Prophecy

"'But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death.'

You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?' If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him."
- Deuteronomy 18:20-22

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By their own set of scales, the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses "must be put to death". By their own standards, how guilty are those that spoke these false prophecies; that mass produced them and then forced them upon a great crowd of impressionable sheep. With all of the ruined lives and livelihoods, divided families, and inner turmoil their words have caused these poor followers, surely these men bear a heavy burden of guilt.

To see good folks shackled to the reasoning of such men so that they give their lives and freedoms over entirely to these who do not know them and that they will never know... this is such torment. Even as the very Bible they count infallible criticizes and condemns the actions of such men, and indeed the whole organization-- even as the opinions of these men cause them personal suffering --they continue to defend the organization with their lives. Even as their poor children who want desperately to believe and be accepted grow up so conflicted, so isolated from life. They defend and defend and defend these false prophets.

Where is the right in this? How much longer shall it go on? How many lives must be ruined before we shatter the cycle of religious oppression?