JW daughter: Am I the only person that thinks that point in particular is hypocritical? More importantly, and to my question, has this ever been addressed by the WT?
That could serve as answer, but it sounds really odd.
The Governing Body knows about that allegations and in 2004 to the opposite it called the zealous Jews "hypocrites" by applying Matthew 23,23,24 to them. Those zealous hypocrites would have forgotten the deeper meaning of the law and had invented unnecessary "draining rituals", which the GB called "varied reactions" to the divine law. Such zealousness and hyocracy had lead them to disregard the sense of the law, namely justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Consequently the Governing body thinks that any form of complicated draining "rituals" can be called hypocracy because they are unneccesary. It should have remained in the beliefers conscience how to drain an animal even under the mosaic law what the hypocrites neglected though.
The modern time governing body like 1st centruy GB-Apostoloci council is well aware of this fact and therefore it reestablished the Noachidic laws for all mankind.
Do you see that something does not match up with the GB?
Imagine a zealous Jew facing such issues. He might have thought it safest to avoid meat sold in a meat market, much as another would shun meat if there was a chance that it was once offered to an idol. Other Jews might have eaten meat only after following rituals to extract the blood.* (Matthew 23:23, 24) What do you think about such varied reactions? Furthermore, since God did not require such reactions, would it be best for Jews to send a multitude of questions to a council of rabbis to get a ruling on each one? Though that custom developed in Judaism, we can be happy that Jehovah did not direct true worshipers to pursue decisions about blood in that way.
God offered basic guidance on slaughtering clean animals and draining their blood, but he did not go beyond that.—John 8:32.
http://m.wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2004445?q=koshering&p=par#h=19
"basic guidance on slaughtering"? Please what exactly is this basic guidance today? This paragraph above frome the watchtower? Draining the animal how you like, killling it how you like?
As according to the Governing Body today the laws given to Noah are again valid for mankind (not only for gentiles but even for Jews), what do the Noachidic laws demand in regard of draining blood? Did the GB in the meantime receive the information about basic guidance and where can we read it?
Slaughtering animals Insight book
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200000281
These dietary limitations applied only to those who were under the Mosaic Law, for the statement of Leviticus 11:8 is: “They are unclean for you,” that is, for the Israelites. With the abrogation of the Law on the basis of the sacrificial death of Christ Jesus, the prohibitions were canceled, and
once more all humans could consider themselves under the same broad provision announced to Noah following the Deluge.—Col 2:13-17; Ge 9:3, 4.
Were can we find exactly the easy understandable basic guidance in regard to slaugther that were transmitted to Noah and the Apostoli Council and to the modern day GB only so as not to fall into any form of hypocracy and acts of awful "rituals" of kosher slaughter or koshering that some hyocrites perform?
The GB assures us that the Apostolic council considered all facts. Facts that are considered even by the modern Govering body.
When an Israelite killed a sheep, how quickly did he have to drain its blood? Did he have to slit the animal’s throat for drainage? Was it necessary to hang the sheep by its hind legs? For how long? What would he do with a large cow? Even after drainage, some blood might remain in the meat. Could he eat such meat? Who would decide?..... Furthermore, since God did not require such reactions, would it be best for Jews to send a multitude of questions to a council of rabbis to get a ruling on each one
It was really hard for many jewish christians to understand that there religion was obsolete, since the "law" was abrogated completely. As the law was not valid the apostels being jews had to break of slowly all the jewish habits like going to the temple, think about the Mosaic laws, read in the hebrew bible about Mosaic law, or to slaughter like hypocrites and they had to learn again doing everyhting only like it was told to NOAH after the Deluge.
That was not difficult because the GB thinks that God guided them.
Christians differ in the extent to which they have made progress in learning what God says, in being sensitive to his thinking, and in applying such to their decisions. We can illustrate this with the Jews and the eating of meat
Yes indeed the Apostels had to learn slowly that their customs were obssolet. If the Mosaic laws was obsolote, why do JW think about it so much?
