Unit 3 Flashcards
Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormons.
Born in NY
Received Revelation from Jesus and Heavenly Father that all denominations were wrong
John Baptist comes to him gives him Aaronic priesthood
Peter, James, and John give him Melchizedek Priesthood
Joseph Smith, Jr.
The baptism of a loved one after they die so that the family can be together in heaven
a living person, acting as proxy, is baptized by immersion on behalf of a deceased person of the same sex. Baptism for the dead is an ordinance of the church, performed only in temples, and is based on the belief that baptism is required for entry into the Kingdom of God.
Baptism by proxy
Son of Mormon
angel who told Joseph Smith where the Book of Mormon (ancient plates) was hidden
He was real guy who buried the gold plates for safety in what is now NY state
Father was Mormon; dad charged him with hiding the plates
Moroni
a couple who has been sealed in a temple will be married beyond physical death and the resurrection if they remain faithful.
the word sealing refers to the joining together of a man and a woman and their children for eternity. This sealing can be performed only in a temple by a man who has the priesthood, or the authority from God.
Sealed Marriage
A site used for research into geneology.
Mormons created this
Ancestry.com
Founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses
introduced to the idea that Christ had returned invisibly to earth in 1874
started Bible study groups and in 1884 a religious publishing company, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
At this point you were not Jehovah Witnesses, followers would call themselves Bible Students at that time
Charles Taze Russell
elected as next president of society and group was name “Jehovah’s Witness” (1931)
sentenced to prison for conspiring to promote draft evasion during WWI –> felt fighting was wrong
Hated American government; led to influences on Jehovah’s Witnesses today
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
official means of sharing Jehovah’s Witness beliefs, and includes articles relating to biblical prophecies, Christian conduct and morals, and the history of religion and the Bible.
1884 a religious publishing company; published Charles Taze Russell’s bible studies
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ headquarters in Brooklyn, New York
Watch Tower
evening meal to remember Jesus and show gratitude for the sacrifice that he made on behalf of humanity. This Memorial is also known as the Lord’s Supper, the Last Supper or the Lord’s Evening Meal.
Memorial Supper
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that exactly ________faithful Christians from Pentecost of 33 AD until the present day will be resurrected to heaven as immortal spirit beings to spend eternity with God and Christ. They believe that these people are “anointed” by God to become part of the spiritual “Israel of God”.
“the annointed” will go to Heaven and rule the Earth from there with Christ; other followers will spend eternity in paradise on Earth
The 144,000
takes an individual through times in their current or past lives with the purpose of ridding the individual of negative influences from past events or behaviors.
their goal is to help bring the individual to “Clear” status
Auditor
In Scientology, an electronic machine that reads galvanic skin response; sometimes used to assist the auditing process.
used for identification of engrams AKA to detect mental blocks
originally the electropsychometer, is an electronic device for displaying the electrodermal activity (EDA) of a human being. It is used for auditing in Scientology and divergent groups.
measures electrical resistance relative to a standard resistance.
E-meter
Painful memory
these are the past experiences that cause anxiety and come up in the auditing system
The physical changes in the brain associated with a memory. It is also known as the memory trace.
Engram
live in you
pieces of creatures that were sent out by evile ruler of different planet and were suppose to be destroyed by volcanos; planes exploded and teh pieces of creatrues were spread out and they are part ________
These entities move from body to body (life to life); eveyr person has one
GOAL to get better and better until this entity ceases to exist
similar to the concept of self, or the spirit or soul as found in several belief systems.
A term used by Scientologists to identify the immortal Self and source of creativity in the human mind.
Thetan
when a person is deemed to be free of the influence of engrams
is defined by the Church of Scientology as a person who no longer has a “reactive mind” (a pseudoscientific subdivision of the mind), and is therefore free from negative effects purported to be produced by the “reactive mind”.
is said to be “at cause over” (that is, in control of) their “mental energy” (their thoughts), and able to think clearly even when faced with the very situations that in earlier times caused them difficulty.
Cleared
