That July Awake article point is really nothing new. But it does offer an opportunity for people to show/see JW hypocrisy at its very best. And for those here that are allowed some contact with current JW's, I say, Fire Away.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20000622/article_03.htm
I've been posting the above link for years now. It comes straight from the 'Official' Jehovah's Witness Website. It is a far more specific and hypocritical article than the July Awake.
I've posted it here on JWD, on Beliefnet and Topix (just back in December). http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/TEOU4G75RVC10GB5M
After FIVE DAYS on Topix, and no bites from a single JW, I bumped it back to the top and still had not one single JW show up.
Good idea to stay as far away from this one as they possibly can..
In fact, the JW link to the article that I originally used when I first posted here on JWD (a few years ago) http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/128457/1/The-Watchtower-Official-Page-of-Hypocrisy , no longer works, so I thought they finally dumped the article altogether.
Which would have been a smart move for them. But I found it once again located somewhere else. So I probably should post a new one here with the active link along with the link to this thread. Just to keep this WT embarrassment alive and kicking for all to enjoy.
Not ONCE has a JW apologist even shown up (on three different website locations), much less tried defend this sorry piece of bologna/salami nonsense.
HOW CAN anybody defend such blatant, double standard hypocrisy anyway? Which is why it has remained untouched by JW's on all three sites, including this thread.
Still, it's good idea to pull out this new Awake quote and place it directly on the laps of any JW you can.
Little by little ...
brick by brick ...
one piece at a time ...
the wall crumbles.
Vinny