Many people interacting with JW's feel they are learning and hearing things they have never heard before, they also have a huge and dangerous assumption that everything they are being told is true.
Why would a religious organisation full of 'normal' peolple lie or twist the truth? Surely those normal people have checked all these 'facts' out in their life time of being a witness and they have never found the religion go be wrong or lying.
the watchtower give just enough information to convince an argument, too little information for it to be independantly checked by a reader and always write it amongst a pile of similarly ill referenced 'facts' to complicate the issue and give the impression they hold the overwhelming evidence. Having been forced to read scientific papers and undergo training in critical appraisal, reading WT literature now, infuriates me. It is so obvious that the writers know what they are doing as they attempt to conceal the dishonesty of what they write whenever they knowingly lie or misquote an author.
In reality there are many cases where each and every 'fact' is a misqotation out of context or an outdated view. I remember researching the flood and Noah's ark. From memory, one reference to a biologist turned out to be 150 years old (number of species to kinds). A lot of the 'facts' they teach about blood are referenced to the 1980's medical literature, even on their website now. (That is irresponsible and immoral, it is a reference to the dangers of blood, somewhat different 30 years later.)
someone here wrote that these people are lazy and they are. We were brought up on it, via a system of 'believe the borg or else' and it works well. The ministry of WT only works with people not willing to check out the real data. Most people do, most people close their doors or throw away the magazine. Our world is far too connected to information now, hence the false attempts at honesty such as the references in the new evolution literature. Laughable in their dishonesty and out of context use. Someone even wrote a huge document outlying all the dishonesty By showing original quotes and quotes used. When you realise how dishonest they must be to now add references TO APPEAR transparent yet be as unscrupulous as usual. Who would do that and why? Most people ask that question, maybe even take a peek at their finances and walk away. Some don't.... Some are looking for something because they need something, and the WT seems like a nice easy and friendly safe bet.......
snare x
