Interesting topic. It kind of reminds me of an avatar here
by the handle of Black Crow. A draconian that made assertions those bible
students in WW2 somehow conspired with the Nazis to gain favors from the Gestapo
to place them in work camps verses the gas chamber. An entertaining concept
however idiotically misplaced.
While I understand the Rabbi, it only shows what the ancient
Jew did with Jesus to renounce and reject Jesus sovereign state of being the
messiah and chose a murderous Jew over Jesus to be sacrificed. An Idealism of
the Jewish people even today that make every attempt to play both sides of the
fence (convenience).
If the Jews of today would be given the opportunity to sign
a paper renouncing their status as Jew, to retain their life, millions of Jews
would sign on the dotted line. That’s human nature and since people here have
forgotten what Peter did with Jesus in the account in Mark 14:30 context: Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial as
an Apostle to Christ. So this memory lane is useless, and is made to misinterpret
and misguide the intentions of the WTS’s past. Bible Student’s that stopped
preaching or burned their cards were merely being human. Those that chose a
path of sovereignty to Jehovah did so with Pride and Zeal over just being complacent.
The fact the Gestapo used them in work camps was merely a decision the Nazis
used since they understood the Bible students had no political agenda with any
nation including the United States as it stands even today that’s all.
There was no secret collusion as some people have suggested
here in the past. No secret meetings of who to frame as a conspirator. For that
you would need to look into the Vatican that did submit themselves or aligned
themselves with the Nazis in return for Vatican City could retain its sovereign
state. Even Jews did so. Human nature at its worst in war time.
The same ideal that would be used today if WW3 would break
out. How many here would be the first to point at a Jehovah’s Witness to let
the controlling government those people reject all governments and should be
dealt with. Every Ex-Witnesses dream to have a witness harmed driven by hate
not convenience.
So theoretically, this subject has no value other than to
say, according to the Rabbi’s ideal. If you’re
a Jehovah’s Witness, be as us Jewish people. Don’t over shadow our human
behavior by being better than us to sacrifice yourselves for Yahweh when we
didn’t and your making us look bad to the world, it’s acknowledgement of our
behavior as in ancient times, renounce in lieu over fear. A Judeo-Christian
concept for Americans.
Why not just identify your true intent to procrastinate in
WW2 bible students or Jehovah’s Witness past. It’s to suggest to modern countries
with religious restrictions to imply that the WTS has a political agenda so
those communist bloc nations or Muslim states to have an excuse to reject the
preaching work such as they tried in Monaco. Call it for what your evil intent
is to dabble in the past. So the term martyrdom would be ambiguous.