Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea

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Drich said: But that is exactly what it means. If troop of girl scouts decides to break off from the offical organization, and sell their own brand of cookies, wear different uniforms, rewrites it own rules and bi-laws, are they still to be considered 'Girl Scouts?' What if they still identify themselves by that name? What if a 37 year old man wanted to call himself a girl scout? Does it make him one? In a word, no.

I hear you Drich, but in order for this particular correlation to work the girl scouts would have to be providing an economic and political environment for the people they sell to with influential belief that without their cookies everyone's going to hell. The consumers would then have to be having private bake-offs where they give each other cookies that may be poisonous, then have some 37yr old guy set someone on fire in the name of the girl scouts, for refusing to eat the girl scout's official cookies and for baking their own based on the girl scouts' original assertion of hellfire to non sanctioned cookie eaters. Then you'd have to have the girl scouts lobbying the FDA to make laws against home-made cookies, throwing fuel on the fire telling everyone they're not allowed to bake home-made cookies (which is indeed a human right unless you disagree with religious freedom).

In my eyes, I humbly say, that if the girl scouts weren't there at all then perhaps freedom of cookie baking might mean a few people would get poisoned, but in the end there wouldn't be a cultural war that goes so
far as the girl scout's (out-dated) handbook which states clearly it's position in killing cookie bakers, with an established historical mechanism of setting them on fire. The fact that the consumers can't read and only have mouth-to-mouth interpretations of this handbook is merely flint for the fire.
Here's an idea, if the girl scouts truly wanted to 'help', they'd merely support the systems in place to combat poisonous cookies and promote inter-consumer peace, rather than condemning it then not setting up proper modes to ensure peace for the condemned. The fact that their purpose of
'informing' the community about hellfire rather than helping the community find heaven themselves in the self-explanatory and truly selfless actions of the girl scouts, shows me that the girl scouts put their handbook and spreading it's tenets over the well-being of those they're trying to teach about it. At the very least they're to blame for teaching the handbook in the first place without providing adequate support services to prevent inevitable collateral from happening, and for not (if not properly) informing the public as to it's 'out-dated sections' of the handbook in the first place.

In other countries, advocate groups have found and used with success in india to help women and victims there avoid being targeted with unwarranted violence: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...111846.htm

Through the loan program, each woman is issued a low-interest, collateral-free "microcredit" loan of about
750 rupees ($18) to start her own business such as basket weaving, tailoring or selling chicken eggs.
Participants meet in groups of about eight to 10 to support one another.

But the study also documents examples of the women's groups stopping potential attacks. In one case, a
woman was accused of causing disease in livestock and an attack was planned. Members of the self-help
groups gathered in a vigil around the woman's home and surrounded the accuser's home as well, stating their case to the accuser's wife. Eventually the wife intervened and her husband recanted and "begged for forgiveness."

Chaudhuri said the loan program is run by nongovernmental activists who have been successful in encouraging
the groups to look beyond the economic aspects and mobilize against domestic abuse, alcoholism and the
practice of witch hunts.
Through the bonds of trust and friendship, group members have established the necessary social capital to
collectively resist the deep-seated tradition of witch hunts, Chaudhuri said.

"Why would they go against something so risky, something that breaks tradition?" she said. "They do it
because they believe in the ideals of the microcredit group -- in women's development, family development
and gender equality."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...111846.htm

Drich said:
I can explain it to the "educated," the problem is the 'educated' think the know better, and ignore what has been explained:
The bible repersents 2 Different religions. Judism, and Christianity. These are divided by what are known as covenants or "testaments." The Old Testament refers to Judaism, and The New Testament refers to all things Christian.

Done..

The problem? The 'educated' who do not practice this religion don't want a reconcilliation. They have found a justification in the confusion they have created for themselves, and are content living there.

I think that if you want the educated to see your point you're going to have to explain it to them without making them take your word for it that they're wrong.
For one example, if the bible states in the OT that god is unchanging, then you might need to explain how god's rules in the NT differ from the OT. I think there's an evident cry for an answer on that one, people think
they know better because you refuse to address this issue in their eyes. They figure if you had an answer you would've said it by now, and since you don't of course they're going to think they know better.

Especially when the some of the books of the NT concrete god's will on the matter ie: Revelations. That's one point I've also heard and seen unaddressed.

Last point I've heard is, if the followers of the bible cannot agree on their own religious beliefs then how are the non-believers expected to see it as a credible source of information? The lack of confidence in the bible is not spurred because non-believers (most of the time) have some grudge against god. The lack of confidence comes from god's authoritative inconsistencies or highly interpretive communications to mankind and as smart human beings, they don't just take "man's" word for anything.