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In a recent JW Broadcasting morning-worship talk, Paul Gillies warned Jehovah’s Witnesses about apostasy by using an analogy most people would immediately understand – Food poisoning. The analogy works like this:
Spoiled food may contain nutrients, but it also contains toxins.
Apostate material may contain isolated truths, but it is spiritually dangerous overall.
But the organization itself acknowledges that the governing body can make errors and that its understanding has been adjusted over time.
So here is the question:
Why is imperfect teaching from the Governing Body treated as acceptable, correctable spiritual nourishment, while imperfect material from a critic is treated as categorically poisonous?