WHAT DOES THE BIBLE Really TEACH? A WT book—Chapter 14-15 Part 1 "The WT's Low Opinion of Scripture and High Opinion of their own Writings"

DISCLAIMER--I will, by no means, exhaustively write about each and every error in each and every chapter of this book—that would require a book several times the size of this WT book. I will pick out a topic or two from each chapter to write about. Some will be a “mole hill” in the landscape of Bible doctrine and others will be a “Mt. Everest.”

Chapter 14, “How to Make Your Family Life Happy.” I sailed through and found nothing that raised a red flag.

Chapter 15, “God’s servants base their teachings on the Bible.” The WT quotes 2 Tim. 3:16, “All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness.” The problem that the WT faces is their own low opinion of scripture.

The WTBTS says that you don’t even need your Bible for their kind of Bible study. Their kind of study means you read a WT publication from cover to cover, answer the questions at the bottom and maybe read a verse or two mentioned in the reading. More often than not, you read the WT interpretation of the verses mentioned, not the verse themselves. I think the WT has the potential convert use their Bible to give them the false idea that they are indeed studying the Bible—when in fact they are just studying a WT publication. 

When one has finished with this "Bible Study" the potential convert has read a WT publication from cover to cover and read a few verses out of their Bible. The verses are scattered throughout the Bible so one is never able to determine the context of a verse.

The WT does not want you to study the Bible alone, for if you do, you will not believe their doctrines—you will believe the doctrines of the Bible. Check out this quote:

"From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home. But, strangely, through such ‘Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." The Watchtower, August 15, 1981.

This WT quote says anyone who wants to study the Bible by themselves or in a small group at home is like Satan and will believe in apostate doctrines. Is this freedom of thought? Is this how Christ works in the church?

Next month Chapter 14-15 Part 2. "How does the WT suggest you study the Bible?" is here.