Changed: Head coverings for sisters, w15 2/15 QFR

by wifibandit 52 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  wifibandit

  Does a female Kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a Bible study in the presence of a male publisher?

  In a “Questions From Readers” item published in The Watchtower of July 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a Bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not. Further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.

  If the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established Bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering. She thus shows respect for Jehovah’s arrangement of headship within the Christian congregation because she is fulfilling a role that would normally be the responsibility of the brother. (1 Cor. 11:5, 6, 10) Alternatively, she could ask the brother to conduct the study if he is qualified and able to do so.

  On the other hand, if a sister is accompanied on an established Bible study by an unbaptized male publisher who is not her husband, she would not Scripturally be required to wear a head covering. Nevertheless, the conscience of some sisters may move them to wear a head covering even in such circumstances.
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  Mum

  Hair splitting at its best.
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  wifibandit

  Sadducees
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  FadeToBlack

  Unless it is on a Tuesday of course... I'm with Mum on this one. Soon they will bury this bone.
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  OneEyedJoe

  Hair splitting at its best.

  My thoughts exactly. And, what's more, hipocrisy at it's best. Taken from the "Draw Close To Jehovah" book, page 152-3, par 10 and 11:

  The religious leaders buried God’s Law under a mass of man-made rules and regulations. The Sabbath law, for instance, simply forbade work on the Sabbath, setting that day aside for worship, spiritual refreshment, and rest. But the Pharisees made a burden of that law. They took it upon themselves to decide just what “work” meant. They labeled as work 39 different activities, such as reaping or hunting. These categories gave rise to endless questions. If a man killed a flea on the Sabbath, was he hunting? If he plucked a handful of grain to eat as he walked along, was he reaping? If he healed someone who was ill, was he working? Such questions were addressed with rigid, detailed rules.

  In such a climate, how was Jesus to help people understand what justice is? In his teachings and in the way he lived, he took a courageous stand against those religious leaders. Consider first some of his teachings. He directly condemned their myriad man-made rules, saying: “You make the word of God invalid by your tradition which you handed down.”—Mark 7:13.
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  game1914over

  Head coverings = Idiotic to the core. But we're the ones going through labor and giving birth! Okay.
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  XBEHERE

  lol
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  minimus

  are they sure....this time?
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  wifibandit

  OneEyedJoe, that was my first thought as well. For Pete's sake! They just read that at the meeting.
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  SafeAtHome

  And with child baptism so common now with JWs, of course a woman who has been a JW for 50 some years would want to show the proper submission to a 9 year old boy!