The cornerstone of JW belief is not Jehovah/Jesus Christ - it's based on the Gibbering Body!
Disbelief in the G.B.'s self-proclaimed appointment or teachings, means gehenna for all.
w90
3/15 p. 12 par. 10 - "Christ,
the active Head of the congregation, used this enlarged
governing body to settle the important doctrinal matter
of non-Jewish Christians’ being circumcised..." (according to
"God's org" dogma!)
Also
- bt chap. 13 p. 103 -
"....the
first-century governing body
settled the circumcision issue...")
But
what does the Bible really teach?
Galatians
2:1-6 shows that it
was the apostle Paul
who was used to
resolve the issue, being directed by a revelation
to teach the older men in Jerusalem - not the other way around.
(especially
verses 2 & 6)
1
...after
14 years I again
went up to Jerusalem with Barʹna·bas, also taking Titus along with
me.
2
I went up as
a result of a revelation,
and I presented
to them the
good news that I am preaching among the nations. This was done
privately, however, before the men who were highly regarded, to make
sure that I was not running or had not run in vain.
3
Nevertheless, not even
Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although
he was a Greek.
4
But that matter came
up because of the false brothers brought in quietly, who slipped in
to spy on the freedom we enjoy in union with Christ Jesus, so that
they might completely enslave us;
5
we did not yield in
submission to them, no, not for a moment, so that the truth of the
good news might continue with you.
6
But regarding those
who seemed to be important whatever they were makes no difference to
me, for God does not go by a man’s outward appearance - those
highly regarded men imparted nothing new to me.
Claims
that the apostle Paul was a member of a "governing body" are dispelled
in verse 1 where
it reveals that he never went near Jerusalem for
14 years.
Neither
the teaching nor the term 'governing
body' appear anywhere in
the Bible.
