Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Watchtower and the United Nations

In the October 8, 2001 issue of the "Daily Guardian" newspaper in the United Kingdom, it was revealed the the Watchtower Society had been a member of the United Nations for about ten years. Within a week, the Society withdrew membership from that organization.

Or did it?

Recent evidence has come to light that different corporations used by the Watchtower are actually NGO's in the United Nation. Evidence for this can be found here. Just scroll down to the subheading "Non-Governmental Organizations" and look at numbers 10, 93, 94, 243, and 328. Five different international corporations used by Jehovah's Witnesses are registered NGO's! Why does the Society insist on continuing membership with these?

I pray that incidents like these do not stumble our faithful, sincere brothers and sisters throughout the world. We should all continue to serve the King of Glory, Jehovah God. (Psalm 24:7-10, Recovery Version) No matter what happens in the coming weeks, continue to believe that Jehovah will "by no means leave you nor by any means forsake you."-Hebrews 13:5; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8

With Sincere Christian Love and Affection,
Brother Ebed Abodah

ADDED June 17, 2009: A brother on another website (which I choose not to publish due to major discrepancies) used this 1971 Questions from Readers to illustrate why the Watchtower joining the United Nations was wrong.

"w79 1/1 p. 31 Questions from Readers
"... In joining the YMCA as a member a person accepts or endorses the general objectives and principles of the organization. He is not simply paying for something he receives, such as when buying things being sold to the public at a store. (Compare 1 Corinthians 8:10; 10:25.) Nor is his membership merely an entry pass, as when a person buys a theater ticket. Membership means that one has become an integral part of this organization founded with definite religious objectives, including the promotion of interfaith. Hence, for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to become a member of such a so-called "Christian" association would amount to apostasy.

Some individuals have on occasion not become members but have paid a onetime admission fee, viewing this as simply paying for a commercial service available. Even in this regard it is wise to consider whether this course will adversely affect the consciences of others.— Cor. 8:11-13."


The Society says that they joined the UN organization to achieve access to an off-limits library. Using their own reasoning we can come to a drastic conclusion...

Links to the two Daily Guardian articles are below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/oct/08/religion.world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/oct/15/religion.unitednations

Watchtower Response to Above Article and Branch Offices
http://www.randytv.com/secret/gillies.jpg
http://www.randytv.com/secret/wt11012001.jpg
http://www.randytv.com/secret/ccjwresponse.jpg

UN Response to Large Number of Inquiries Regarding WT/UN Association
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf
http://www.randytv.com/secret/unfax.jpg

Did the Watchtower Need to Become an NGO for a Library Pass?
http://www.randytv.com/secret/emailNGO.htm

Has the Criteria for Association With UN Changed Since Their Inception?
http://www.randytv.com/secret/unmarchletter.jpg

*Note: The OSCE is an ad hoc organization under the United Nations charter (Chapter VIII) concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation.

The United Nations has authorized this organization to be made, kind of like a subsidiary of the UN. The OSCE tries to dissolve disputes in its region but sends them to the United Nations Security Council if the matters are too big for the OSCE to handle. So it resembles the setup that Jethro encouraged Moses to take when he realized that the job of settling disputes was too big for Moses.-See Exodus 18:13-26

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2 comments:

  1. The NGO's are attatched to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights which is a department of The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. This does not appear to be attatched to the UN. The OSCE does have political and military activity see their site at http://www.osce.org/. It is an interesting question whether or not a politically neutral organisation which the Watchtower Tract and Bible Society claims to be should be involved with the OSCE

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  2. The OSCE is an ad hoc organization under the United Nations charter (Chapter VIII) concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation.

    The United Nations has authorized this organization to be made, kind of like a subsidiary of the UN. It tries to dissolve disputes in its region but sends them to the United Nations Security Council. So it resembles the judicial system in the U.S., when something is not solved in a "lower court" it is sent to the "supreme court" the OSCE being the "lower court" and the UN being the "supreme court".

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