The two to three witness rule arose in the ancient world as protection for those who were wrongly accused of a crime. Nevertheless it is very problematic for the obvious reason that most crimes have one or no witness.
Village Idiot
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Do the Mormons have a 3 witness rule?
by Esse quam videri inmoroni 6:7 states,.
' and they were strict to observe that there should be no iniquity among them; and whoso was found to commit iniquity, and three witnesses of the church did condemn them before the elders, and if they repented not, and confessed not, their names were blotted out, and they were not numbered among the people of christ.'.
any comments?.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Village Idiot
Bonsai,
"Being a witness helped me to overcome the beginnings of substance abuse."
Being a witness has led many to substance abuse. Probably more than those it has helped.
"I met many good people who taught me a lot of good principles in life."
Many Nazis, aside from their heinous crimes, were moral and ethical in most regards. The Witnesses believe in genocide. No, Godwin's Law does not apply.
"This religion helped me to make many contacts so I could travel to many countries with ease. It taught me how to be a good, persuasive public speaker. etc. etc. I lived. I learned."
You could have acquired those skills and contacts without the negative effect of the Witnesses. I will admit, though, that the Ministry School does hone your public speaking skills and draws some introverts out.
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What is BELIEF ?
by EdenOne instemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.
what exactly is "belief"?.
is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?
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pressman, "The atheists don't think their is a god and don't accept him. that's their flaw."
Theists think there is a god and that's a flaw.
A harmless flaw if they happen to be Deists who don't believe in the demon sky god of the Bible and the usual egocentric beliefs that many Theists have as it relates to their religion.
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Is door to door activity over?
by badcompany injust curious about others experience.
i've been living just a few miles from a kingdom hall for 9 years.
i've been called on 0 times.
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LisaRose, "They keep coming..."
They need a good shock like you showing them Apostate books and suggesting they read it. That might do better than a letter.they'll simply toss.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Phizzy, "Nearly 100% of the Public detect the JW Bullshit."
Although a substantial part of that 100% have their own bullshit that they can't smell/detect.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Village Idiot
Having been a Jehovah's Witness gave me a good, finely tuned, crap detector.
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What is BELIEF ?
by EdenOne instemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.
what exactly is "belief"?.
is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?
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Village Idiot
Eden One, "If I desire to win the lottery tomorrow, does that make me a believer?"
Of course it does. Not necessarily a rational believer.
And funny you mentioned the lottery, I've been getting discarded scratcher tickets out of the store trash and registering their second chance code in in the belief that I may get a prize without spending a dime. People throw away their losing tickets and are too lazy to enter their second chance opportunity.
I won $100 yesterday after 15 days of trash mining from a winning ticket that wasn't read right and discarded.
Belief isn't always rational but it's self reinforcing. Now if you'll excuse me I've got some free lotto tickets to scratch.
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What is BELIEF ?
by EdenOne instemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.
what exactly is "belief"?.
is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?
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What is BELIEF ?
Intellectual desire.
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Questions that were never answered for me
by WasOnceBlind ini have always been a very rational and thoughtful person.
there where always questions i had growing up regarding things i was taught.
of course asking questions while being a jw is a big no no!
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Why are we not allowed to have beards?
I was told that beards were not allowed because the Witnesses had to abide by community norms about beards. They ignored the fact that most 'worldly' people had nothing against beards.
I once checked out a Sears catalogue and found that one of its male models had a beard. Needless to say, Sears reflected the norms of the people they were trying to sell to.
Why no tattoos is mosaic law is over?
They'll try to make an exception for this Mosaic law but they won't have an answer when you bring up the law about Israelites not cutting the sides of their face.
If god is love, why does he allow so much suffering? From what I remember their main answer was that it started in Eden when Satan challenged Gods right to rule. However, I refuse to believe that a God of Love would let billions thru history suffer and die just to prove a point!
They give the typical Evangelical answer. As you stated, God has to allow such suffering in order to prove a point. And the point he's trying to prove is that he loves enough to allow Jesus' suffering and death to somehow save us from eternal suffering!
Why no birthdays? (their explanations are super shaky)
Because when birthdays are mentioned in the Bible something bad happens. Yes it is a shaky explanation. If evil people in the Bible were to wear purple garments the same logic would indicate that purple clothing is prohibited in the Bible.
Is earth is 6k years old, whats up with Dinosaurs? Cavemen?
They actually believe, or once believed, that each creative day was 7,000 years long. Since we're into the 6,000 year time period of the last day that means that creation is 48,000 years long.
However, for the existence of the Earth itself, presumably as a lifeless rock, they went along with the scientific consensus that the Earth was over 4 billion years old. They separated Genesis 1:1 from verse 2 saying that only verse 2 applied to the creation days not verse 1.
I had many more, these are just some that come to mind
Keep those questions coming.
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...Which Way is the Cat Going?!...
by OUTLAW ini found this on yahoo news... while it doesn`t raise an important question... it raises an interesting question... .
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Village Idiot
This should help us decide,
