(Oops, spoke too soon...here's an article that directs the proper procedure for tooth brushing...)
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102000687?q=toothbrush&p=par
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh inmandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.
shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.
mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh inmandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.
shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.
mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
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what practices or beliefs in the Witness world are not mandated?
I think they don't mandate whether you can decide if you want a regular toothbrush or an electric toothbrush, although there may be an Awake article somewhere that tells about the evils of one over another. Never checked that one.
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Were the life spans of the patriarchs just an allegory of astronomical cycles?
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Vidiot said: "Considering everything modern science and history has learned in the past century or so, I think the safest bet is to view pretty much everything in the Bible as "allegory"
EasyPrompt said: “By the same token, anyone that insists the Bible be viewed as completely allegorical with no room for anything else also does it and everyone who contributed to its existence a disservice.”
Vidiot said: "Good thing I haven’t actually done that, then."
EasyPrompt said: "Yeah, you can repeat a lie as much as you want, but it doesn't make it true."
Vidiot said: "Well done; Jesus would be proud."
EasyPrompt said: "you are right in this case. Jesus called out liars for what they are too."
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"And you just flushed the last bit of goodwill you had from anyone else here down the f*****g toilet."
I wasn't looking for goodwill from you or anyone here.
"Well done; Jesus would be proud."
You don't know him. But you are right in this case. Jesus called out liars for what they are too.
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Were the life spans of the patriarchs just an allegory of astronomical cycles?
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(Good night, AugustHest/KalebOutWest.)
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KalebOutWest said: "Where did you attend?"
I attended St Pete JC, FSU, USF, and UMass Boston. (The professor who mentored my honors thesis study was Nancy Marie White.)
KalebOutWest said: "This means you know my mother tongue"
Yes, it's called "BS". Some archaeologists start with a BA. Some get a BS. I know which one you have. I can smell your "mother tongue" a mile away. You got your "degree" in "archaeology" the same way you "became a Jew" - in your imagination.
Vidiot said: "Good thing I haven’t actually done that, then."
Yes.🙂
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"Pretty sure he used the parable of the “Good Samaritan” to teach that very lesson."
You are right, and as you know he also said quite straightforwardly (on other occasions not in parable form) to show love for God and for others.
"Really, by that logic, insisting that the Bible be viewed as set-in-stone literal with no room for anything else does a disservice to it and everyone who contributed to its existence."
By the same token, anyone that insists the Bible be viewed as completely allegorical with no room for anything else also does it and everyone who contributed to its existence a disservice.
@Vidiot, I know you are wise enough to know that Jesus did not mean every word he spoke as a parable. What are you afraid of as regards the things that are literal in the Bible? A true scientist/logician/wise person goes where the evidence leads, even if it is not what is popular. So what if men can live hundreds of years? What do you have to lose by acknowledging the truth? A better question would be, what do you have to gain?
Here is something Jesus said that is not a parable...
John 4:22-26
"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation begins with the Jews. Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.”
"The woman said to him: “I know that Mes·siʹah is coming, who is called Christ. Whenever that one comes, he will declare all things to us openly.”
"Jesus said to her: “I am he, the one speaking to you.""
(When Jesus was speaking in parables, it was clear by the context. When he was speaking straight, it was clear by the context. The words in the Genesis account regarding the lives of the patriarchs are not allegorical. It is clear by the context.)
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"Pretty sure Jesus taught almost exclusively using parables.
Also known as allegories. Or metaphors."
Yeah, right, that whole thing about showing love to your neighbor must have been a parable.🙄Same about the adultery thing.😜What was your name again?
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"…after all, no one is gonna discuss theology or history or ask scholarly questions with people they’re persecuting and ostracizing."
You mean, like how the Sanhedrin and the Pharisees and scribes kept asking Jesus questions? Like how "scribe" types today keep asking "questions" that they really don't want the answers to because they're just looking to defend their own bad actions? Yeah, that never happens.🙄
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"KalebOutWest - “…Jews have never believed this information was ever literal…”
Vidiot said: "Super important, and, IMO, can never be repeated enough…
…that the people originally responsible for the Bible’s very existence viewed it as metaphor."
Yeah, you can repeat a lie as much as you want, but it doesn't make it true.
God's Word is true. You don't have to believe it if you don't want to, but you can't change that it's true just by repeating falsehoods.
Jesus is God's Son. He was Jewish. Paul, Peter, John, etc, were Jewish. They believed it to be literal.
Archaeology supports the Bible accounts. (My degree is in archaeology, so I'm not going on just rehashed WTBT$ publications.)