DC - Today the only way they can be loyal to “God’s organization” is to be loyal to the men of the Governing Body.
WT apologist - This is simply another untrue statement by Cameron. To be “loyal” to “God’s organization” you must be loyal to the Bible, the brethren, and to Jah and Christ’s will. Cameron tries to twist the teaching of the “Faithful and Discreet Slave” and manipulate it to a point, where he can get his reader to fall into his scheme, that is, the idea that Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs are in the hands of a select few. The truth is the belief system of Jehovah’s Witnesses is based on the Bible and not on a “small governing body of men.” In fact, Cameron proves this when he wrote in chapter 3 about the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses and how the teachings were not unique to them:
OSTS - No....to be "loyal" to "God's Organization" you must be loyal to HOW THE GOVERNING BODY INTERPRETS AND TRANSLATES THE BIBLE. Because how they interpret and translate it is interlinked with the "bretheren", Jah and Christ's will. The belief system of Jehovah's Witnesses is not based on the bible. It is based on the bible AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE GOVERNING BODY. And then those teachings are relayed down to the rank and file witness.
DC - God’s name is not “God,” God is not a Trinity, Jesus is not God, the soul is not immortal, hell is not hot, the dead are not conscious, and the earth will not be destroyed. But there were others who taught these same things before and after 1919.
WT Apologist - There is a contradiction on Cameron’s part. First he says the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses are not necessarily unique to them and that others believed the “same things before and after 1919.” Then in this chapter (chapter 6) he says Jehovah’s Witnesses believe what “a small governing body of men” tells them to believe. If before 1976 there wasn’t a governing body(according to Cameron) but yet there were other religions who believed the “same things” as Jehovah’s Witnesses, how can Cameron assert that Jehovah’s Witnesses only believe what “a small governing body of men” tell them when other religions have the “same” beliefs? There is no doubt other religions that had similar beliefs to Jehovah’s Witnesses “before and after 1919” arrived at their own conclusions independently from the Watchtower Society. But yet, when Jehovah’s Witnesses believe the “same things” Cameron says it is only because the governing body is telling them to believe them. In simple terms: other religions believe the “same things” as Jehovah’s Witnesses because of their study from the Bible. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe these “same things” it is only because the governing body tells them too. Does anybody else see the hypocrisy and double standard set by Cameron? Not only is there discrepancies in his logic but there is also inconsistencies in his application of the same logic. Nothing short of a double standard.
OSTS - How is that a contradiction? The leader of an organization does not need his teachings to be completely unique in order to still have complete and udder control over what his followers believe. Now that North Korea has a new leader, Kim Jong Un, he will undoubtedly do SOME things differently than his father. The first indication is that he will resurrect nuclear talks. But that doesn't change his operation. North Korea will still operate as a military hard line controlling communist country. Most of his rulings will be exactly like his father's. Therefore you could say that he and his rule are not at all unique. (similar to JWs and Adventists for example). Yet don't all 26 million people under the NK regime listen to and believe him? Aren't they are under his mind control even though he is not unique in his approach? You don't have to have UNIQUE beliefs in order to be a controlling faction. When the apologist indicates that Cameron is saying "other religions believe the same things as Jehovah's Witnesses because of their study of from the Bible, but Jehovah's Witnesses believe these same things only because the governing body tells them to" he is guilty of misrepresenting Cameron. That is not at all what Cameron was saying. He was merely making the point that OTHER RELIGIONS BELIEVED THE SAME THINGS. He did not say that the other religions believed that way because they were guided by God....or because of their study of the bible. He was simply stating that the "ideas" of Russell and Rutherford were nothing more than regurgitated thoughts of people before them. And Cameron gives no indication that those people were any more guided by God than Russell and Rutherford. Yet that is what the WT apologist wants you to believe. Here, he inserts his own straw man argument. His argument is that Cameron is teaching that Witnesses believe what they are told to believe by the GB....but those that had the same beliefs before them believed because of their diligent study of the bible. And that THIS is a double standard by him. Well....IF that is what Cameron was teaching then perhaps it would be a double standard. But like I said....that is NOT what Cameron was saying. Unfortunately in order to try to discredit Don Cameron.....the Watchtower apologist must first misrepresent him.