Is it wrong to study or think for yourself?
As strange as it sounds the Watchtower has strongly discouraged people from studying the Bible on their own or thinking for
themselves. This is quite a contrast to the Bible. In the Bible we are told to study the scriptures for ourselves. We are also told
that the Holy Spirit can teach us even without the aid of a human teacher. We are also warned of false teachers. How can you
recognize what is a falsehood unless you study the truth in the Bible?
(2 Tim.2:15, Ezra 7:10, John 14:6. 1John 2:27, Acts 17:11, 1 John 4:1-3, 2 pet.2:1, Gal.1:7-8, Rom.16:17, 2 Cor.11:13-15)
Look up the above Bible verses and compare them to the Watchtower quotes below. Is the Watchtower a guide or a
deception?
The Watchtower Feb.15, 1981, pg.19 (JW)
"We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the "faithful and
discreet slave" organization."
The Watchtower August 15, 1981, pg.28-29 (JW)
" From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those who, like the original Satan, have
adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude ......They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in
small groups at home. But, strangely, through such 'Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that
commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago, "
I find it interesting that if they only read the Bible and not Watchtower literature they end up accepting Christian
doctrine and reject the doctrine they were taught as Jehovah Witnesses
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 587 (JW)
"Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals,
regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."
The Watchtower Feb.15, 1981, pg.19 (JW)
"We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the "faithful and
discreet slave" organization."
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 587 (JW)
"Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals,
regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 591 (JW)
Make haste to identify the visible theocratic organization of God that represents his king, Jesus Christ. It is essential for life.
Doing so, be complete in accepting its every aspect. We cannot claim to love God, yet deny his Word and channel of
communication.
The Watchtower, May 1, 1957, p. 274. (JW)
It is through his organization that God provides this light that the proverb says is the teaching or law of the mother. If we are to
walk in the light of truth we must recognize not only Jehovah God as our Father but his organization as our mother.
The Watchtower, February 1, 1952, pp. 78-79. (JW)
Down to this day the legal corporation, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, has been used as an agency to publish for and
direct and unify the preaching activities of the society of witnesses overspreading the earth. When Christ came for judgment in
1918 he found some associated with this group that thought the Lord had delayed his coming and they were oppressing their
fellow slaves in Christ. These were cast off as the "evil slave" class. Those faithfully serving God were identified as the "faithful
and discreet slave" class.
What is the Master's decision regarding the discreet slave? "Truly I say to you that he will appoint him over all his belongings."
Before this promotion the slave is over only the Lord's domestics or body of attendants, to give them their spiritual food at the
proper time. ...................................... Pg.79 Are we assigned as individuals to bring forth the food for the spiritual table? No?
Then let us not try to take over the slave's duties.
We should eat and digest and assimilate what is set before us, without shying away from parts of the food because it may not
suit the fancy of our mental taste.
The Watchtower, July 1, 1973, page 402 (JW) Consider, too, the fact that Jehovah's organization alone, in all the earth, is
directed by God's holy spirit or active force. (Zech. 4:6) Only this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his
praise. To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book
As strange as it sounds the Watchtower has strongly discouraged people from studying the Bible on their own or thinking for
themselves. This is quite a contrast to the Bible. In the Bible we are told to study the scriptures for ourselves. We are also told
that the Holy Spirit can teach us even without the aid of a human teacher. We are also warned of false teachers. How can you
recognize what is a falsehood unless you study the truth in the Bible?
(2 Tim.2:15, Ezra 7:10, John 14:6. 1John 2:27, Acts 17:11, 1 John 4:1-3, 2 pet.2:1, Gal.1:7-8, Rom.16:17, 2 Cor.11:13-15)
Look up the above Bible verses and compare them to the Watchtower quotes below. Is the Watchtower a guide or a
deception?
The Watchtower Feb.15, 1981, pg.19 (JW)
"We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the "faithful and
discreet slave" organization."
The Watchtower August 15, 1981, pg.28-29 (JW)
" From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those who, like the original Satan, have
adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude ......They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in
small groups at home. But, strangely, through such 'Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that
commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago, "
I find it interesting that if they only read the Bible and not Watchtower literature they end up accepting Christian
doctrine and reject the doctrine they were taught as Jehovah Witnesses
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 587 (JW)
"Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals,
regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."
The Watchtower Feb.15, 1981, pg.19 (JW)
"We all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the "faithful and
discreet slave" organization."
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 587 (JW)
"Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals,
regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."
The Watchtower October 1, 1967, pg. 591 (JW)
Make haste to identify the visible theocratic organization of God that represents his king, Jesus Christ. It is essential for life.
Doing so, be complete in accepting its every aspect. We cannot claim to love God, yet deny his Word and channel of
communication.
The Watchtower, May 1, 1957, p. 274. (JW)
It is through his organization that God provides this light that the proverb says is the teaching or law of the mother. If we are to
walk in the light of truth we must recognize not only Jehovah God as our Father but his organization as our mother.
The Watchtower, February 1, 1952, pp. 78-79. (JW)
Down to this day the legal corporation, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, has been used as an agency to publish for and
direct and unify the preaching activities of the society of witnesses overspreading the earth. When Christ came for judgment in
1918 he found some associated with this group that thought the Lord had delayed his coming and they were oppressing their
fellow slaves in Christ. These were cast off as the "evil slave" class. Those faithfully serving God were identified as the "faithful
and discreet slave" class.
What is the Master's decision regarding the discreet slave? "Truly I say to you that he will appoint him over all his belongings."
Before this promotion the slave is over only the Lord's domestics or body of attendants, to give them their spiritual food at the
proper time. ...................................... Pg.79 Are we assigned as individuals to bring forth the food for the spiritual table? No?
Then let us not try to take over the slave's duties.
We should eat and digest and assimilate what is set before us, without shying away from parts of the food because it may not
suit the fancy of our mental taste.
The Watchtower, July 1, 1973, page 402 (JW) Consider, too, the fact that Jehovah's organization alone, in all the earth, is
directed by God's holy spirit or active force. (Zech. 4:6) Only this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his
praise. To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book
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