From their own mouths.....

Slidin Fast

Para 19 of today's WT had a good rant about the dangers of the internet. A footnote directs us to an article in the WT Aug 15 2011. This said in part

"Be critical and suspicious of the information. Before trusting it, ask:

(1) Who published this material? What are the author’s credentials?

(2) Why was this published? What motivated the writer? Is there any bias?

(3) Where did the author get the information? Does he supply sources that can be checked?

(4) Is the information current?"

This is surely sound advice. I found it whilst drilling down with my iPad bored out of my skull during the WT study. I wish I had been quick enough to put it into an answer.

Start applying this to the material you read from the font of all misinformation and propagander. It would be great if we ever got an honest quote.

LOL! This isn't the first time WT has taught critical thinking skills. JWs are applying it to WT material and learning TTATT. I am sure there is someone in the writing department helping us to wake up, they can't be that dumb to think JWs don't apply it to WT publications.

Kate xx

disposable hero of hypocrisy

I always do that, think "if only I could have worded this into an answer"..

Oubliette

As always in JW-land, they want you to be suspicious of everything but them. If you apply these concepts to the WT study articles for even a few months, you'll have your eyes opened to TTATT.

That's what did it for me.

steve2

Question everything - except us.

ShirleyW

Once again they have the nerve to bring up the internet after they've plastered JW.org on just about everything. Unbeliveable

quellycatface

Why don't they apply that to questioning to current JW doctrine?? Be interesting to see the answers to that.

stuckinarut2

I remember a quote in the past that said something like: (and Im going off memory only...feel free to correct me)

"why dont we need to research our faith / beliefs etc...? Because jehovahs appointed ones have already done all the research for us so we can be confident we have the truth"

Can anyone find that quote???

Phizzy

This 2011 instruction is still both subtle and effective propaganda from the WT's point of view, as it will make the R&F Dubs focus on the Messenger rather than the Message.

They will Shoot the Messenger and not read the Message if they think there is the slightest whiff of opposition in the content, let alone Apostasy.

What we need to get over to JW's is that it matters not what source truth comes from, it is still Truth.

Question the truth and validity of the Message as much as you like, but who the Messenger is, and what he/she stands for, or why they have given the information, is no reason to reject the Message out of hand.

DATA-DOG

If you have some critical thinking skills, you can dismantle EVERY article in Every magazine. There is an Awake coming up that has an article about "Witch Hunts." OMG!!! It even mentions "apostates" and the fact that the Church just wanted confessions through coercion. Remind you of anything?? Read it if you can handle it. I only read it because the WT was so frigging boring and I had to leave the room.

DD