{"id":4220,"date":"2022-01-29T22:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T22:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2022-01-29T22:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T22:59:50","slug":"the-song-of-the-governing-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/the-song-of-the-governing-body\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song of the Governing Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDYhh827yBQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Governing Body of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses singing their hearts out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above video is one of the funniest things I&#8217;ve ever seen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a link to the complete annotated lyrics, with links to Watchtower&#8217;s own publications (mostly on their own sites), proving that every line and image in the video is justified:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchtowerhelp.club\/sgb.html\">https:\/\/www.watchtowerhelp.club\/sgb.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above video is one of the funniest things I&#8217;ve ever seen! Here is a link to the complete annotated lyrics, with links to Watchtower&#8217;s own publications (mostly on their own sites), proving that every line and image in the video is justified: https:\/\/www.watchtowerhelp.club\/sgb.html Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3vZ6t-164","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2440,"url":"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/examining-the-case-for-the-faithful-discreet-slave\/","url_meta":{"origin":4220,"position":0},"title":"Examining the Case FOR the Faithful &#038; Discreet Slave!","author":"smmcroberts","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As shown in the quotes above, in the February, 2017 Watchtower article, \"Who Is Leading God\u2019s People Today?\" the Governing Body admits to being error-prone and providing the wrong direction. 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