We have some sharp Bible scholars here because they were once Jehovah's Witnesses.
You've gotta be kidding. JWs who become Bible scholars leave the WT.
I would love to know of one language where the WT was the first to translate the bible.
Bible-Believing Christians Who Don't Murder Disobedient or Alcoholic Children Are Practicing Moral Relativism and Turning Against God's Specific Instructions in Deuteronomy
by alice.in.wonderland 51 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Deputy Dog
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Scully
From: http://www.cirp.org/library/history/ I guess Paul pre-dates this custom, according to this reference.
The third stage of ritual circumcision, the Messisa or Metzitzah, was not introduced until the Talmudic period (500-625 C.E). 8,17,23 In Metzitzah, the mohel (ritual circumciser) sucks blood from the penis of the circumcised infant with his mouth. 31
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StAnn
Well, now, this thread has become rather disgusting.
StAnn
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debator
It's too easy to judge with modern eyes but you have to place the Law with the people and the times. TD was the nearest showing that the law had to cover civil, moral, social responsibilities.
Imagine society now without a benefit system? Where survival meant a family working ALL together to provide the needs for everyone. When killing a man could mean his wife and children soon died in poverty afterwards. Or sons not looking after their aging parents meant they too faced starvation, ill-health and death.
It's easy to be armchair moralists over the Bible. What sort of disobedience is this talking about? just going out and having a pint with his mates or the level or disobedience that threatens the whole families survival?
While the law was fulfilled by Jesus it didn't end at all, it was a forshadow of things to come.
Matthew 5:17-18
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.The law introduced a unique thought to the then divided tribal nations. One of Social responsibility as a people and as a cohesive group. This meant criminal laws, social laws, dietary laws, hygiene laws etc Just to ensure their survival as a nation.
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Cagefighter
Debator,
Good points...
St. Ann,
it's true I looked it up.
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Scully
it's true I looked it up.
Yeah, if it's on the internet, it must be true!! LOL
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miseryloveselders
I have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread, but just wanted to say that's a heluva thread title. So many syllables, enough to make someone dyslexic go into a coma.
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Twitch
Bible-Believing Christians Who Don't Murder Disobedient or Alcoholic Children Are Practicing Moral Relativism and Turning Against God's Specific Instructions in Deuteronomy
It's about time
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dinah
I vote Oreos.