obedience after salvation, and is not a part of salvation.

You are adding to the Bible your own interpretation, an interpretation that literally is adding words to claim the Bible says the opposite of what it does. I am really having a hard time wrapping my head around how you can claim to believe in the KJV Bible alone, and also claim that "baptism doth also now save us" means "baptism doesn't save us".

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

Paul also declares it not a part of the gospel.

Here you go adding things to the Bible that aren't there. You even quote it yourself "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect" The Bible does not say baptism is not part of the good news. The Bible says Paul was not sent by Christ to baptize. He did baptize a number of believers into the faith, those baptisms were valid even though that was not his calling. To this day Church Tradition teaches that anyone can baptize, so long as it's in accordance with the great commission(I.e. in the name of the Father & the Son & The Holy Spirit) and that it be in accordance with the will of the believer to be baptized. Those for whom baptizing is part of their calling would be one who is called to the vocation of a Priest. Tradition teaches that Paul was a lay preacher-missionary, he did not become a priest like Peter. The primary responsibility of any priest, whether he be a pastor, like most secular priests, or of any other occupation, more common amongst the religious communities, is to administer the sacraments to the people of God. I personally have baptized at least half a dozen people, all by immersion and all after their confession of faith, it would be sinful for me, not to mention a priest, to go around baptizing every Muslim in town, or even those that show up at the pool in a hot summer day.

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube @baptist_joshua_on_youtube

A non-Christian, according to the Biblical definition

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I am really not sure how you come to that conclusion, even in your Baptist theology. Is it soley because I belong to St. Mary Mystical Rose Catholic Church & not Calvary Baptist Church? Is that what determines if one is a Christian or not, by which church they belong to? Is church membership what saves us? As it says in my profile and I have told you before I first accepted Jesus as my personal savior at age 9. When I was 18 I request to be baptized by my campus minister. I was baptized that same night in Lake Superior by immersion.

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

No! Yet Christ himself said he would be in Paradise with him that very day!

If you are to take this literally, I would think one of these is probably true

1.) You believe that Jesus went to heaven after he died on the cross & did not descended into hell prior to raising from the dead on the third day
2.) You believe that when God speaks of a day it is not always speaking of 24 hours on earth (which would bring to question if perhaps our planet may have taken billions of years to create what we now know as our home).
3.) That paradise is some place other than heaven, perhaps somewhere between Heaven and hell, something like a purgatory.

Did I pick an accurate one, or is their something else I am missing?

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

Paul also declares it not a part of the gospel.

Here you go adding things to the Bible that aren't there. You even quote it yourself "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect" He does not say that's not part of the good news. He does say that he was not sent as a baptizer. He did baptize a number of believers into the faith, those baptisms were valid even though that was not his calling. To this day Church Tradition teaches that anyone can baptize, so long as it's in accordance with the great commission(I.e. in the name of the Father & the Son & The Holy Spirit) and that it be in accordance with the will of the believer to be baptized. Those for whom baptizing is part of their calling would be one who is called to the vocation of a Priest. Tradition teaches that Paul was a lay preacher-missionary, he did not become a priest like Peter. The primary responsibility of any priest, whether he be a pastor, like most secular priests, or of any other occupation, more common amongst the religious communities, is to administer the sacraments to the people of God. I personally have baptized at least half a dozen people, all by immersion and all after their confession of faith, it would be sinful for me, not to mention a priest, to go around baptizing every Muslim in town, or even those that show up at the pool in a hot summer day.

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

Baptism is a transliteration of the koina Greek word, baptizo. it means to immerse.

If this is the case, that it can't possibly having a deeper meaning why did the authorized translators of the perfect KJV not translate it as immersion? How come none of the other translations, in English or any other vernacular use that as the translation?

@baptist_joshua_on_youtube

A non-Christian, according to the Biblical definition

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I am really not sure how you come to that conclusion, even in your Baptist theology, is it soley because I being to a Catholic Parish? As it says in my profile and I have told you before I first accepted Jesus as my personal savior at age 9. When I was 18 I request to be baptized by my campus minister. I was baptized that same night in Lake Superior by immersion.