thirdwitness,
They cannot register for anything for which there is no registrar and the UN/DPI has no registrar.
They applied for associate membership to the UN/DPI and they later requested to be disassociated.
The concept of registration is foreign to the concept of association. Registrars add names to a roll, or list. No one applies for a registration. No one registers for membership. The relationship between a registrant and registar is not similar in nature to the relationship between a subordinate organization associated to or associated with a superior organization. The real nature of the relationship between the UN/DPI and the WBTS of NY, Inc. precludes the use of the term "registration" to describe any part of it.
I asked for a report from my letter, thirdwitness. You didn't answer. I know why. Here is the correct result from the challenge I set you:
— The Watchtower Society refers to the nature of the relationship as some variant of registration 5 times.
— The Watchtower Society quotes the UN/DPI that is was actually an association 3 times.
— The Watchtower Society never states that it was an association.
I asked you a few specific questions too. You didn't answer any of them. I know why. Here are the answers to my questions:
(Q) What did the WTS call the relationship? (A) "Registration"
(Q) Did they ever call it a membership? (A) No.
(Q) Did they ever say they joined the UN/DPI? (A) No. Nor did they say they joined anything else. With regard to "joining" they only denied joining something.
(Q) Did they even ever call [the relationship] an association? (A) No.
(Q) Did they admit that they disassociated themselves, or did they say they "withdrew their registration?" (A) They did not admit that they requested disassocation from the superior organization to which they were joined as an associate member, they said they withdrew registration.
So, let me make this clear, NO ONE HAS EVER "REGISTERED" FOR AN ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP TO THE UN/DPI. "Associate" is a class of membership between a subordinate organization and a superior organization. As I showed earlier. From a dictionary. A dictionary that did not have discrediting the WTS as part of its agenda in writing the definition for "associate" as a noun. The subordinate organization would be referred to as "associated to" or "associated with" the superior organization only after the membership has been granted by the superior organization. Technically, an "honorary" membership can be bestowed on someone or some organization without their having to take any action, but acquiring membership typically requires submitting an application. Also, typically some sort of membership credential is extended by the superior organization upon the favorable consideration of the application to associate and final acceptance of a new member.
This "submitting of an application" is called "applying" and is distinctly different from another kind of relationship that can be formed by simply filling out a few forms as a record-keeping formality. The latter act is referred to as registration and cannot be properly applied to the actions of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. relative to the formation of a subordinate to superior membership with the UN/DPI, i.e. the acquiring of an "association to" or "association with" the UN/DPI.
A registration cannot form a membership relationship between two organizations. The WTS did not register, not even according to the form you link from YOUR Web site. They APPLIED. The act of registration and the act of application are two COMPLETELY unrelated acts, the two terms are not synonymous.
You are wrong, thirdwitness, due to ignorance. However, once you have read this post you can no longer afford to remain ignorant, lest you find yourself defending liars. There is no doubt that you have been doing just that, but it is my hope you have just been blinded by loyalty.
AuldSoul
