The UN in the Watchtower 01, 2001

Gozz

Of course, the boys in Writing could not foresee that there was danger lurking in the shadows before Watchtower presses rolled out the December 1, 2001 issue of the Watchtower. The article "Develop Your Heart to Fear Jehovah", on page 14 opens with the words:

Fear has haunted mankind for centuries. Fear of hunger, disease, crime, or war keeps millions of people in constant anxiety. For this reason, the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights expresses the desire to bring about a orld where all hunmans will enjoy freedom from fear*.

May be there were plans to submit the Watchtower magazines to the UN too. But it's too late now. And bad timing too. The Society had no problem providing Awake!-style UN support in the Watchtower for the congregations to study...shame.

The footnote reads to the statement read:

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948

The writer could have added "The Watchtower Society dissociated from the United Nations Department of Public Information on October 9, 2001".

anewperson

Far more telling is the Nov 22, 1998 Awake chock-full of cozy articles about the UN's staffers from Eleanor Roosevelt who headed the Humans Rights Commission for the UN to today's staffers including Kofi Anan whose photo is on page 5.

ISP

Hey but the message is confused re UN...here's a quote from the Nov.15 WT

Whether our hope is heavenly or earthly, we are not infected by such spiritually deadly plagues as its immorality, materialism, false religion and worship of 'the wild beast', the United Nations.-Revelation 9:20,21; 13:1-18......

ISP

Trevor Scott

anewperson,

I've posted scans of the Nov 22-98 Awake, here:

: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=15442&site=3

TS,

Dino

The careful wording the society has used to curry favor with the UN and still not alarm the R&F unduly will be the smoking gun that the WT cannot deny. One of the best ways of dealing with their lies is to always bring back to mind to those who tend to gloss over the org's whoredom the irrefutable evidence of their own writings.
In talking about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Gozz, note the similarity of wording used in the Lucis Trust' World Goodwill Newsletter a few years back under the subheading "Human Rights". It said "Also the creation of such doctrines as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been instrumental in alerting the nations of the world to the vital need for attention to this problem. Some countries have even modeled their constitutions after this declaration."
Thanks for the post Gozz. Dino

MacHislopp

Hello Gozz,

thnaks for the useful reminders.

Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp

" One who has an accurate knowledge
of God's Word will have no problem
in refuting false religious ideas".