Here is the same paragraph in the English "simplified" version:
We should hate sin because Jehovah hates it. If we hate sin, we will stay as far away as possible from anything that could make us sin. For example, we must stay away from apostasy. Those who become apostates no longer glorify God. (Deuteronomy 13:6-9) So we should completely avoid apostates or anyone who says that he is a brother but who is dishonoring God. We should avoid themeven if they are family members. (1 Corinthians 5:11) We gain no benefit in trying to prove that apostates and others who criticize Jehovah’s organization are wrong. In fact, we should not even want to know what they say, whether it is in their literature or on the Internet, because this could damage our relationship with Jehovah. - Read Isaiah 5:20; Matthew 7:6.
I love when it says at the beginning "if we hate sin, we will stay as far away as possible from anything that would make us sin". Does that remind anyone else of the pharisaic practice of putting a "fence around the law"?
Here's what the Watchtower of 1/15 1996 has to say of the pharisees:
They accepted the entire Hebrew Scriptures in the light of their own explanations but attached equal or greater weight to their oral traditions. They said that their traditions were “a fence around the Law.” Far from being a fence, however, their traditions invalidated the Word of God and perplexed the public.
And the 1996 9/1 Watchtower:
Some teachers of the Law claimed to follow in Ezra’s footsteps and formed what came to be termed the “Great Synagogue.” Among its sayings was the directive: “Make a fence around the Law.” These teachers reasoned that the Law was like a precious garden. In order that no one should trespass in this garden by transgressing its laws, they created further laws, the “Oral Law,” to prevent the people from coming close to such error.
And the 1990 10/1 Watchtower:
Pharisaic self-righteousness was rooted in oral traditions. These had been initiated in the second century B.C.E. as “a fence around the Law” to protect it from the inroads of Hellenism (Greek culture). They had come to be viewed as a part of the Law. In fact, the scribes even rated the oral traditions above the written Law. The Mishnah says: “Greater stringency applies to the observance of the words of the Scribes [their oral traditions] than to the observance of the words of the written Law.” Hence, instead of being “a fence around the Law” to protect it, their traditions weakened the Law and made it void, just as Jesus said: “Adroitly you set aside the commandment of God in order to retain your tradition.”—Mark 7:5-9; Matthew 15:1-9.
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