Many of the Sistahs who show up at the door can cause one to wonder about this.
It came up during study because I noticed that tobacco was not cause for disfellowshipping until 1973. I asked why the WT would allow its members to languish in that particular sin for over 90 years when all one would need to do was check with the Mormons, Adventists or others who got their light on that subject before there ever was a WT.
"Is the WT so slow in getting their light that I have to check with those other faiths to stay current?" I asked.
I got the JW hem and haw answer about some other question I hadn't asked, so I changed tack.
"Figuring a certain percentage of JWs used tobacco for 90 years, which is apparently such a sin that it gets you condemned so you don't survive in the New Order, that is a lot of people who are extinguished because of the FDS negligence. What sort of person would want to associate with an organization that had such a tremendous amount of bloodguilt?"
That got me another rambling non answer. So then I recalled the Sisters of Rotundity I had seen at the door.
"You know, tobacco, if it is even a sin, because I see you have to infer it is from the scriptures, it makes me wonder about gluttony, which has a specific mention as a sin. I have seen sisters at the door that look like a keg of suet with legs. Do THEY ever get disfellowshipped for that? If not, why do tobacco users get singled out and they get to slide?"
My study conductor regained his composure somewhat, and offered that the large size of those women was because of all that additives in the food. I gotta give him credit for a creative recovery on that, even if it did not answer the question.
My intent was not to pick on people with eating issues or large body size, but to illustrate that perhaps there is some hypocrisy in WT policies.
