How many remember the illustration used many times in public talks where the speaker had a glass of water on the podium. He would drop something into the water and tell the audience that he had dropped in cow manure or poison. Then he would invite the audience to drink from the glass.
He would say that was the same as having only a little bit of bad in ones beliefs and why Christendom has some redeeming teachings or practices but was contaminated by just have one false belief among all the good.
Thinking about minimus comment on "clarification" or "refinement" here are some definitions:
Clarify
- To make clear or easier to understand; elucidate:
clarified her intentions.
To clear of confusion or uncertainty:
clarify the mind.
To make clear by removing impurities
or solid matter, as by heating gently:
clarify butter.
Refine
1. To reduce to a pure state;
purify
.
- To remove by purifying.
To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics
:
refined his mannersThe very fact that the teachings of the WTS have had to be "clarified" and "refined" means that they have been feeding JWs poison in the past. We can be sure that they are still feeding poison to JWs currently. Their own words below condemn the WTS.
*** w97 4/15 30 Do You Eat Well Spiritually? ***
Taking in teachings infected by dangerous demonic ideas can poison us just as easily as can eating physical food that has been tainted with germs or toxins. (Colossians 2:8)
*** w87 2/1 28 Do You Have an Inquiring Mind? ***
If you knew that a certain drink was poisonous, would you drink it out of curiosity to see what it tasted like, or to see whether your body was strong enough to handle the poison? Of course not.
Think about the flipflop doctrine of the superior authorities
1879-1929 secular governments
1929-1962 Jehovah and Jesus
1962-2003 secular governments
Was the WTS taking poison out or putting it in from 1929-1962? If you disagreed, you would have been booted.
Blondie
Edited by - Blondie on 19 January 2003 12:15:40
