In a February, 2017 online article, “Who is Leading God’s People Today?”, the Watchtower makes the following admission regarding the Jehovah’s Witness organization: “The Governing Body is neither inspired nor perfect. Therefore, it can make mistakes when explaining the Bible or directing the organization.”

Sounds pretty humble, doesn’t it?

And that’s the way the vast majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses who read those words will interpret them.

But let’s dig a little deeper.

Let’s look at the implications of the Watchtower’s admission. Continue reading

Because Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the Watchtower is God’s sole channel of communication, it follows that you and I cannot properly interpret the Bible without them to explain it to us.

You can focus the Witnesses’ attention on the stone-in-the-shoe questions:

• Is Watchtower literature more understandable than the Bible itself?
  

• Is Watchtower literature superior to the Bible itself?

Be like Columbo, non-threatening and just trying to figure everything out. Continue reading