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Originally Posted by rayliotta
Mike, I'm confused as to what "opening" you think Nee has provided here, it seems to me that he was presenting a very strict standard as to what it means to be "truthful". A standard that Lee clearly disregarded when he withheld the context of these letters and thereby misrepresented Mallon, et al.
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I also agree with Mike. The Bible refers to "a false witness" that "spreads discord" this is the effect of your speech. WN gets into a lot of discussion on motivation and creates a lot of extra Biblical criteria that would be impossible to keep, as well as super spiritual baloney.
For example, this post is surely not "complete", no doubt anyone could take this post and find that I had left something out, does that make it a lie? Second, surely I and others post based on things that we feel strongly about, and we don't post about things that we don't care about. Does that make it a lie? That would be absurd. Third, am I to believe that WL and his cronies were acting in this super spiritual way, not speaking according to their likes and dislikes, yada yada yada. We know that is a bunch of super spiritual baloney.
Liars like things complicated, hence the 10 page legal documents in tiny font written in arcane legalese. The Bible makes this very simple: "false witness". Yes, there are many ways that something can be made false, but in the end you judge by whether the result is false. WN goes into the many ways but pretends they are the be all, instead of pointing out that the finished product is what determines that it is a lie. 2nd, "spread strife". Without a doubt every word out of our mouth has the potential to do this and surely we will be held accountable for every word that we speak. However, if I spoke a word privately to my wife not intended for any other ears and someone was eavesdropping and then used what they heard (which hopefully they misunderstood since it wasn't intended for their ears) to spread strife, then I would be held less accountable, perhaps not even responsible for this at all. On the other hand if I publish a book as a response and explanation of the JI fiasco pretending that this book was thoroughly researched, then I will be held to the highest standard of accountability.