3 in 1 - "Biblical Principles", "Lists of Rules" and "Bible-Trained Conscience" = "Best Life Ever", according to the recipe from GB

[Srecko Sostar]

JWs have always had and will continue to have, as can be seen from everything, problems to harmonize the so-called "biblical principles", "lists of rules" and "bible-trained conscience". Basically, it turns out that it's best for JWs "to stick" to what GB says, because that way they won't "make mistakes" and won't "stumble" anyone. lol

 

 

[George88]

When the same principle was applied in ancient times by the Apostles and then by Paul to the various congregations, why was it deemed necessary to remind the congregation of where their loyalty should lie, and whom they should serve? You seem to give the impression that the Bible lacks importance merely because it holds no personal significance to you.
What does Scripture say about such people and this particular mindset? lol!

[George88]

How do other religions that justly adhere to the "law of nature" differ in their practices, and what significance does a beard and dress code have in this context?

I can comprehend how heretics, such as certain Orthodox followers in Russia, might suspend their worship of God to appease a murderous dictator. However, fundamentally, those religions that adhere to scripture correctly, if one can indeed find such, stand apart.

Therefore, the challenge is, how to remove the "law" from scripture, and from reasonable human beings.

LAW
1. The "Law of Nature" is the will of God relating to human actions, grounded in the moral difference of things, and, because discoverable by natural light, obligatory upon all mankind (Rom 1:20; 2:14,15). This law is coeval with the human race, binding all over the globe, and at all times; yet, through the corruption of reason, it is insufficient to lead us to happiness, and utterly unable to acquaint us how sin is to be forgiven, without the assistance of revelation. This law is that generally designated by the term conscience, which is in strictness a capacity of being affected by the moral relations of actions; in other words, merely a sense of right and wrong. It is the judgment which intellectually determines the moral quality of an act, and this always by a comparison with some assumed standard. With those who have a revelation, this, of course, is the test; with others, education, tradition, or caprice. Hence the importance of a trained conscience, not only for the purpose of cultivating its susceptibility to a high degree of sensitiveness and authority, but also in order to correct the judgment and furnish it a just basis of decision. A perverted or misled conscience is scarcely less disastrous than a hard or blind one. History is full of the miseries and mischiefs occasioned by a misguided moral sense. (from McClintock and Strong Encyclopedia)