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bad bad bad father..how can he do that?

that think before doing something , sad to read this story, pity boy actually,

true

According to laws of some nations this man should be beaten to death

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That is so true, no one should ever hurt a child.

oh that was very sad story...bad temper of that dad cause a terrible loss.

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That is so true

Choose wat is the best ..... anger or love?

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i agree bro......that's true!

'THATS TRUE.. A AGREE....................

Sadly,, we have so many bad tempered people on earth..and i,m amazed at how many parents will belt their kids for little or no reason..!!

The guy is probably sick ... Mentally sick so he just release all his anger for "life issues" to his child... poor thing!!! LOVE is the answer!!! and GO THE PSY...!!! it will help! And I am glad I have found a person like you Bob ...who actually cares about whats going on with people and that agreed with me that the answer is PEACE AND LOVE...I believe in GOD and that the way he did everything he did was base on LOVE ...We all have the STRENGTH AND POWER of do miracles as GOD did ... we CAN make the world a better place....

Yes your right about that man Mariel.Love and care is the only answer to all mankind and animals...And as you say ,,God created us all with life and all this beautiful world and all things in it---- and he pre- progammed all of us with the same spiritual awakening..-It,s inbuilt at birth to slowly develop an awareness of GOd and how we should conduct our life and live in peace with our daily prayers and love for each other as Jesus teaches us---- However before our eyes are barely open.. someone takes our right of belief away and converts us to one of the thousands of religions..and instead of living as God wants us to we are forced to abide by the rules of each individual religion....So .??---God is REAL and religions are man made doctrine ( BRAINWASHING ) to create division and hatred towards each other...Does anyone reading this think GOD gave us thousands of different religions,.>> No he didn,t Religions are all about CONTROL over the human mind to gain the biggest slice of the pie and to covert us to one supreme cult....Thanks--- But NO THANKS..I,ll just beliieve in The ONE GOD and live my life in peace...W/out the religious Doctrine that has wrecked this world by dividing it......GOD and the Buddhist way of life is enough to keep me happy and peaceful,,

Thanks Mariel..The Philippine based cult calling themselves the Iglesia Ni Cristo ( Church of Christ ) with their FALSE Prophet Felix ( HAPPY MANALO ) 1914,,arrived on earth as the 5th angel to convert us to the one pure religion,, and because i refuse to join them..i,ve been told that i,m headed for the LAKE of FIRE...hahaha.....that,s the bad news...but the good news is that you will be with me Mariel..so we won,t be lonely.. :))--Life is funny Mariel..,,what should i do folks..?? should i rush to be converted to Iglesia ni christo.??..ot should i become a muslim,, or catholic or seventh day adventist..or etc etc.?? confusing is religion..no wonder so many people are confused..!! I,ll choose GOD,,not religion..coz GOD ALONE will choose my fate --not a church or cult..!!

mr bob...the bible said that not the iglesia ni cristo or the religion itself...MILLIONS OF PEOPLE worldwide think that they have come to accept the Lord Jesus Christ because they profess faith in Him. This is evident in the vast number of religious organizations, many of which are affiliated to major “Christian” churches. While there are those who have warped motives in practicing religion, there are also those who genuinely want to serve God and Christ and attain salvation.However, the intent to serve God and Christ is not enough in order for such devotion to be accepted. This is made clear from the pronouncement of the Savior Himself:“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matt. 7:21, New King James Version)

BECOMING A TRUE DISCIPLE
Christ dispels the notion that just because a person believes in Him, claims to have accepted Him as Savior, and considers himself as a Christian (or followers of Jesus,) he is automatically accepted as one and can attain eternal life.
So the issue is, how can one become a true disciple of the Lord Jesus? How can one be counted among those who are of Christ? It is by obeying His teachings:
“So Jesus said to those who believed in him, ‘If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’.” (John 8:31-32, Today’s English Version)
If one refuses to obey Christ’s teachings, even if he claims to have faith in Him, will he be accepted by the Lord? No, as He emphatically pronounced:
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’, and yet don’t do what I tell you?” (Luke 6:46, Ibid.)
Thus, anyone who wants to be recognized by Christ has to obey His instructions. What is one teaching of Christ that a person should comply with in order to be accepted by Him? The Savior Himself states: “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John 10;9, NKJV).
Those who have entered Christ are on the right path to salvation and, hence, are recognized and accepted by Him. How can these people be identified? To whom does our Lord Jesus Christ serve as the door? In John 10:7 it is written: “Then Jesus said to them again, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep’ “(Ibid.).
Our Lord Jesus is the door of the sheep, who are gathered in only one flock (John 10:16). Which is the flock? It is none other than the Church of Christ:
“Take heed therefore to yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, to feed the church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood.” (Acts 20:28, Lamsa Translation)
Membership in the Church of Christ is, thus, of paramount importance. This Church is what Christ recognizes as His own. Its members are the true Disciples of Christ.

The dad in the article must have some psycological diseases, how could a normal dad do that!

My God..Mr Pure and fresh.. My gwapo friend..What are you Saying.?///Jesus refers to his flock as all people on this planet ,, your trying to split god,s people into divisions..YOU members of Iglesia Ni Christo..a tiny minority against the might of the billions in this world..and there are many churches claiming the name of The Church of Christ..and your Felix Manalo ( the last prophet of God ) took that name from an American Church of Christ that was registerd before your Prophet was born.You cannot claim that name and Felix Manalo used to be a Catholic and about 4 other religions which he was never happy about their teachings so when he returned from America after learnig about other religions in about 1919-1921..most of his followers had deserted him so he proclaimed himself the Last Prophet of God to win back his followers and started his own Church,,( Iglesia Ni Christo ) tagalog.for Church of Christ..Your founder Felix Manalo is not the last Prohet of God,,and is not in the bible or any version..nor is the Philippines the place that the bible describes where the last Prophet will come to save us..Your bible study God,s message is taken from felix Manalo,s interpretation of the bible Kings James version and other versions to suit his religion and your church teaches strict Doctrine ( brainwashing ) not normal bible studies..Your church services divide male and female worshippers.so they cannot stand together as a family,,you don,t allow for xmas ..or valentines day..or easter..or all saints day etc etc..however when you people want to celebrate you have your special days.and you will have your 100 year celebrations at Cavite in 1914..You have a one billion peso headquarters in Quezon City..paid for by starving believers ,,and your message from God is to build very large and expensive Churches in the Philippines and world wide.. Your a very good man mr pure and Fresh and i like you..but not your church or your Prophet who you believe in

May i also say to you that your church was started in the Philippines around 1914 by FELIX MANALO before he declared himself the last prophet of God and before he got the idea to start his own churc of Christ,,and 99percent of your articles are written by Filipino,s with doctorates given by your own Universities in the Philippines..all unknown to the rest of the world and the the Iglesia Ni Christo church and it,s Finances are strictly kept in Felix Manalo,s family members...CONTROL..When you talk about greed you should Question first why you need this massive waste of money supplied by mostly poor followers to build and finance this Empire that you believe in..God didn.t tell you to rob the poor to build the biggest and most elaborate Churches as you claim neither did Jesus..who was a humble man who shared his bread and wine with all and gave gifts along the way..,,Jesus did not require or refer to a building as the church of Christ,, The Church of Christ in the eyes of Jesus was his one and only flock,,that,s all of us under one umbrella of God..And lastly the holy Bible and versions of same were not written by Jesus..many many people wrote and altersd these versions over 1000 years between 12th century bc..to the2nd century bc...Be very careful Mr Pure and Fresh that what you believe that Felix wrote for you is correct....Your method of teaching your bible is to use repeat suggestion to people,,rather than to allow them to read themselves.....Repeat suggestion is Doctrine which is brainwashing,,I,ve spent 2 years studying your church,,and i,m horrified at the methods and the structure to gain world dominance as one pure race of people ,, including not allowing members to marry outside of your church to keep your flock Pure.. and i,m still investigating your church,, coz i don,t like the way your members treat me ,,just because i won,t join.

it's ok mr bob, i will not argue with u.....the only thing that i can say all our church doctrines are all based on the bible not on self created doctrines.

Wow, that's quite a story there! The very reason for parents to step back and hold their anger for a few minutes before acting out. Children are so innocent in their young age, sometimes not realizing the consequences of their actions.

for mr bob:.....if u believe in GOD all doctrines must based in the bible with NO CONTRATICDING.........


MILLIONS OF PEOPLE worldwide think that they have come to accept the Lord Jesus Christ because they profess faith in Him. This is evident in the vast number of religious organizations, many of which are affiliated to major “Christian” churches. While there are those who have warped motives in practicing religion, there are also those who genuinely want to serve God and Christ and attain salvation.
However, the intent to serve God and Christ is not enough in order for such devotion to be accepted. This is made clear from the pronouncement of the Savior Himself:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matt. 7:21, New King James Version)

BECOMING A TRUE DISCIPLE
Christ dispels the notion that just because a person believes in Him, claims to have accepted Him as Savior, and considers himself as a Christian (or followers of Jesus,) he is automatically accepted as one and can attain eternal life.
So the issue is, how can one become a true disciple of the Lord Jesus? How can one be counted among those who are of Christ? It is by obeying His teachings:
“So Jesus said to those who believed in him, ‘If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’.” (John 8:31-32, Today’s English Version)
If one refuses to obey Christ’s teachings, even if he claims to have faith in Him, will he be accepted by the Lord? No, as He emphatically pronounced:
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’, and yet don’t do what I tell you?” (Luke 6:46, Ibid.)
Thus, anyone who wants to be recognized by Christ has to obey His instructions. What is one teaching of Christ that a person should comply with in order to be accepted by Him? The Savior Himself states: “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John 10;9, NKJV).
Those who have entered Christ are on the right path to salvation and, hence, are recognized and accepted by Him. How can these people be identified? To whom does our Lord Jesus Christ serve as the door? In John 10:7 it is written: “Then Jesus said to them again, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep’ “(Ibid.).
Our Lord Jesus is the door of the sheep, who are gathered in only one flock (John 10:16). Which is the flock? It is none other than the Church of Christ:
“Take heed therefore to yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, to feed the church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood.” (Acts 20:28, Lamsa Translation)
Membership in the Church of Christ is, thus, of paramount importance. This Church is what Christ recognizes as His own. Its members are the true Disciples of Christ.

DISMISSING THE WRONG NOTION
Others may say that even though they are not members of the Church of Christ, they still belong to Christ. The Lord Jesus says the following to those who are not in the flock or Church of Christ:
“But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine]. The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed]. And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:26-28, Amplified Bible)
Christ dismisses those who are not within His fold or flock as “no sheep of Mine.” Those who truly belong to Christ listen to His voice and follow Him, thus Christ says, “I know them.” They whom Christ acknowledges as His sheep because they are members of His Church, are the ones who have the sure hope of receiving eternal life, as long as they remain in Him and endure until the end (Matt. 24:13).
IDENTIFYING THE TRUE DISCIPLES
For some people, however, the idea of the Church of Christ being a single religious body or organization seems preposterous and unacceptable. To them, Christianity and the Church during the time of Christ and the apostles has mushroomed into the numerous religious organizations and denominations in existence today. But before the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven, did He make mention of anything concerning His Church? In John 10:16, Christ stated: “I have other sheep too. They are not in this flock here. I must lead them also. They will listen to my voice. In the future there will be one flock and one shepherd” (Easy-to-Read Version).
Notice that Christ mentions “In the future there will be one flock.” “In the future,” Christ promised when He was still here on earth, “there will be one flock” or Church of Christ. How can this time frame be more accurately ascertained? Acts 2:39 reveals this:
“For it was to you that the gift was promised, to you and your children, and to all those in distant times and places and whom the Lord our God calls to him.” (Rieu Translation)
In this pronouncement of the apostle Peter, he makes known the three groups of people that comprise the one true Church of Christ. The Jews who believed in the preaching of Christ and the apostles made up the first group to whom Apostle Peter said, “for the promise is to you.” The Gentiles or non-Jews at that time who also entered the Church comprised the second group, “and your children” – not children of the Jews in the flesh (all Jews who entered the Church were included in the first group – Acts 2:36) but rather children in the faith. The first two groups were called during the time of the apostles (Rom. 9:24). On the other hand, the third group were yet to be called, because their calling would happen at a “distant time and place” from that of the apostles.
Which is this distant time being referred to? In a related prophecy, the Lord God proclaims the following:
“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth – Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.” (Isa. 43:6-7, NKJV)
What the prophecy refers to as “My name” is the name given by God to Christ (John 17:11, TEV; Acts 2:36). Those whom God called and recognizes as His sons and daughters at the time “ends of the earth” would be called by the name of Christ, or as members of the Church of Christ (Acts 20:28, Lamsa Translation). The expression “ends of the earth” refers to the time when the end of the world is near (Matt. 24:3, 33). It began with the outbreak of the prophesied war which would be rumored or news about it would spread the world over (Matt. 24:6-7). This prophesied war was fulfilled in the First World War which broke out on July 27, 1914:
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THE DISCIPLES OF TODAY
There is only one Church that passes all the criteria for being recognized as that which belongs to Christ – the Church of Christ or Iglesia ni Cristo. It was officially registered with the government of the Philippines (a country in the Far East) on July 27, 1914, on exactly the same day when the war prophesied by Christ almost 2,000 years ago broke out. The gathering of those to be called as sons and daughters of God would eventually reach the Far West, with congregations of the Church being established firstly in Ewa, Hawaii on July 27, 1968 through the instrumentality of the late Executive Minister, Brother Erano G. Manalo.
That is why the invitation of Christ that He uttered two millenniums ago is still open for those who want their acknowledgment and acceptance of the Savior to be reciprocated by Him:
“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, … And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.” (John 10:9, 16, NKJV)
Those who enter the flock or Church of Christ and remain until the end are the ones assured of salvation (Matt. 24:13).
Some take risk in various arenas of life, but no one should take chances when it comes to the future of the soul. Inside the Church of Christ, one’s sacrifices and labors in pleasing the Lord by obedience to His will are not in vain. All will result to his salvation.
Source: IGLESIA NI CRISTO, Pasugo: God’s Message, October 2008, Volume 60, Number 10, ISSN 0116-1636, p.12-16, by DONALD PINNOCK

It,s just my point of View about your Chuch ( I,m just debating and correcting your Doctrine coz i spend 1 hour each day on this subject with your members and i watch carefully how your members stick to your belief,s ,, and they do not practice what they preach..Some of what,s written in the Pasugo is just simplistic and childish..From my study of all religions..It,s convenient and misleading to use the Words God,s Message..which is the doctrine taught only by Felix Manalo,,the way he sees as the bible is written and used to make people think it,s god,s official messages..It,s convenient to steal the name The Church of Christ and re register it...and use it as the official church of Christ..which is again misleading for those who have never studied religion..Strict Doctrine taught to people doesn,t allow people to form a balanced view of what life and death is all about..it controls the minds of people and every aspect of their life..and for Felix Manalo to be a genuine Prophet he would not have had to leave the Philippines and go to America to study the Church of Christ there and al other churches and steal all their ideas ( which are similar ) and reuse them in the Phil. Also please explain why he kept changing his religions until he said.. i,ve had enough of normal religions..i,m going to start up my own Iglesio Ni Cristo ) Church of Christ...Prophets don,t need to be trained before they declare themselves one..Everthing about this church is structured in the Philippines by Felix Manalo.s family...for power and money and to cleanse the world of non belevers of felix Manalo,s strict Doctrine and make every one of us a Felix Manalo follower..Which is dangerous..same as the the principles of Islam...But good luck with your roughly 8 million members...your only about 6.5 billion members away from your goal...I think i,ll be come PROPHET BOB HOGARTH and start my own Church and call it THE CHURCH of PEACE..and welcome every one in this world and don,t exclude people like Felix Manalo does. Religion has destroyed the peaceful world god gave us Mr Pure and fresh..and i,m sad that religion is causing so much daily death and destruction..all in the name of Churches...Jesus did not build churches or take money from the poor.. He gave love and gifts and his life to save us from our sins...Jesus is PEACE and he is my saviour..not your church or any others with your complicated list of rules and regulations that put man against man....I don,t need 28 lessons and to be baptised into one of thousands of religions to cleanse me of my sins...all i need is my peace of mind and my control over my own mind and my daily prayers with the single flock..which is the world world...that,s all i need to go to heaven... and that,s why i,m a peaceful person....It,s my point of view and good luck with yours.....Just prove to me first that Felix is the last Prophet of GOD.?? we can do the lessons later .!!

mr bob all of ur sayings are based on ur own knowledge and views not on the bible or verses of the bible.....our church doctrines are all based on the bible with no contradiction,,,,that's why if u do not agree with our church doctrines it is better to used bible verses to counter our doctrines.....if u can counter that's the case....all of ur sayings is based on ur own knowledge not in the bible.

we maybe have different religion..we maybe have different names of our god..but at the end of the day,...we have only one GOD..

Perfect Comment LENY !

5* for the post and for your comment LENY !

Your 100% correct Leny..that,,s all i,m trying to say..At the end of the day there is only one god who created us all.. and at birth he made us no religion.. just put us under the same love and care .. until someone else changed us to a particular religion..and that,s why i say no one can claim to be the right religion..no matter how you read the bible or Quaran or any other religious book...I have read the bible and most religious books..and the bible was written and altered over 1000 years that you cannot lay claim to any particular versions that they are correct..same as every picture that is printed in religious books are not true..nor is the photos of Christ accurate,,,..I have never beenagainst any religion. what i,m against is some religious people like my churc of christ friends here ..calling me a pagan and a devil coz i don,t eat meat .and telling me that i,m going to be thrown into the lake of fire if i don,t join them and become baptized by them..and laying down their laws to me that i,m not allowed to celebrate any special days unless it is only for their own religion and also trying to control everything i do and how i live my life now...all in the name of how they read their version of the bible..and every day this is happening to me..so i get sick of them treating me different to them.and even dictating to me that i must marry within their church members so we have one pure religion....And whether we like it or not..the true facts of why this world is so full of hatred ..is because each religion is claiming to be the correct religion and so we have wars and non stop fighting over religious Ideology..and if we just simply were allowed to read the bible etc in our own quite way and believed in the one god then this world would be at peace....I have watched hundreds of videos of people reading the bible and explaining the versus their way and they convince themselves that they are right and we are wrong...And as i say..if i asked where was The Garden of Eden..no one can tell me where it was .....Which means the bible is not accurate in explaining anything clearly the way it was written by many people...So believe what you want folks..i,m just believing that there is one god and one flock of sheep all under GOD,S CARE...And i understand clearly how the Church of christ reads the bible...their version their way..

I,m going to the Philippines To study the history of Felix Manalo at the Headquarters of the Iglesia Ni Cristo ( Church of Christ ) at Quezon City..next month and investigate if his claims to be the last Prophet of God are true.We have no evidence in Australia..or ever heard of him here...1914 is not very long ago in terms of time,,so i,m hoping to find photographic evidence and other materials.that prove to me that Felix Manalo is really the last Prophet of God....I,ve asked the members of the Church of Christ here to supply me proof about their prophet but they refuse to back up their claims..They don,t want to be investigated..they will only discuss Strict Doctrine of Felix Manalo.....

Goodluck to you mr bob....may ur spiritual beliefs enlighten this time.:)

Yes Thanks Mr Pure and Fresh..It,s just research..I like to go back to the start of anything..it helps me understand clearly what things mean and then i make my decisions based on my research....It,s like buying a car..i don,t look at just the outside before i buy it..first i study how it,s made and performs etc...then when i,m convinced it,s right for ME..i,ll purchase it..hehehe.....I like to study religions,,coz there are so many all claiming the true one,,,,I,m just debating as how they all can be right..???And if i disagree..then i become hated...so to me that,s not the way that Jesus taught us to love thy neighbour..Jesus loved everyone ..and i follow his way.....that, is the only way to world peace.. It,s called Love and Care....for everyone :)) dividing people into groups only promotes division and suspicion and dislikes..and eventually hatred.. That,s Life..

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