They lie all the time.
1 Corinthians 4:6 (New International Version, ©2010)
6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”
Organization, blood, beards, oral sex, dates, "generations", observances, school activities, holding your mate while praying at the Kindom Hall.....on and on and on and on and on and on and on............
They justified it in their minds a long, long time ago. Then they pull people in for 2 meetings a week to pound it into their heads.