The latest WT magazine starts out by quoting a Catholic Cardinal:
Just as there is one Christ, so there exists a single body of Christ, a single Bride of Christ: 'a single Catholic and apostolic Church. ........Although Pope John Paul II insisted that the document Dominus Iesus contained "no arrogance towards, or disrespect for other religions", Protestant church leaders reacted strongly to it.........in June 2001, one minister said that the document was the work of "a powerful faction in the Roman Catholic Church....scared silly by the spirit of openness introduced by Vatican II".........It appears that the....Catholic Curia was disturbed by what has been called religious relativism........[which is] the emergence of a pluralist theology----saying basically that one religion is as good as another...... What then, is the right view? Is there only one true church? Does it subsist only in the Roman Catholic Church? Are other churches equally acceptable to God?
The article then drones on about the "wheat and the weeds", how the 1st Century congregation became corrupted early on and how "history shows that these churches continue to teach erroneous doctrines" without mentioning even ONE. It then says:
Maybe you feel that you have already found that [true] church, or congregation. It is important that you make sure. Why? Because as in the 1st century, there can be only one true church. Have you taken the time to make sure that your church closely conforms to the pattern set by the first-century Christian congregation and that it loyally adheres to the teachings of Jesus Christ? Why not examine this [your religion] now? Jehovah's Witnesses will be happy to help you to do just that."
Isn't that interesting? If a member of the congregation sets out to "make sure" that the WT "closely conforms" to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and they come to the conclusion that it doesn't, then they are "apostate" "worthy of the second death" "murmurers" "complainers", "running ahead of the organization" "haughty" "arrogant" "not following the F&DSC", but everyone else in the world is allowed to examine THEIR religion.
Isn't it interesting how the first century congregation had the 12 men taught directly by Jesus Christ, they had the Holy Spirit guiding them and according to the WT, they fell into "apostacy" within 60 years of it's inception. Yet the religion that Charles Russell started, over 130 years ago, was not headed up by the men taught directly by Jesus and even the WT admits that they have never had the guidance of the Holy Spirit the way they did 2,000 years ago, yet no one ever stops to wonder why it's remained so totally pure over the years, why it's never been corrupted with "apostasy". Must be nice to be so perfect.