shikinah
03-30-2009, 06:36 PM
I thought i'd put a few quotes about what apostacy is from the watchtowers standpoint.
Watchtower October 1, 1993 p.19
Regarding them, the psalmist said: "Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah, and do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you? With a complete hatred I do hate them. They have become tome real enemies." (Psalm 139:21, 22) It was because they intensely hated Jehovah that David looked on them with abhorrence. Apostates are included among those who show their hatred of Jehovah by revolting against him. Apostasy is, in reality, a rebellion against Jehovah. Some apostates profess to know and serve God, but they reject teachings or requirements set out in his Word. Others claim to believe the Bible, but they reject Jehovah's organization and actively try to hinder its work. When they deliberately choose such badness after knowing what is right, when the bad becomes so ingrained that it is an inseparable part of their makeup, then a Christian must hate (in the Biblical sense of the word) those who have inseparably attached themselves to the badness. True Christians share Jehovah's feelings toward such apostates; they are not curious about apostate ideas. On the contrary, they "feel a loathing" toward those who have made themselves God's enemies, but they leave it to Jehovah to execute vengeance."
Its plain to see why the catholic church burnt people at the stake for trying to understand the scriptures or pointing out doctrine which had errors.
Who hates Jehovah?
Who is revolting against him?
Who is rejecting Jehovahs requirements from the scriptures?
Who is hindering the watchtowers work?
The realisation of lies, requiring explanations, requiring accurate truth lables you an apostate, nothing really has changed since the time of the inquisition.
Elizabeth
Watchtower October 1, 1993 p.19
Regarding them, the psalmist said: "Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah, and do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you? With a complete hatred I do hate them. They have become tome real enemies." (Psalm 139:21, 22) It was because they intensely hated Jehovah that David looked on them with abhorrence. Apostates are included among those who show their hatred of Jehovah by revolting against him. Apostasy is, in reality, a rebellion against Jehovah. Some apostates profess to know and serve God, but they reject teachings or requirements set out in his Word. Others claim to believe the Bible, but they reject Jehovah's organization and actively try to hinder its work. When they deliberately choose such badness after knowing what is right, when the bad becomes so ingrained that it is an inseparable part of their makeup, then a Christian must hate (in the Biblical sense of the word) those who have inseparably attached themselves to the badness. True Christians share Jehovah's feelings toward such apostates; they are not curious about apostate ideas. On the contrary, they "feel a loathing" toward those who have made themselves God's enemies, but they leave it to Jehovah to execute vengeance."
Its plain to see why the catholic church burnt people at the stake for trying to understand the scriptures or pointing out doctrine which had errors.
Who hates Jehovah?
Who is revolting against him?
Who is rejecting Jehovahs requirements from the scriptures?
Who is hindering the watchtowers work?
The realisation of lies, requiring explanations, requiring accurate truth lables you an apostate, nothing really has changed since the time of the inquisition.
Elizabeth