as always, thanks a million hippi.
point #1: It amazes me the the GB assumes in fact and in its publications that a 'faithful and discreet slave' would be provided in the last days, and that appointment would be irrevocable and indefinite no matter what that 'slave' did from that day forward. I wonder what scriptures they base this on. Adam had God's approval untill he boo-bood, then approval was removed. How many times did the Israelites have God's approval until they screwed up enough to have it removed? How about uncountable (by me anyway) Israelite Kings, and priests. I don't see why God couldn't take approval away from the Bible students, say when Rutherford took over, and given his approval to someone else. Don't ask me who, I honestly wouldn't know. And if that wasn't enough, some faithful and discreet slave it is who decides with 'new light' to forbid lifesaving medical blood transfusions to innocent children, in direct conflict with Jeremiah 7:31: "to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up into my heart."
point #2 Jesus specifically said that his followers would be persecuted for his name. The GB says that as evidence of divine backing, they were persecuted for refusing ALTERNATIVE military service, for refusing lifesaving medical treatment for their children, for refusing to pay a 25 cent tax in Malawi, for shunning, for going to people's doors and asking for money, and the list goes on and on. And ,I ask, what does this have to do with JESUS! Nothing, I say. But you be the judge.
point #3: Jesus said we would know his followers by their love for one another. I fail to see how building an empire on the backs of mostly their women, then denying them equal share in the decision-making process; denying their children life saving medical treatment, shunning family members, protecting child abusers in their midst and then punishing the abused children for telling about it; disfellowshipping their women for being raped and not screaming up untill 1993, and on and on can be described as 'love for one another.'
I'll have to ask the next JW that comes to my door what hatred is if they call that 'love.'
point #4 "Be patient and wait on Jehovah and don't run ahead of the organization." If the GB didn't open its collective mouth with all this 'new light' there'd be nothing to 'run ahead of.' Aaaargh!
Thanks for listening,
By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.