Why in the 1990s Did The Jehovah's Witnesses Join the United Nations.?

Question

Since the founding of the United Nations, The Jehhovahs Witnesses have consistently refered to it as Satans organisation yet they still joined this organisation just a short time ago, even though the criteria for joining is to support this organisation.

Answer 1

As an organization, the Jehovah's Witnesses religion rejects these allegations, and refuse to discuss such lying nonsense.

http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/
However, individual Witnesses (independent of any "official" branch office of Jehovah's Witnesses) have thoroughly refuted these shameless anti-Witness accusations, using actual scanned images of the UN's own documents.
http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/


Jehovah's Witnesses never joined the United Nations, in 1991 or any other year. They used the UN's libraries, which are used by tens of thousands of scholars, educators, students, and writers in New York City.

Years ago, a volunteer from the Watchtower Society filled out a one-side-of-one-page document requesting approval for him and his colleagues to use the libraries at the United Nations (which are only 5 miles from WT offices).

At the time no signature was even required on that form. Each accepted applicant was designated by the UN and became listed as an 'NGO' (a "non-government organization"). The term is not specific to the UN and everywhere else on the planet the term "non-government organization" simply implies that the entity is:
1. Not a government entity; and
2. An organization (rather than a person)

Sooner or later, the annual renewal began requiring a signature, which a WT representative submitted each year thereafter. According to the form itself, the signature simply verified that this was a bona fide request.

At some truly arbitrary point, some United Nations bureaucrat decided that the term "non-government organization" (which had been and still is used millions of times each day by thousands of agencies of all types around the globe) was a special term! This bureaucrat decided that the term "non-government organization" meant that the organization endorses the UN!

Existing UN NGO's were not asked to enumerate this supposed endorsement. This incredibly presumptuous change was not even formally communicated to renewal applicants, and there was nothing on the renewal form which could possibly be interpreted as authorizing this remarkable conceit.

Weeks or months after the renewal request was submitted and accepted, the UN bureaucracy finally sneaked this ridiculous after-the-fact assumption into two sentences of fineprint at the end of a boilerplate booklet sent to non-government organizations.

For decades, Jehovah's Witnesses had discussed the United Nations as a human counterfeit of God's global Messianic Kingdom government. Suddenly, enemies of Jehovah's Witnesses pretended that Jehovah's Witnesses must actually be in some kind of secret alliance with the UN (apparently along with the thousands of other library patrons). Jehovah's Witnesses acted quickly to distance themselves from the idea that they endorsed ANYTHING associated with the United Nations. They "tore up" their library card, as it were, and formally renounced the idea that Jehovah's Witnesses had ever endorsed the UN.

The matter is unconfusing and straightforward to any fairminded person. The remarkable conspiracy theories of anti-Witness critics fail to explain any possible benefit to Jehovah's Witnesses from "the secret alliance" (which also involved the thousands of other library patrons).

Before, during, and since the supposed "alliance", Jehovah's Witnesses continued to publicly denounce the ungodly nature of the UN. Before, during, and since the supposed "alliance", Jehovah's Witnesses continued to be widely persecuted in dozens of countries. Before, during, and since the supposed "alliance", the UN continued to be consistently unsympathetic to religious persecution.

The conspiracy theorists and anti-Witnesses are illogical and wrong regarding their accusations that Jehovah's Witnesses' status as a "non-government organization" supposedly indicated some endorsement of the United Nations.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20010201/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_10.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20011015/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_08.htm

http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/

Answer 2

aside from the Catholic Church, that's acknowledged as a rustic, alongside with embassies. in actuality, there replace right into a bombing at the instant close to the Catholic Embassy in Iraq. Multinational religions are asked to sign up with the UN as the thank you to song the unfold of distinctive faiths interior the international. there replace right into a modern-day learn launched by skill of the UN exhibiting how significant distinctive religions, alongside with JW door to door artwork has unfold in Cuba. As for becoming to be a member of, no they have no status to additionally be seen for that, in the event that they even had to.

Answer 3

The Watchtower Society became a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) in 1992. At that time Department of Public Information NGOs Tdid not sign anything that said they agree to support the UN. DPI NGO status was necessary to gain access to all the facilities, documents, publications, and events provided by the DPI. The Watchtowe Society dropped their NGO status BEFORE he UN implamented changes requiring all NGOs to sign a statement of support.

Answer 4

With the exception of the Catholic Church, which is recognized as a nation, along with embassies. In fact, there was a bombing recently near the Catholic Embassy in Iraq.

Multinational religions are asked to register with the UN as a way to track the spread of different faiths in the world. There was a recent study released by the UN showing how significant different religions, including JW door to door work has spread in Cuba.

As for joining, no they have no standing to even be considered for that, if they even wanted to.

Answer 5

the Jehovah Witnesses did not join the UN. we are a religion. we are Christians.

Answer 6

I didn't know that the Russellites were a nation!