How many of you have actually read the Watchtower with your own bible?

Question

I said with your own bible not the jw one. I assume some of you read the bible or mabie i have too much faith in humanity.

If you think the watchtower isnt bible based at least you could read it with your own bible and tell me why you dont think it is instead of spouting nonsense.

Answer 1

The vast majority of Scriptural citations in The Watchtower are merely cited (rather than quoted). Watchtower writers anticipate that readers will look up the cited verses in a wide variety of bible translations.

The Watchtower has a circulation of over 27 million, compared with less than 7 million active Jehovah's Witnesses. It would seem that over 20 million readers most likely read these magazines using a translation other than New World Translation.

It is true that by 2007 Jehovah's Witnesses had distributed more than 145 million copies of "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures", in dozens of languages.
http://watchtower.org/languages.htm

The entire text of NWT is freely available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a personal printed copy can be requested at no charge:
http://watchtower.org/bible/
https://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm
http://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm


Jehovah's Witnesses certainly like NWT, but they are happy to use any translation which an interested person may prefer, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute other translations besides NWT. Jehovah's Witnesses attach no particular infallibility or inspiration to NWT, and they well-understand that the majority of Watchtower readers will look up the Scriptural citations in their own bibles.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20000622/
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm

Answer 2

More than likely, most of these people started off by reading the Watchtower & Awake magazine.

Last year 2006, 248,327became Jehovah's Witnesses and everyone of these had to change their minds pertaining to the false teachings that they had been taught, these were people that used their own Bible, King James, etc., 28,915 were from the United States. Also 1,333,966,199 hours devoted to the public ministry, equivalent to over 150,000 years.

This is on the average of 680 new Jehovah's Witnesses every day of the year, or six '6' new Congregations each day of the year.

During the service year, 2,340 Kingdom Halls were completed around the world. This represents an average of 195 halls per month, or just over 6 per day! Since November 1999 when the construction program in lands with limited resources began, 11,700 Kingdom Halls have been built. As of right now, 40 Kingdom Halls are being build each week of the year. In many areas, once a hall is finished, meeting attendance soars and halls are soon filled to capacity.

Answer 3

I began studying the Bible using the KJV and the Scofield Reference Bibles. When I was introduced to the NWT, it was such a relief! It was in my own 'tongue', instead of Olde English, & allowed me to get so much more meaning out of it! That was 35 years ago, and now I have a choice of several that use our currently spoken English. I enjoy using some of these, along with the NWT.

Whether studying the Bible using the study aid "Watchtower", or, another publication, the meaning iof the cited Scriptures --using various translations-- is always the same when you consider only the original portions of Scripture, & none of the spurious parts.

Answer 4

You know, I'm starting to see that whenever one of Jehovah's Witnesses ask a question or state a scripture from the Bible that the majority of people that respond give either a nasty remark or don't even answer the original question but instead say, "Accept Jesus and you'll be saved" or "Don't be fooled by the Watchtower but become born-again" or something foolish like that.

People like that are just proving themselves to be mindless drones that will gobble up anything that makes them feel good, rather than being polite or actually using their brains. Oh and I expect the flames, which will probably in turn produce responses like, "Yeah, the real ones...IN HELL!!"

Answer 5

There is so much prejudice against Jehovah's Witnesses that people just can't see that what is read in the Watchtower can be backed up by just about ANY Bible. That prejudice is clearly seen by the responses to this question. How sad.

Answer 6

I read the Watchtower with my own Bible. The Bible will give you more information on the article that you're reading. You think that they put the scriptures there for no reason?

Answer 7

I have found it to make hard to understand passages of the KJV easier to understand and meaning more clear.Yes, I have.

Answer 8

Once you learn to listen to and follow the Spirit of truth within, all that false religion stuff becomes a real drag no matter who writes it. When you tell me that you understand that the god of Moses is satan, I will consider what you have to say. At least you got the trinity part right, but your plan of salvation needs work.

Answer 9

"your own bible"

there's your first mistake, right there.

your other is presuming to suggest that I waste what little precious time I have for reading on either of those.

Answer 10

I don't need to read the Watchtower because I know enough about the JW's doctrine to know that it doesn't line up with the Bible.