Scriptures The Watchtower Misapplies

by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends

  • crownboy
    crownboy

    minimus, ask her why she needed to pull out the references to help her along. Doesn't she think the bible can speak for itself without conjured up, presuppositionalist assumptions about the nature of the scriptures? Ask her if she read the bible by itself, could she would honestly come to the same conclusion. Ask her about the surronding scriptures, and how it is highly ridiculous to pull one scripture out of context to talk about a subject that otherwise does not follow from the passage.

    I remember reacting the same way you did to that particular scripture, too. When I was reading the bible, in my head it automatically went into the "JW context", but the I realized how ridiculous that was given the nature of the passage. I guess the JW faithful either ignore or are unaware of this.

  • minimus
    minimus

    crownboy, I did all that. Nearly 50 yrs. "of being in the truth" can do a job on your thinking skills. And she's not a dumb person. That's why I hold out some hope for her, although she thinks I'm negative.

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