Should JW's read the Bible ?

by wobble 14 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  wobble

  As the GB/WT are always warning the Dubs not to read Apostate literature, and as the Bible Canon was decided by the church as late as the 4th Century, by which time according to the WT they were absolutely Apostate, should not JW's avoid the Bible as we know it ?

  I know that they, the WTB$, have produced their own strange version, and that they ignore much of what is actually in even that,but how can they trust it when it comes from an "Apostate " source according to them ?

  If they reply that they trust that " God had it preserved it as it should be " (apart from them having to put the name jehovah in many times without warrant, He couldn't manage to preserve that, what they claim is his name, as it "should be ") they are then saying that the 3rd/4th century Church that had produced the Trinity Doctrine in a very full form by then was ,at that time, INSPIRED by God.

  If they disagree with that last statement ,where does it leave them in relation to the Bible ?

  Love

  Wobble

  p.s I know we have had similar threads before, but I think it is fun to revive the idea for presentation to Dubs.
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  wantstoleave

  Oh dear, no idea I honestly don't know much about the history of the bible, other than the NWT always been proclaimed to be the right one. Don't witnesses argue that the name Jehovah was actually taken out of bibles, so they just put it back in?
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  Chalam

  WTL,

  Of course they argue lots of things but do they give us any reason to believe anything they say?

  The NWT plain wrong. There is not a single piece of historical evidence that "Jehovah" should be in the New Testament.

  In fact, the words of the New Testament make it clear, Jesus is THE name of significance since He came to earth.

  All the best,

  Stephen
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  angel eyes

  reading the bible helps you to draw closer to Jehovah, I also have the interliner bible....its great :)

  Id always encourage people to read the bible and pray for understanding.
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  isaacaustin

  Wobble,

  JWs (some) read the New World MisTranslation...but not without already being decided upon what the message of it is- instead of reading the Bible to get its message. Obviously, the WT studies define what the Bible says from the GB's viewpoint and cited verses may or may not be read. And Jws generally use the Bible as a dictionary, rather than God's word....such as searching for a term (such a birthday) and seeing its occurence...then confirming that that term means exactly as the Wt told them. So for many JWs reading the Bible does not really prove beneficial but at the same time one can never know what will spark some sort of doubt as to the organization.
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  Deputy Dog

  If they expect to stay a JW, they should only read the parts the WT tells them to read.
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  isaacaustin

  Yes, deputy dog...reading the Bible apart from the Wt has many times made JWs stop beleiving WT dogma.
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  OnTheWayOut

  Okay, this subject is a catch-22 for WTS and they simply weasle out of it.

  Here's the conflict according to a JW understanding: The Bible was completed by the apostles before the apostasy took over. That means that the "inspired" part was safe, that means that Jehovah protected "the word" and not necessarily the people. Despite the fact that Apostate Christendom chose the canon, it was clearly from the inspired books that they chose, Jehovah managing to keep out those bogus gospels and whatnot. Even though Jehovah protected His Word, He allowed the apostates to monkey with the Bible enough to pull the Divine Name out, so Jehovah had to "spirit-direct" (not inspire) some people later to put it back.

  Clearly, they want to have their cake and to eat it too.

  The WTS has always used the Protestant canon. Until they had their own Bible, they used someone else's. Russell took ideas from 7th Day Adventists. Basically, WTS has always been a leech, drawing off other "Christians" for their prime membership and beliefs.
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  Deputy Dog

  OTWO

  Basically, WTS has always been a leech, drawing off other "Christians" for their prime membership and beliefs.

  I've asked many JWs if they have ever been the first to translate the bible into a language. So far no answer.
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  wobble

  My original question is still valid,the Canon was chosen by the Apostate Church,so it comes from an apostate source, ergo Dubs should bin it.

  Love

  Wobble