I hope Watch tower gives a specially doctored copy. Really. Then she can see how they obstruct justice by comparing the doctored copy to the real one already in her possession.
ELDER BOOK surrender - FINLAND (also in Scandal/Coverups section)
by RagingBull 24 Replies latest jw friends
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Satanus
FINLAND, the new king of the norse, er, north.
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LogCon
dozy said '... Hmm - so this is the book that is so secret that sisters aren't allowed to bind it yet female government officials can examine it?....'
' Handling of the Shepherding textbook.
As you all appreciate, the Faithful and Discreet Slave has warned us to show more than the usual care in the handling of the Shepherding textbook . For example, their instructions in the letter of October 7, 2010, advise on just who may assist us in our making the Shepherding textbook more comfortable to use. Some of you may feel that the present bindings of the Shepherding textbook are sufficient to properly fulfill your duties as ‘Shepherds of the Flock’. Others may want to change the bindings to assist them in locating sections more easily, and therefore desire to have their textbook ‘spiral coiled’. The Faithful and Discreet Slave has lovingly allowed us the freedom to act on this preference.
For those who decide to add the spiral coil we urge you to use good discernment skills. Some of you who are married may decide that your busy schedule of ‘shepherding the flock of God in your care’ is taking all the energy and time you have and may reason that your wife could help you with the spiral binding. This thinking can lead to many problems and must be avoided. Simply put, the words of the Shepherding textbook are for your eyes and not those of your wife. Even though she may promise convincingly to ‘not look’ inside the textbook, what assurance do you have that she will not succumb to the temptation?
Consider how tempting it would be, to read instructions restricted to the elders. Remember the tendency of the ‘weaker vessel’ to give in to temptation. Some may ask, “ Is not the binding of a book just a simple act”? Just think about how the simple act of taking and eating fruit from a tree resulted in such tragic consequences! When Eve gave into her desires, how great a curse was brought upon all of mankind
Like Eve, your wife’s act would be one of willful disobedience. ( Genesis 3:1-3 ) You would be like Adam who was not deceived. ( 1 Timothy 2:14 ) Instead of loyally obeying his Creator, he listened to his wife and followed her independent course.— Genesis 3:6 , 17 . . So therefore, we advise that, even if your wife begs and pleads to help you with the spiral binding, that you lovingly decline and assure her that she is still a valuable member of yours and Jehovah’s family. The same would, of course, apply to each and every female, such as sisters, daughters, aunts, mothers, grandmothers, etc.'
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FatFreek 2005
I appreciate the complement, RagingBull.
Len
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Crazyguy
Didn't they do something similiar in Bulgaria telling the government one thing about the blood doctrine and the jw's something else.