fiat , sorry I do not have a copy of the new booklet , local JW's do not seem to use it so much . What happened was I had gone on at some length about the mis- information in the (what I found out later was the ) old booklet . They trotted out the usual stuff about people not being perfect and mistakes are made etc . I kept saying that these were not mistakes but deliberate twisting of what was written by , well basically everyone quoted ! I kept suggesting that they read the original works of the early church fathers to see for themselves as the booklet holds them up as shining examples that could not be wrong . This is I believe what led to Randall Watters leaving the org , he did what I was suggesting for them to do, read the original works precisely because of the recommendation in the booklet of these men . Of course he realised how the facts had been twisted , told others at Bethel and this led to a lot of questioning and at least him leaving . I thought that I would be clever and use their own publications to get them to examine the facts . It seems, however , that the org learned the lesson and produced a second booklet basically saying that , yes the early Church Fathers did believe in the Trinity but what notice should we take of them because "clearly " they must be wrong cus they disagreed with the org !!
IN an attempt to shut me up one of my Witness friends found out her new book to show me that they couldn't read the original writings because these Church Fathers weren't to be trusted ??? This does not stop them from using the first book to turn studies from the Trinitarian view . Are you following this "logic " . Can't read what they wrote cus they can't be trusted , but can use what they "wrote "as proof of the infalibillity of the org .
I can't remember the exact date of publication of the new book but it was a few years ago , my guess would be that it was after the scandal at Bethel , trying to do damage limitation . I will try to get another look , but can't say when . If I can come up with anymore info I will post it .
