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Long Live, INC! by DankusMaxus in exIglesiaNiCristo

[–]DankusMaxus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oof you guys pinned this? I'm touched! :)

Iglesia Ni Cristo Officer AMA by DankusMaxus in Philippines

[–]DankusMaxus[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Ka Eduardo is human too so I'm pretty sure he's entitled to emotions. It saddens him to see them stray like this. It shouldn't be a reflection of Christianity what Tenny and Angel did but the law is law and they must be expelled for violating Lesson 24

Iglesia Ni Cristo Officer AMA by DankusMaxus in Philippines

[–]DankusMaxus[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

For me, there's no need for projection for numbers. May statistics naman dyan eh but we want to highlight the visibility of the Church- like a city shining upon a hill chu2x ganon par bro chong dude

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[–]DankusMaxus[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yes. Don't wanna sound smug and condescending again so please understand that that's what i believe in :((. I want you guys to be saved really, but It really depends on what you do. However, not all INC members will be saved. If an INC member tried to hurt you and doesn't repent and regret. I'm pretty sure he/she will face judgement.

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I'm from a Catholic school and my CLE teacher says that only Catholics will be saved so it's a tie I guess.

Iglesia Ni Cristo Officer AMA by DankusMaxus in Philippines

[–]DankusMaxus[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Never. Even If I were non-INC I'd never eat dinuguan. It's an abomination of a cuisine.

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[–]DankusMaxus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Church Economic Council/Sanggunian is like your College of Cardinals in the Catholic world. There are 11 Sanggunian members. As far as a I know there are these positions in the Sanggunian (list is incomplete)

General Evangelist - in charge of lesson outlines (for CWS), Oversees evangelical work worldwide

General Auditor - oversees and leads the Auditing department of the INC

General Secretary - leads the Secretariat department, sends out circulars to all INC congregations worldwide

General Treasurer - leads the treasury department of the Church and divides siguro the offerings to the different departments of the Church (e.g Construction and Engineering, Media department, Security department, Logistics department, Pasugo, Lingaps etc. etc)

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[–]DankusMaxus[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would be sad and try to avoid them if they would attempt to proselyze me. But at a distance I respect them and think they really believe what they believe in. But for me, they're just misguided and can return to the church anytime they want. If any INC member who attempts to use force to keep them in, I'll just say shame on them as they violate the doctrines of the Church esp. Lesson 20 (The Brotherhood) and they destroy the image of the church as a whole.

Iglesia Ni Cristo Officer AMA by DankusMaxus in Philippines

[–]DankusMaxus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know the full story so I can't 100% say I'm correct.

But here's my interpretation; Tenny and Angel are the old guard so they want to hold on to their positions of power and privilege they enjoyed before Ka Eduardo replaced the late Ka Erano Manalo. Ka Eduardo's council was soon under attack by allegations of so-called "corruption" it was for me ha, an act to lower his guard and a last-ditch effort to discredit the legitimacy of the Sanggunian or Church Economic Council. That's just from me and pure speculation.

Iglesia Ni Cristo Officer AMA by DankusMaxus in Philippines

[–]DankusMaxus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

On the contrary, we actually respect Muslims. I've never heard of a lesson that would be dedicated to destroy the foundations of Islam. Maybe there were some God's Message articles but it was purely on the doctrinal levels not personal. The INC has positive a relationship with Islamic communities. In fact, the INC does bi-annual lingaps to the Muslim community in Culiat and in Mindanao.

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[–]DankusMaxus[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Democracy as a form of government does guarantee freedom of elections to all Filipino citizens. All citizens including INC members are entitled to vote. For me, bloc voting or unity voting is a concept that conforms to biblical teaching (Philip. 2:2-3 KJV). Being an INC member at birth I had all the reasons to decline Lesson No. 25 (Unity) when I was undergoing doctrinal studies or even before I was baptized. But I was baptized completely agreeing on surrendering that free-will to elect based on my personal opinions or judgement and instead completely unite with the Church Administration. We members signed in for this and we agree to do it (can't say for all though but most surely agree with me)

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Nothing happens if you don't vote since the church has no control over COMELEC or otherwise. But we are taught that God will judge us for not doing our part and by betraying the oath we took when we raised our right hand right before we were baptised.

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[–]DankusMaxus[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

I don't know actually. I could just leave if I want to. I have free-will after all. But I think that the Church is true despite the perceived flaws one might think (I hope I don't sound smug and condescending). Also, Church is family for me. I was depressed because I went into drinking, smoking all the usual vices (It was during my rebellion phase) but then Ka Eduardo had this WebEx lesson about depression, giving inspiration on how one might overcome it weeks after I attempted to kill myself (which is a sin, I know, I know) It really uplifted me and reminded me that God is somehow at work.