Posted by Farkel [Keflar] on October 25, 1999 at 11:42:45 {DjTI9F5X/Yjc7.1TE24IvhKqcjatLo}:
The Proclaimer's book on page 85 cites part of the speech given by Judge Rutherford in 1938, which incidentally was the year "Theocracy" was completely established and any individual rights held by the congregations and its members were eliminated. He said in one of his typical attacks against the Catholic Church:
"When the people are told the facts about a crowd that is operating under a religious cloak to steal their rights, the Hierarchy howls and says: 'Lies! Put a gag in the mouths of those and do not permit them to speak.'" Then he asked: "Is it wrong to publish the truth concerning a bunch of hijackers that are robbing the people? No!...Shall honest men be gagged and compelled to remain silent while this bunch of hijackers destroy the liberties of the people? Above all, shall the people be denied their God-given privileges of peacable assembly and freedom of worship of Almighty God, and freedom of speech concerning his kingdom and those who oppose it?"
Of course, those words turned out to be the most accurate self-fulfilling prophecy ever uttered by the man. It's uncanny that one doesn't have to change ONE WORD in that paragraph to have it precisely describe how the Watchtower Society oppresses its followers to this very day.
Farkel