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'ACCORDING TO THE MUSLIM FAITH, IF SOMEONE TRIES TO APOSTATE, HE OR SHE COULD BE KILLED'
ran accross this news this morning "apostates" will Wachtower like this idea?
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gda
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sir82
Oh they'd love it if they could get away with it.
"They" = the GB, not necessarily congregation elders (though I've known a few who would have been happy to pick up the first stone)
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OneEyedJoe
From the 1952 Nov. 15 WT:
Being limited by the laws of the worldly nation in which we live and also by the laws of God through Jesus Christ, we can take action against apostates only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with both sets of laws. The law of the land and God's law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship.
That certainly reads like they wish they could kill apostates. Yes, you have to go a ways back to get that quote but their frequent use of the example of Aaron being forbidden to mourn his sons' being killed by god shows that they still think this way.
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blondie
"We are not living today among theocratic nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for apostasy from God and his theocratic organization, as was possible and was ordered in the nation of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai and in the land of Palestine. . . . Being limited by the laws of the worldly nation in which we live and also by the laws of God through Jesus Christ, we can take action against apostates only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with both sets of laws. The law of the land and God’s law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship." (The Watchtower, 11/15 1952, p. 703)
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Vidiot
Important reminder...
...if the WTS were given control of a small country tomorrow, I guarantee you that within a decade, democracy, free speech, and freedom of religion would be nonexistent, any alternative form of sexual expression would be outlawed, creationism would be mandated in schools, advancements in science and medicine would grind to a halt, disfellowshipped individuals would be imprisoned or deported, and "apostates" would be sentenced to death without possibility of appeal or reprieve.
(Now, picture that regime encompassing the entire planet... indefinitely. That's the WTS' "New System".)
IMO, anyone who denies this is either naïve or simply lying to themselves.
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JWdaughter
Vidiot-you just painted a picture of PARADISE!!!