My Name wrote:



> >> > Witness has to do with sworn testimony in a court
> >> > proceding, such as wills, criminal proceedings, etc.
> >> > Simple lying is not the sin.
> >> >
> >> All liars will have their part in the lake which burneth
> >> with fire.
> >
> > All who say, "All liars will have their part in the lake
> > which burneth with fire", will have their part in the lake
> > which burneth with fire.
> >
> Really? Interesting, how so, you say. I'd be happy to be wrong.
> Thought I was just quoting, not taking anything out of context.

In your cryptic statement, you used some of the same words as the
translators of the King James Version used in translating Rev. 21:8
from Greek into English.  However, you did not give the author of Rev.
any credit but stated it as your own assertion. (I saw no quotation
marks around the statement.) Your statement was very stern, yet very
ambiguous.

I applied Matt. 7:1-2 to that assertion. Matt. 7:1-2 can be translated,
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce
you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you
get."  I wrote what I did to stir you up, hoping you would say  fully
what you had in mind when you made that cryptic statement.

One problem I see is this. The word "liars" was probably a good English
translation in the early 1600s.  But, now days the meaning of the word
is hard to pen down. Some people will label another as a liar at the
drop of a hat. Some say, "All politicians are liars." Others say, "All
fishermen are liars."  The label "liar" has been used so much and so
liberally that it has lost its "punch".  Some people label any one who
makes an untrue statement, a "liar".  To me that is like labeling a boy
who built a bird house, a "carpenter".

What I would like to know is exactly what you meant when you used the
word "liar" in your statement.

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