Does anyone remember this illustration being used at the hall as a means to keep the rank and file from look at any information that wasn't from the Watchtower? They would say that people are trained to spot counterfeit money by looking a the real thing. In other words there was no need to look at anything else as you had the real thing, "the truth" coming from the Watchtower. Anything that didn't agree with it was obviously false.
The counterfeit money illustration
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AuldSoul
But they didn't hold the Bible up as the "real" truth, against which all else must be examined. They held up the admittedly fallible and morphable "revealed" truth as the standard against which other truth should be measured.
I thought that was odd.
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Zico
I remember it. Of course, it was flawed.
Ok, so the best way to spot counterfeit money is to be given real money and to study that, but what if you were given a counterfeit originally and told, and then convinced it was real, then you'd reject real money when you came to examine it!
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reneeisorym
I remember it too. I never understood it.
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whyizit
Funny you should mention that. That has been a very popular illustration among Christians. However, it is applied to the Bible, not a denomination or organization. Just like when you study real money, you will know the counterfiet when you see it. If you read your Bible first, study it on your own, then you will be able to spot false doctrines. You will know when something isn't right or when someone is trying to teach you a heresy.
Unfortunately, many people get that advice a little too late or from the wrong source.
But you can't deny that it great advice, if it used the right way!
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