Simple. Because it would mean people would be dedicated and answerable directly to God and Jesus alone instead of the organization thus weakening their totalitarian grip and control over people.
Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Reject The Bible's Example Concerning Baptism
by Watchtower-Free 24 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Look, you don't understand. The GB are a divine channel between God and men and if Jehovah chooses to use them to teach us new things not revealed in scripture then who are we to argue?
And you're forgetting that the organisation is the earthly part of the kingdom of God on earth. Those GB guys are our future anointed rulers and the organisation IS the kingdom on earth. It's our ark of salvation, so its proper that JW's get baptized into it.
Here's a scripture to prove we must be baptised into the organisational Ark for salvation:
"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark [ark = the ORGANISATION], in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. 21 And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him." ( 1 Pet. 3:18-22, NASB )
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BU2B
I think we all know they do not follow the bible.. However, dyed in the wool JWs swear up and down they do. Therefore this baptism issue the OP brought out serves as a powerful and obvious tool to help them see that the WT makes up and plays by their own rules.
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Can you name a church group that does it perfectly.
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Here are 2 additional questions to ask JWs:
Why don't JWs follow the baptism policies set by spirit directed first century Christians?
Why do JWs refuse to baptize those with political involvement.
See Acts 8 where Philip baptizes the Ethiopian minister of finance, a man weilding great authority under Queen Candus