G'Day Englishman,
Just to add a topical note too. It was reported by Raymond Franz in "Crisis of Conscience" that Lyman Swingle was a user of that expression, too! It seems that he used it as a substitute for reasoned discussion.
Cheers,
Ozzie
Your Rebellion = Watchtower Oxymoron.
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Ron.W.
neyank:
According toFunk and Wagnalls Dictionary, apostasy:Desertion of ones faith,religion,party or principles.
Or simply to go against what one formerly believed.
The word apostate also can be used with other orginizations besides religion.
Whether they be political or scholastic orginizations.
So keeping the definition in mind, all JWs that were once members of another religion and have left it to become Jehovahs Witnesses can rightly be called APOSTATES.
On page 36, In the book Reasoning from the Scriptures,it asks the question, Would faithful Christians welcome apostates into their presence, either personally or by reading their litterature?
Interesting question because anyone that is allowing Jehovahs Witnesses that were once part of another religion into their home for a study is associating and learning from apostates.Great post - I'm going to use this on the jw's I speak to in the future!
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Vidiot
Don’t waste your breath.
Like a shit-ton of other words, the WTS defines “apostate” differently that any “worldly” dictionary.