A question regarding idol worship

by stevenyc 12 Replies latest jw friends

  • stevenyc
    stevenyc


    Would it be appropriate to adorn buildings and homes of Jehovah's Witnesses with watchtower symbols? For example, put gold castle emblems over the entrence to my home. Would this be frowned apon as a form of idol worship?

    steve

  • Ellie
    Ellie

    I believe it would be frowned upon

  • in a new york bethel minute
    in a new york bethel minute

    i dont know the symbol is in all their literature... is that idol worship?

  • The Chuckler
    The Chuckler

    The watchtower turret logo on WTs is emblazoned above the door of some Kingdom Halls (Longbridge, Birmingham, England)

  • GoingGoingGone
    GoingGoingGone

    Anything different, out of the ordinary, and not publically approved by the WTS, preferably in writing in the WT, is frowned upon.

    GGG

  • jaffacake
    jaffacake

    Maybe their old cross & crown symbol would be okay. Or the egyptian wings - masonic symbols used in eraly Watchtower literature. Or what about that lovely pyramid next to Charles Taze Russell's grave? I suppose all these Christian symbols would do no harm.

  • jayhawk1
    jayhawk1

    I've always thought the cross and crown emblem was pretty. I like it much more than the castle top they use today, which I consider the mark of the beast.

    They seem to be very fond of the purple triangle on the nazi days too.

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    Try burning a JW book in front of a JW and you'll see them become idol worshippers in a second.

  • I quit!
    I quit!

    They believe Jesus died on a stake instead of a cross but don't use the stake as form of idol worship and I can see why. You can cross your heart but staking your heart and saying stake my heart and hope to die just doesn't work. Wearing a stake around their neck or having a stake tatoo wouldn't work either.

  • Evanescence
    Evanescence

    Well that is hard to say...

    If you put a emblem of the watchtower up on your house, would it be there in honour of the Watchtower? if so it may fall into the category.

    The main thing is idol worship is having a statue and treating "it" like a God and Worshipping "it" and looking at the statue as if it had the divine power of a God, then yes that would be idol worshipping.

    You are to Worship God and God alone, not the Watchtower.

    Really i'm not sure on this one

    Evanescence

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