WT.org Description of Not Being Antisemitic during Nazi Years

by Band on the Run 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  Band on the Run

  I meandered over to WT.org just to see what it was like. They have an article about JWs' courageous challenge to Hitler. Strangely, the vast Internet does not give them enough space to quote Rutherford's letter to Hitler in full. Basically, they go through every point and documentation (fragments of it to be more accurate). They actually quote "commercial Jews" with the hindsight of the Holocaust and say they never hated Jews in general.

  Nazi flags and swatiskas were not present at the convention site. Well, maybe there were. The German national anthem was sung. They must admit so much. Their refutation of antisemitism and pandering to Hitler is simply to say that it is untrue. Commercial Jews strikes me as endorsing Nazi propaganda about money lenders and uncleanliness. Of all the songs in the world, they chose the German National anthem by accident.

  They never mention that most Witnesses could leave if they signed a document. Something gays, Jews, gypsies and communists were not offered. The people entering the gas chambers were prob. reconciled to signing a document, esp. for freedom of family members.

  Nazi ideology was very popular. Germany was considered the most educated and civilized country in the world. They would do much better if they acknowledged that they were not perfect. Love your enemy as your self. Also, as with the law review article about how perfect Brooklyn was when dealing with Japanese persecution before and after hostilities, no individual Witness is given credit for their courage. This monolithic group called Jehovah's Witnesses were courageous. They even mention Rutherford's quote of the high ideals of Nazis-- and say that is not support of Hitler.

  Just had to vent. I should have expected it. What bothers me is that I once believed these articles.
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  WTWizard

  The witlesses are anti-anything that disagrees with their own doctrines. Though they do their best to mimic Israli laws, they still bash the Jews. Not because they are exposing anything nefarious that they are up to (which would be a sound reason), but because they like bashing anyone that does not agree 100% with their own Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger. They do a pretty good job at bashing the Cat Lick church, too--despite that their structure is almost identical.

  Anti-semitism based on knowing someone is up to no good is one thing. Hypocrisy is another--hypocrisy serves absolutely no purpose. When you bash someone for practices you claim to not like, and then promote the exact same practices yourself, you are accomplishing nothing in the way of promoting freedom.

  Some practices the witlesses borrow from Israel are pretty blatant. How often do they borrow from the Old Testament? Numerous times, I have seen various classes and pacts between God and ancient Israelites published in the washtowel articles. (Which are a waste of time trying to figure out.) These promote some of the very practices they are bashing. They also exalt numerous Old Testament characters, including some of the biggest offenders. The advocating that they should murder apostates comes right from the Old Testament. And how often witlesses hear about "spiritual Israel" and "New Jerusalem" in their littera-trash? They are promised the return to ancient Jewish conditions as part of their "paradise Earth". Perhaps they ought to be bashing themselves--they now have two problems. One is the one they are copying, and the other is hypocrisy.
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  biometrics

  The witlesses are anti-anything that disagrees with their own doctrines.

  They're anti-everything except Watchtower doctrines.