The May 18, 1956 Awake had the article entitled,"Husband and Wife Worship Unscriptural". It states:"Nowhere in the Bible do we find that mates are to be worshipped, or that there should be a Wedding Anniversary Day kept in their honor. Worship belongs exclusively to Jehovah God, as He himself says:' I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion'. ..... The female organ called the 'hymen' is named after the God of Weddings Hymenaeus, who was worshipped by the pagan Greeks. He personified the hymn sung outside the bridal chamber....Hymenaeus consorted with Eros, the god of sex, and with Zeus, the king of the gods.".......Christendom today makes much of Wedding Anniversaries, but the greatest of all husbands and the greatest of all wives are not universally worshipped in her domain. Jehovah God is the Husband of his wifely Organization and His "woman" is his organization. She is the mother of those that receive life from God.......On the face of it the arrangement of Wedding Anniversary Days seems harmless and calculated to do good. But the people are in ignorance of Satan's subtle hand in the matter......The wife that dishonors God is not a good woman, regardless of how many children she may bear; whereas some of her children may be faithful servants of Jehovah. The good wife is the one that serves and honors Jehovah and teaches her children to do likewise, and who renders her proper wifely duties in the home. Real men have great respect and great love for such wives, but their worship they give to Jehovah God. The same can be said for good husbands."

AlanF

Ah, another gem for my archives. 

Do you by any chance mean "May 8", rather than 18?  And, is there a page number available?

Wow, that was a pretty good satire.  It was completely indistinguishable from the real thing.  In fact, I have read worse in the real mags.

God do I wish they actually had printed that!  Imagine showing it to a dub from a bound volume right next to the latest afake?

 

"Nowhere in the bible do we find that mates are to be worshipped, or that there should be a wedding anniversary day kept in their honor".  I believe the author of this article should have read Hebrew 13:4  [Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other.]  I think this applies.

Key control phrase  "Jehovah God is the husband of his wifely organization and his "woman" is his ORGANIZATION.  She is the mother of those that receive life from God......  The wifey lives in Brooklyn,  the rest of the article is thinly veiled with pretty embellishments.

 

 

copycat.......Alan, have you ever written for the "faithful and discreet slave class"?

LOL, Alan I thought that was a real quote, as mentioned by others, I have seen worse.

LOL at Riz and Shamus.

Yeah I was gagging and heaving myself at this one. Are you sure that is not written somewhere back in the archives of the ignorant?(aka the GB)hehe

Damn!

I was all worked up and ready to make some big meaninfull post and I was let down!

Alan.......you bastard!

Gumby

I think that turnabout is fair play. The Watchtower has published a great many ridiculous notions over the years, and has displayed gross hypocrisy along with any number of vile qualities that I'm sure readers can elucidate better than I.

Kudos to you Minimus, for posting the original article. It was easy to twist it around so as to illustrate Watchtower hypocrisy and double standards.

AlanF

Alan, you gave yourself away, you Nethinim.