“Grapes from thorns and figs from thistles” (Matthew 7:15–20) (Part 2)
The Sharia law of the American Religious Corporation
It is recalled that this is not about putting into question the Christian faith and the sincerity of the millions of disciples of Christ under the dictatorship of this American religious corporation, which governs like a State, or like a multinational over its staff. What will be denounced is the social engineering of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, with its official website Jw.org, in connection with the protection of children against the infiltration of p3d@philes (algorithm) in some Christian congregations.
Before that, we recall what was written in the foreword in the first part: “Obviously, the Watch Tower and the Christian congregations under its administration clearly reject these sexual crimes. It will be denounced is not the “good intentions”, but the poor administration of these “good intentions” ; the dramatic consequences on the victims of these crimes due to the bad decisions made by this American religious corporation, much more out of concern for protecting its brand image (Branding) than the physical, mental and spiritual repercussions on the victims of these sexual crimes perpetrated within the many Christian congregations in the world. Such an attitude is contrary to the mind of Christian love that must characterize the true disciples of Christ: “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples — if you have love among yourselves” (John 13:34,35)” (End of reminder).
This social engineering was put in place by instructions drawn up at the world headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, particularly from the middle of the 1960s, and implemented from the early 1970s. They were implemented by the local administrators of the Christian congregations, the elders, some of whom behaved like real police officers of the Watch Tower (the narrative will be in the continuation of the article).
The local elders are under the supervision of a traveling administrator (circuit overseer, under the supervision of a district overseer (as far as they are concerned, they are all agents of the Watch Tower who supervise the local elders)). They are in direct contact with the local or national headquarters of the American religious multinational which is in New York (the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society). This traveling administrator has a higher authority than the elders of the Christian congregations; he can remove an elder or a group of recalcitrant elders, or even dissolve a congregation (this information is important to understand how this global dictatorship works, on a local scale, by the power of coercion of these agents under the direct authority of the country’s branch office). They are the guardians on the local level, of this globalist American religious dictatorship centralized in New York.
As we have seen above (in the first part of the article “abnormal images”), according to the publication “Learn From the Great Teacher”, chapter 32, victims of this sexual crime, that is p3d@philia, are encouraged to denounce this situation and this is a very good thing… Nevertheless, unfortunately, things do not happen that simply. There is the metaphorical expression of “Sharia law” of the Watch Tower. The Arabic word Sharia is very much linked to the law of the Koran, which is supposed to be superior (according to Muslims) to that of (non-Islamic) States. Regarding the “Sharia law” of the Watch Tower, although this corporation proclaims itself to be Christian, it often has the same attitude towards the authority of the state concerning the protection of children, in connection with p3d@philia.
But before explaining what is happening in the simplest way possible, let us illustrate it with a statement from Christ concerning human customs that nullify God’s commandments written in the Bible: “In reply he said to them: “Why do you overstep the commandment of God because of your tradition? For example, God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Let the one who speaks abusively of his father or mother be put to death.’ But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother: “Whatever I have that could benefit you is a gift dedicated to God,” he need not honor his father at all.’ So you have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition” (Matthew 15:3–6). At the time of Christ, this tradition of explaining the Torah (the first five books of the Bible, with the Psalms and the Prophets) was oral. Centuries later it became a written tradition, called the Talmud. Over time, the explanations of the Talmud came to be superior to the Torah (the Bible). Then there were other works, such as the Mishna which comments on the Talmud, being a commentary on the commentary of the Torah.
The same is true of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, also known as Jw.org, which claims to be primarily Bible-based, while, like the Jews of Jesus Christ’s day, it sometimes subtly nullifies its message (For example, please read John 6:48–58 (about eating the bread of life) and compare with the fact that the Watch Tower forbids millions of faithful Christians, with earthly hope, under its authority, from taking the emblems (eating the unleavened bread and drinking the cup) at the commemoration of Christ’s death (Luke 22:19), which contradicts Christ’s commandment).
This article will focus on the treatment of the infiltration of sexual crimes, such as p3d@philia, perpetrated within some Christian congregations that it administers. In the whole Mosaic law there are the biblical books from Exodus to Deuteronomy, it is written that Jehovah God considered the people of Israel to be holy. In the other hand He had considered the possibility of criminal situations that would arise within this nation, which He considered to be His People, with the corresponding legal decisions. Consequently, the presence and infiltration of thieves, murderers or rapists, did not necessarily mean that all of His people were. Furthermore, the judgment of these crimes was not secret, it was done at the gates of the city or in courts of justice open to the public. When a legal decision had been made and executed, all the people were able to know what had happened.
As for the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, the handling of p3do@philia cases (or all legal cases within the Christian congregations it administers), the cases are handled confidentially, secretly, behind closed doors. An omerta (code of silence) that does not allow the whole Christian congregation to be informed of cases of p3d@philia, while it is the safety of the women and children integrity of the Christian congregation that is at stake. How do things work in the case of sexual crimes, under the administration of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society known as Jw.org? That is the reason of the expression Sharia law of the Watch Tower that is above the law of the Bible and the States, comes in.
It is written in the Bible to obey the law of the higher authorities which represent the authority of the state, whether political or judicial, because established as such by God: “Let every person be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by God. Therefore, whoever opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of God; those who have taken a stand against it will bring judgment against themselves. For those rulers are an object of fear, not to the good deed, but to the bad. Do you want to be free of fear of the authority? Keep doing good, and you will have praise from it; for it is God’s minister to you for your good. But if you are doing what is bad, be in fear, for it is not without purpose that it bears the sword. It is God’s minister, an avenger to express wrath against the one practicing what is bad. here is therefore compelling reason for you to be in subjection, not only on account of that wrath but also on account of your conscience. That is why you are also paying taxes; for they are God’s public servants constantly serving this very purpose. Render to all their dues: to the one who calls for the tax, the tax; to the one who calls for the tribute, the tribute; to the one who calls for fear, such fear; to the one who calls for honor, such honor” (Romans 13:1–7).
This text shows that as long as the Kingdom of God is not directly established on earth, through the King Jesus Christ, the current governments in place remain a provision coming from God. They act within the framework of justice, as ministers of God, allowing the cohesion of the whole of human society. In addition, obedience to these state authorities is linked to our conscience towards God. For those who have read the four gospels and the letters of the apostles that follow, you will be able to notice that at no time did Jesus Christ, his apostles and all of his disciples, ever threaten or speak insultingly of the governmental authorities of this world.
Jesus Christ never opposed these two authorities, the temporal (represented by Caesar (and the current states)) and the timeless (represented by God), in an antagonistic way, on the contrary: “By all means, then, pay back Caesar’s things to Caesar but God’s things to God” (Luke 20:25). In Luke 13:1–5, it is written that the governor Pilate executed a death sentence on Galileans, in a terrifying way. Did Jesus Christ speak to them in a disrespectful way about Pilate or the Roman authorities? Well, on the contrary he used this event to show that the execution of God’s judgments will be just as terrible: “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all be destroyed, as they were”. The apostle Peter even wrote about honoring the king: “Honor men of all sorts, have love for the whole association of brothers, be in fear of God, honor the king” (Romans 13:5; 1 Peter 2:17,19).
Now, in the way it administers its fight against the infiltration of p3d@philia in some Christian congregations, the Watch Tower insidiously instills this antagonism between the judicial authority of the state and its authority (as a religious corporation) over local congregations. After reading what is written in the Bible, which could metaphorically represent the Torah, let us see the main provisions in the Talmud of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org. In this case, it will be the famous brochure of the elders, referenced “Sfl” (Shepherd the Flock), regularly updated by internal letters (studied by the elders, under the authority of the circuit overseer, and less frequently, of the district overseer) that all the Christian brothers and sisters of the congregation do not know.
Double standards
A shocking example of double standards is that when Christian meeting rooms have been vandalized, the “Sfl” brochure for elders recommends that a report must be made as quickly as possible to the judicial authorities, to the police. However, regarding sexual crime, it is not the case. The Sharia law of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, requires that the Watch Tower branch office of the country, its legal department (whose branch office correspondent will remain anonymous), be contacted first before contacting the judicial authorities, if it is done. For what purpose must the Watch Tower legal department be contacted first?
If a member of the Christian congregation were to report a case of p3d@philia on his person, to an elder, he will not be encouraged at all to report it directly to the police first. There will be a real coercion so that the complainant does not do it directly first. The instructions for the elders, in the case of a complaint of a sexual crime committed within the Christian congregation, they must obligatorily call the legal department of the Watch Tower. For its part, the legal department, will study the case to see, on a legal level, if they must report this sexual crime to the justice, to the police. In the case where there is a legal obligation, in the country where the subsidiary of the religious multinational Watch Tower is located, this complaint will be filed, not out of consideration for the victim, but in order to avoid the religious multinational having legal repercussions, that a complaint would be filed directly against it.
Otherwise, that is, in the country where the Christian congregation is located, there is no legal obligation to report sexual crimes, the elders will tell the victim or the victim’s parents not to say anything. The code of silence, the famous omerta, will be applied in that Christian congregation. Of course, in an extremely subtle way. If parents or victims wanted to file a complaint despite everything, that is when the accusatory inversion would begin, in the form of spiritual emotional blackmail. The elders will say to the parents or the recalcitrant victim: “Have you thought about the religious opprobrium (the shame) that this will bring on the Name of God and in the Christian congregation?”.
They add to this completely diabolical question, in this case, another completely twisted reasoning, basing it on the Bible, namely that the apostle Paul recommended not to file a complaint against one’s spiritual brother: “Really, it is already a defeat for you when you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why do you not rather let yourselves be defrauded? Instead, you wrong and defraud, and your brothers at that!” (1 Corinthians 6:7,8). This reasoning is completely misleading because it does not respect the context of the apostle Paul’s statement. He was in no way referring to blood and sexual crimes, but rather to “very trivial matters”: “Does any one of you who has a dispute with another dare to go to court before unrighteous men, and not before the holy ones? Or do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to try very trivial matters?” (1 Corinthians 6:1,2). So, this text is not talking about judgments of blood and sexual crimes, in the congregation.
These local Watch Tower police officers are sacrificing the interests of the victims on the altar of the interests of this American religious multinational corporation, the Watch Tower. In the Mosaic Law, every crime had to be denounced in a public manner, with the judgment and the application of the death penalty, in the same day, or shortly after. For God, the Father and also his Son Jesus Christ, the purpose is to rid the congregations of the presence of criminals, particularly, sexual criminals: “For I am Jehovah your God, and you must sanctify yourselves and become holy, because I am holy” (Leviticus 11:44). If of course, we are no longer under the Law given to Moses, according to Romans 13, the judicial authority put in place by God (to punish crimes), are no longer the elders of the Christian congregation who would usurp this function which belongs to the police, the army, the judges and the courts of the different states (Romans 10:4; 13:1–7). According to Romans 13, the elders who behave like the judicial police within the congregations, exceed their right, from a biblical point of view.
In doing so, tens of thousands of cases worldwide were not reported to the judicial authorities and were handled internally, due to the law of the two witnesses. This positioning resulted in numerous lawsuits against the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org. At the time (1970s to 1980s) when it was customary to handle these p3d@philia cases internally, the culprit was excluded and his name sent to the Watch Tower or one of its national branch office, which put him on a list. The p3d@phile was released into the wild, endangering the physical integrity of children within society in general, without mentioning it to the judicial authorities because of the law of the two witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15).
The law of the two witnesses is not the law of two confessions or three witnesses
“No single witness should rise up against a man respecting any error or any sin, in the case of any sin that he may commit. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses the matter should stand good” (Deuteronomy 19:15).
This law is based on two “witnesses” and not on two confessions. The nuance is important. In the case of two confessions, it is impossible to have them, because that would imply that two people would have committed the same crime or that one had let the other do it, which is a complete aberration. There are several biblical examples that show that it is not a question of two confessions, but of the testimony of the victim and the confession of the guilty party, the two people being the two witnesses.
For example, in the case of the sexual crime of rape of a woman in the countryside, in the “fields”, where there were only two people (the victim and the rapist), there was the possibility of condemning the criminal: “If, however, the man happened to meet the engaged girl in the field and the man overpowered her and lay down with her, the man who lay down with her is to die by himself” (Deuteronomy 22:25). This biblical text clearly shows that there is condemnation of the criminal, when there are only two people and no third person. There is only the victim, the woman raped in the countryside, and the man designated by the woman as the aggressor (who allegedly confessed to his crime).
There are two other Bible quotes that show that the two witnesses are only two people, one making a statement and another witnessing to that statement: “If I alone bear witness about myself, my witness is not true. There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the witness he bears about me is true. You have sent men to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. However, I do not accept the witness from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. That man was a burning and shining lamp, and for a short time you were willing to rejoice greatly in his light. But I have the witness greater than that of John, for the very works that my Father assigned me to accomplish, these works that I am doing, bear witness that the Father sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form, and you do not have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the very one whom he sent” (John 5:31–38).
This text shows that the testimony of Jesus (as the first witness) is accredited by that of John the Baptist (as the second witness). However, it mentions the third testimony, greater than that of John, that of his Heavenly Father. “In answer Jesus said to them: “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my witness is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from and where I am going’” (John 8:14). This text confirms that Christ’s statement is that of a first witness. This point of understanding is very important…
Above, it is mentioned that the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society known Jw.org, has a worldwide list of several tens of thousands of cases of p3d@philia in the Christian congregations under its administration. This means that the perpetrators mentioned in this list have confessed to their sexual crime. In doing so, in accordance with the Bible, the two witnesses of these tens of thousands of cases were in existence and therefore it was necessary, on a biblical basis, to deliver them to justice (based on their logic of the two witnesses). In most cases, this has not happened, and the Watch Tower does not want to deliver this list to the justice of the superior governmental authorities (Romans 13:1–7).
Internal administration and omerta concerning the p3d@philia
According to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society known as Jw.org, the timeless authority within the congregations under its administration is superior to that of States, such as Muslim Sharia law (for Islamists). They base themselves on a text from the biblical book of Leviticus: “If someone sins because he has heard a public call to testify and he is a witness or has seen or learned about it and he does not report it, then he will answer for his error” (Leviticus 5:1). The judicial authority was represented by the priests. It is on the basis of this text that they consider that criminal cases such as p3d@philia must primarily be treated internally, and confidentially, by reporting them to the elders of the congregation, without necessarily informing the judicial authorities beforehand of the country.
Based on this reasoning, starting in the 1960s, the Watch Tower, Bible and Tract Society corporation authorized the elders of local Christian congregations to judge blood crimes including sexual crimes, before reporting them or not (in the case of sexual crimes such as rape and child abuse) to state judicial authorities. This provision was fully put into practice starting in the 1970s. It can be said that it was from this decision to include crimes in internal judicial processing (without first reporting them to state judicial authorities) that the legal problems for the Watch Tower truly began. This reasoning was essentially based on the fact that on the one hand, the world is under the thumb of Satan, and that the Christian congregation is under the authority of God, through his Son Jesus Christ. Therefore, based on this reasoning, the judicial authorities of this world are under the thumb of Satan, and therefore, it is better to deal with judicial matters, including crimes, internally as a priority, before having to report them to the state authorities (without this being systematic). In this context, it is obvious that this reasoning is specious (misleading) and unbiblical.
This text is being applied out of context. As it is written in Romans 13, in the context of the law to fight crime, it is the law of governments that prevails over that of the Christian congregation. Second, while some biblical principles of the Mosaic Law are timeless, others have been abrogated as Mosaic Law (Romans 10:4). Otherwise, we would have to follow the whole Mosaic law. Here is what it is written in the letter to the Galatians: “Again I bear witness to every man who gets circumcised that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law” (Galatians 5:3). The reasoning is exactly the same regarding the judgment of sexual crimes.
Indeed, if the Watch Tower wants to administer Christian congregations as in the former Israel, particularly in the judgment of serious crimes and offenses, it would be necessary, as the apostle Paul wrote, to “keep the whole Law”. In this case, for rapists and p3d@philes, after their confessions of guilt, applying death penalty in the same day, as required by the Law (Deuteronomy 22:25b). However, we are no longer under the Mosaic Law because Christ is the end of the Law (Romans 10:4). Thus, the depositories of this authority concerning the judgments of crimes of blood and sexual offenses are the justice authorities of the State in place, outside of Christian congregations (Romans 13:1–7).
Theocratic Branding
This part will consist of demonstrating that all the decisions taken by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, are motivated by a concern to preserve its “brand image” and the sustainability of this American religious corporation. This concern to preserve the “brand image” and its sustainability can be summed up in the generic English word of “Branding”, which is a marketing process. For example, in the new progressist process of preaching (which replaced the biblical preaching) with mobile displays where it is written in large letters, JW.ORG, is a marketing process to attract people to the religious multinational corporation Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org. In this mode of presentation, the word Bible appears at most, while the brand “Watch Tower” magazine will be in a good place. But words with overly religious connotations such as God, Christ, Lord, Jesus… have disappeared… It’s a branding process…
The problem with this religious branding process, is that the expressions are elaborated with biblical words. For example, the American corporation Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, is presented as being God’s organization (the word “organization” does not appear in the Bible. God does not have an “organization” or a corporation at his service, but a people, which is different (Zechariah 2:11)). And the many internal judgments of p3d@philia cases are kept confidential because it must not shame on the Divine Name and on God’s organization. The perversion of this religious branding process of the Watch Tower is that it dissuades complainants in a subtle way from filing a complaint, whether they are victims or the parents of victims to file a complaint, so as to not shame on God’s organization.
We are completely in the accusatory inversion which consists of making the victims or the parents of the victims, to be people not very spiritual, and refusing forgiveness. In the past, very many cases ended internally in the following way (in the 70s and 80s): the elders simply asked the “repentant” p3d@phile aggressor to apologize to his victim… If currently, under pressure from the media, things have changed, in the past it was like this in the Christian congregations under the authority of this American religious corporation. And it dares to say that it must not apologize for its past bad decisions…
Biblically, this argument does not hold up because under the Mosaic Law, God did not want crimes to be hidden and criminals not to be publicly named before the people. He wanted them to be judged and their judgments executed. God wanted his people to be holy, because He is a holy God. God currently uses the states in place to punish criminals, the elders have no place in the middle, they do not have to act like local police officers of the Watch Tower (Leviticus 11:44; Romans 13:1–7)…
She opened Pandora’s box
This is a courageous Christian woman named Barbara Anderson. She worked in the editorial department of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in New York. The leaders of this corporation gave her the responsibility of doing meticulous research in the historical archives of this corporation, with a view to writing the book or encyclopedia currently known as “Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom”. It has been a bad move for them, because Barbara Anderson found herself faced with a huge problem of conscience before God, when she discovered in the archives the confidential list of thousands of names of sexual predators within the Christian congregations in the world under the governance of the Watch Tower.
She researched cases of sexual abuse in congregations. She sent the whole file on p3d@philia to the governing body, and later (the copy) to the lawyers of NBC and CBS. She was disfellowshipped in July 2002, for having spoken about this file on American television shows. It is mainly through the courageous action of Barbara Anderson, to denounce the internal treatment of the infiltration of p3d@philia within Christian congregations, that a very large number of Christians were informed of this scandal, but also the judicial authorities of many countries. This had a disastrous effect for the Watch Tower corporation because it triggered very many legal proceedings in connection with many cases of p3d@philia, throughout the world. These legal proceedings constitute a real financial hemorrhage for the Watch Tower.
A dangerous omerta for all Christian congregations
The Anglo-Saxon version of the internal circular, in its point 7.
“The heart’s abundance the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45)
Indeed, the more a subject concern us, the more we talk about it. Regarding the subject of child protection, and the subject of apostasy, a second subject that concerns this American religious corporation, here are the figures for the occurrences of two words, concerning these two serious subjects.
The two words “pedophilia”, “pedophile” (singular) and “pedophiles” (plural), regarding child protection.
The two words “apostasy”, “apostate” (singular), “apostates” (plural), regarding the risk of dissent within this American religious corporation.
Here is the number of occurrences of these words in the Watchtower Library in English, in publications (outside the Bible).
The two words “pedophilia” = 16, “pedophile” = 33 (singular) and “pedophiles” = 25 (plural), concerning child protection. Cumulative total of occurrences of the three words: 16 + 33 + 25 = 74.
The two words “apostasy” = 1122, “apostate” (singular) = 1161, “apostates” (plural) = 559, concerning the risk of dissent within this American religious corporation. Cumulative total of occurrences of the three words: 1122 + 1161 + 559 = 2842.
Let us divide, this time the occurrences related to apostasy, divided by the occurrences related to pedophilia: 2842/74 = 38,40. Which means that the American religious corporation, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, known as Jw.org, puts approximately thirty-eight times more emphasis on apostasy, (which is a offense of opinion) than on the dangers of the infiltration of pedophilia in the Christians congregations (which is, this time a crime).
Conclusion
In conclusion of this file on this theme (there will be others), the facts have been presented as simply and soberly as possible (because the facts are even more shocking and sordid), the reader can, if he wishes, do research on this subject to verify its veracity. The internal treatment of sexual crimes creates in fact an omerta, or a law of silence which is foreign to the Bible and which endangers the physical integrity of women and children, in the presence of sexual predators known only by the elders (who behave, for some like police officers of the Watch Tower). During the Broadcasting of the American religious corporation, Watch Tower and Tract Society known as Jw.org, of March 2024, a new small reform was presented concerning the possibility of reinstatement of those disfellowshipped from the congregation.
Very shortly after (this Broadcasting of March 2024), an internal circular has been sent and read in the different bodies of elders, without the knowledge of the whole Christian congregations (see above an extract from the internal letter in its point 7 (screenshot)). Among the instructions, there was a big caveat concerning the possible reinstatement of the three categories of sinners: pedophiles, apostates and those who fomented a divorce to marry with a younger spouse. Obviously, the Watch Tower adapted the instructions of this internal circular, according to the legislation of the Countries. These instructions show that more significant restrictive measures will be applied (with a view to the possible reinstatement), of p3d@philes, apostates and remarried divorcees. Of course (this is not shown in the photo), activist apostates should not be visited by elders (because there is no possibility of reinstatement as long as they are in their activism or dissidence). And in the best-case scenario, if one of these three categories of sinners expressed the desire to return, this would require a longer probationary period (according to this internal circular).
From these instructions, we can see two major and very shocking points. The first is that the American religious corporation Watch Tower, puts on the same scale of seriousness, apostasy which is a simple difference of opinion, divorce which is linked to Christian morality and pedophilia which is a proven sexual crime punishable by long years of prison. Thus, in these three enumerations, you have the sexual crime of p3d@philia, associated with two sins not sanctioned by governments, put on the same scale of seriousness by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (see above the comparisons of occurrences and the word apostasy (2842) and p3d@philia (74)).
The second point is extremely serious, this circular suggests that there would be the possibility of reinstatement a former p3d@phile in the Christian congregation and very often without the knowledge of the facts by the whole Christian congregation… Only the elders would be aware of the criminal history of this individual. It should be added that the instruction suggests that in some congregations, the bodies of elders know the name and address of the p3d@philes at large. In any case, the Christian congregation as a whole would not be aware that this individual is a former p3d@phile, in order to take precautions for the women and children. On the other hand, if an apostate (who had renounced his activism) were to return under the yoke of this religious corporation, there would be absolutely no danger for the physical integrity of the women and children of the congregations. But, yes, it would be a big risk for the American corporation which is terrified of dissent… Hence the fact, for this American religious corporation, of classifying apostasy on the same scale of seriousness as child abuse… (Calculation of the number of times the two words “apostasy” (2842) and “p3d@philia” (74) appear in the Watchtower Library).
This code of silence (ormerta) regarding the serious history of a person who has committed sexual crimes does not respect the Bible principles. In some cases, Jehovah God, the Heavenly Father, required that a man’s bad reputation have permanent value and be known in a city and village. Consider the law of brother-in-law marriage: “If brothers dwell together and one of them dies without having a son, the wife of the dead one should not marry someone from outside the family. Her brother-in-law should go to her, take her as his wife, and perform brother-in-law marriage with her” (Deuteronomy 25:5). However, if the brother-in-law refused, it could cause the dead man’s name and inheritance to be wiped out, which was a callous decision on the part of the one who refused, so that Jehovah God would add these further instructions of the law: Jehovah God allowed the rejected widow to spit in the man’s face and to remove one sandal from his foot, all before the elders at the gates of the city. And then it is written: “After that his family name in Israel will be known as ‘The house of the one who had his sandal removed’” (Deuteronomy 25:10).
Should we not expect less regarding the shameful behavior of those who have committed a sexual crime? If they cannot be spat in their face, at least let the shame of their past conduct follow them in memory of the young victims, the surviving children? But also, because of the safety of the physical integrity of the women and children in the Christian congregations, it is an absolute obligation to inform the whole congregation of the presence of the sexual criminal past as being “the house of the child abuser”. In conclusion, here is what is written concerning a statement of Christ concerning the protection of young children or young disciples: “But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have hung around his neck a millstone that is turned by a donkey and to be sunk in the open sea” (Matthew 18:6).
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