Jehovah's Witnesses, Blood, Fornicating Animals and Leeches
So do we see what happened here? Gods Anointed, King Saul make a stupid command not to eat honey with a curse attached to those who ate any. Jonathan seeing the stupidity makes this comment:
1 Samuel:
14:29
However, Jonathan said: "My father has brought ostracism upon the land. SEE, please, how my eyes have beamed because I tasted this little bit of honey.
What point am I making here? Jehovah's Witnesses obey without question their high command at Watchtower headquarters, feeling that not to obey would bring a "curse upon them" ( 1Sam 14:34 ) A few people in the Watchtower organization seeing the stupidity of some of the commands of these Saul like men at headquarters speak out like Jonathan vs. 29:
14:29
However, Jonathan said: "My father has brought ostracism upon the land. SEE, please, how my eyes have beamed because I tasted this little bit of honey.
By speaking out they have put themselves in line with the vengeance of this Saul like organization, they become like Jonathan and speak truth and except whatever comes:
1 Samuel:
14:43
Then Saul said to Jonathan: "Do tell me, What have you done?" So Jonathan told him and said: "I did for a fact taste a little honey on the tip of the rod that is in my hand. Here I am! Let me die!"14:44
At this Saul said: "Thus may God do and thus may he add to it, if you do not positively die, Jonathan."
Of course the regular JW's who see the stupidity speak up and defend these
" Jonathans" vss:
14:45
But the people said to Saul: "Is Jonathan to die, who has performed this great salvation in Israel? It is unthinkable! As Jehovah is alive,not as much as a single hair of his head will fall to the earth; for it was with God that he worked this day." With that the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.
In real life with the Jehovah's Witness organization this would not happen because if ANYONE sided with ones speaking their minds and consciences they all would be disfellowshiped. So this account is excellent for showing that "God's Anointed" can make mistakes, but most are to scared to speak up against this group out of FEAR.