by avengers 4 Replies latest jw friends
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The issuance of a library pass is independent of NGO status or any other status. There has been no change in the library pass policy.
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The library was during many years before 1991 used, but in that year it became necessary to register as an NGO in order to continue the entry.
Is somebody lying here? Or is it me that just doesn't understand?
avengers, is it really important whether it was needed to join the UN to access the library or not?
What I have seen from the WBTS is that the UN is the "disgusting thing". To me....to have any sort of affiliation with them, by their own words is wrong. Does it matter why?
By their association with the UN is a blatant disregard for their own thought as printed in the Watchtower or even the Awake for that matter.
They encourage sticking by Bible principles even if it means death. How many times have you read in the YearBook them praising those who have lost their lives due to their faith in God and standing rightous even in the face of death due to their faith? How can they, in faith, state that to become affiliated in ANY way to something that they have proclaimed to be a direct "rebellion to God" be ok?
To me it doesn't matter why they did it. For me......they have compromised where others have not......just to be able to access a library that is open to all. If someone (up to the 9/11 incident) wanted to go through a process of applying for and getting access to the library, they could do so.
It seems to me.....accessing a library is a minute detail. It was not a matter of life or death. Compromising in the fear of death without a blood transfusion does not, in my opinion, compare to what the WTBTS has done. To access a library does not fill a persons mind with fear of death.
IMO, to accept blood in the face of death is much better than accepting an affiliation with "the disgusting thing" that is in "rebellion to Jehovah".
DAC. I must agree with you 100 %. Actually this is just one simple matter.
If the WT lies about the lib. card, it must mean they are calling the UN a liar. Wonder if the UN can appreciate that?
I'm just turning over rocks to see what crawls out from under there.
Thanks.
DAC, I agree with you that it's the fact that they entered into ANY type of links with the UN is flying in the face of their well publicised dogma that is the major issue here.
However, the fact that they have made up this excuse to explain that connection away to the rank & file is an equally important issue. When you consider all the puiblications they have brought out discussing lying and that Satan is the "father of the lie", if people can see they have been lying, it may be easier for them to acknowledge that that is wrong than getting their heads around the pros and cons of having a library card. Especially if they are willing to accept that this information about the alleged requirement or non-requirement for a Library card changes in 1991 actually comes directly from the UN.
Also the matter of why the excuse in other countries was that their status as an NGO allowed them to pursue their humanitarian work more effectively!! WHAT HUMANITARIAN WORK IS THAT, THEN? Again, if they are as unified as they would lead us all to believe, why couldn't they get their story right.
I think this issue has got a lot of JW's flustered who are now struggling with their consiences while trying to resolve all these conflicting stories in their own minds.
Well put Dazed, my sentiments exactly.
"I must stand up in search of the truth, if I don't, I only roll with the flow of the lie and make it stronger.
---Sovereign---
