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Re: Alternative engagement tokens...
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
The no jewelry position doesn't seemed to be strongly supported by scripture.
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I don't think it is, either, other than under the clause of modesty and moderation or not being extravagant. However, if someone teaches against jewelry (rings/earrings/bracelets/necklaces, etc), I appreciate their being consistent and not being gaudy in other ways.
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--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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