Link,
I'm a bit reluctant to make a reply of any sort to your post, because I know that UnDisfellowshipped will see something in it to use as just another diversionary tactic in order to deliver himself out the hotseat that he finds himself seated upon. He's no doubt sitting there idle, waiting and hoping that one of his buddies will say something ... because a cat has surely gotten his tongue.
Having done so I would ask that you come back to the board and answer one simple question, YES or NO: Do you sincerely and wholeheartedly believe that the Society has acted in strict accordance with Biblical principles where their involvement with, and departure from, the UN is concerned.
I can answer that question with a firm "YES," doing so in full view of the following:
Link stated:
Firstly they stated that they had found it necessary to align themselves with the UN as a Non Governmental Organisation for the purpose of accessing the library facilities, which was a lie [merely a convenient excuse]. There was never any requirement for them to associate as a NGO in order to access the library. [I love this game, don't you?] Then they said that they disassociated themselves in 2001 because the UN had changed the wording on the terms of membership as a NGO, again an outright lie [shrewd manuever when it comes to practicing the art of Theocratic Warfare].
Then you said:
The true reasons for the Society associating with the UN as a NGO have not been stated openly but you would not need to qualify as a brain surgeon to work it out for yourself, particularly after checking the advantages and benefits that NGOs enjoy.
Right, on both counts. Yet you could still benefit from a few lessons having to do with the Biblical art known as "Theocratic Warfare/Strategy". But your problem is that you don't appear to qualify for the course. If you did qualify, you wouldn't be needing to ask the following question:
I would also like to understand how you relate the Watchtower Societies actions in their involvement with the UN to the Scriptural account of Ehud.
In the interests of Israel, Ehud outsmarted King Eglon and delivered his people out from under the heavy tax burden which that greedy man had been requiring them to pay. In the interests of spiritual Israel and it's duties before Christ to go into all the world and make disciples in EVERY nation, the WTS made strategic use of the UN (by means of taking advantage of "the advantages and benefits that NGOs enjoy").
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