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BTW Biblical eye witness testimony requires the witness to know they person they are identifying. So, fsckboy, what we are doing today is not exactly what has
by ars 5y ago
BTW Biblical eye witness testimony requires the witness to know they person they are identifying.
So, fsckboy, what we are doing today is not exactly what has been done since Cain and Abel, we took the ancient idea of eye witness and extended it beyond where it is reliable.
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoThis is a detestable way of disagreeing.
- ars 5y agoThat's his name on hn!! I just realized it looks like I'm calling him a bad name!
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoLmao - I scrolled up to check but I must have missed my alignment. Edited, and my apologies.
- m_myers 5y agoBiblical eyewitness testimony also requires multiple witnesses: > One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deuteronomy 19:15 KJV. https://bible.com/bible/1/deu.19.15.KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/deu.19.15.KJV Witnessing falsely was rightly a very big deal to them. It's one of the Ten Commandments, right up there with worshipping idols or committing murder. And according to the following verses of this passage, anyone who witnesses falsely will receive the exact same punishment that the accused would have received.
- fsckboy 5y agoBTW I referenced the time of Cain and Abel as metonymy for "early humans", not advocacy for the Bible. While the Bible(s) contain interesting and thoughtful ideas about how a functioning legal system could be constructed, in terms of advocacy I'd advocate incorporating enlightenment innovations such as the US bill of rights, etc.