Hello Larc,Trust that you are well.LOL - yes, the ‘traditions of men’ - strange that you should mention that as it a phrase that is seldom referred to these days. It is though alive and well in the form of heavy emotional and practical burdens that the WTS relentlessly piles onto its hapless followers.I well remember when in the mid 70’s I questioned a member of the Branch Committee in England over an important theological matter that impacted the life of a family in my own Congregation. It involved wife-beating and the sexual abuse of a JW wife and her JW husband and the view of the WTS at the time, of how to deal with it. I questioned the WTS admonition of encouraging the wife to endanger her own life by remaining with a brutal husband, arguing that she had no right scriptually to knowingly endanger the body that God had given her by such an act. He peered at me with a dismal look on his face and uttered the words - "HS, leave this sort of issue to the GB and busy yourself in the Ministry". Stop thinking and start knocking! A quack medicine for every illness. The following is a quote that in principle issues forth daily from the WTS.
A rabbinical legend represents the congregation of Israel as saying: "Lord of the universe, I have imposed upon myself more restrictions than Thou hast imposed upon me, and I have observed them all."
Bully for them!Best regards - HS