Posted by fschmidt on
URL: https://mikraite.arkian.net/proposed-changes-tp998.html

Change declaration from:

The people who keep the Sabbath, dress modestly, have no tattoos, keep Passover, and who make this declaration and abide by it are my people.

to:

The people who keep the Mikraite requirements and who make this declaration and abide by it are my people.

This allows us to change the requirements without changing the declaration.


Add to passover that we should repeat the declaration.  This is to affirm our commitment to the requirements even if they change.


Remove "Make the Declaration" from the requirements.  The requirements should be recurring or continuous actions, not one-time actions.  So "The Declaration" would be an independent item on the home page.


Add a new requirement for attending a good religious service at least once a year.  This change motivated the others.  I want to make it official that we need to associate with a non-trivial religion.  If we ever grow enough to have our own physical service, then we can meet this requirement ourselves.  Until then, we should at least find a decent religion near where we live.  My definition of a good religion is one that worships the god of the Old Testament and that separates the sexes in service (as proof of not submitting to evil modern culture).  Islam, Orthodox Judaism, and traditional Anabaptists meet this requirement, but any religion that you can find that meets this requirement is fine.  We can discuss this at meeting tomorrow, but if you can't make that meeting, you can post comments to this thread.