Talks from the platform can only be given using WT approved literature, not from the Bible. I thought the WT adhered to the Bible as it's authority? So why not just eliminate the WT stuff and use the Bible? Coz we need someone to interpret it for us, even though interpretations belong to God.
You couldn't be one of the Annointed unless you were over 70 and well thought of by everyone, coz Bro Rutherford said so. Even though Timothy was 30 years of age and one of the Annointed. Paul was disliked by many of his "brothers', but still of the Annointed and under 40 when converted. Explain that one GB.
If you partook at the Memorial and you didn't meet the above criteria, you weren't counted, coz the Elders know better than YHWH and you as to the nature/condition of your relationship/spirituality.
Married or unmarried Sisters had to sit in the back seat of a car if alone with a Married or Single Brother while out in service, coz you know groping will commence otherwise.
Brothers have to wear terribly hot suits in 100+ F weather, yet in other countries they could wear traditional dress. Being of Scottish descent doesn't mean I could wear a kilt to a convention, although a Japanese Sister could wear a Kimono, coz it's traditional for their culture (saw pics in a WT to prove this point).
Magazines with pictures of the Paradise Earth showed white brothers in a shirt and tie and African Brothers in Traditional dress, both without beards. Yet the evil doer next to Jesus on the Cross, I mean "torture stake" in a robe and sporting a beard.
Counting time shows how much you love YHWH, not how kind you are to others, or helping the widow or the fatherless boy.
You can now take partial blood products, but you cannot contribute to the blood supply.
Interpreting the No Blood rule as you cannot receive blood from yourself or a living donor, although Jesus showed in his explanation of doing good works on the Sabbath that rules can be broken if a life was at stake, as Life is more important than a rule. Afterall, the Sabbath came into being for the sake of man and not man for the sake of the Sabbath. The Blood rule is the same. No blood was to be ingested from a DEAD animal, the Bible is mute on the subject of a living one.
Birthdays cannot be celebrated because according to the WT, all recorded Birthdays ended in a death and were only celebrated by Pagans. Actually there were three recorded birthdays. Jesus' birthday was celebrated as well. He was brought gold, frankensinse and mirrh, no mention is made of Mary and Joseph declining these gifts. The angels also sang at the time of the birth. Quite the celebration afterall.
