I've seen the quote numerous times here, but can't seem to currently find it using the 'search' feature. It's the one the Watchtower uses regarding examining your own religion for the 'truth'. It's meant for other religions, but I want to turn it around and use it for examining the JWs. Anyone know what it is or where it can be cited? Thanks....
Need help with Watchtower Quote
by Double Edge 11 Replies latest jw friends
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Winston Smith :>D
Maybe you’re thinking of this; "Mankind’s Search for God"
*** sh 8 1 Why Be Interested in Other Religions? ***
"To study different religions need not imply infidelity to one’s own faith, but rather it may be enlarged by seeing how other people have sought for reality and have been enriched by their search." Knowledge leads to understanding, and understanding to tolerance of people with a different viewpoint. -
Winston Smith :>D
also in the MSfG book:
*** sh 10 1 Why Be Interested in Other Religions? ***
15 With the wide diversity of religious expression that has developed around the world over the past 6,000 years, it is at least educational and mind broadening to understand what others believe and how their beliefs originated. And it might also open up vistas of a more concrete hope for your future. -
Jourles
Or this one?
*** The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life 1968 p.13 Why It Is Wise to Examine Your Religion ***
We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with God's Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are lovers of the truth, there is nothing to fear from such an examination.
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expatbrit
*** The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life 1968 p.13 Why It Is Wise to Examine Your Religion ***
4 However, you have no doubt heard people say: "It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you lead a clean moral life and deal kindly with your neighbors." But is that all there is to worshiping God in an acceptable way? These things are necessary, but God requires more. Doctrines are also involved. The Bible informs us that "the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth." (John 4:23) If our worship is to be acceptable to God, it must be firmly rooted in God's Word of truth. Jesus reproved those persons who claimed to serve God but who relied heavily on the traditions of men in preference to God's Word. He applied to them God's own words from Isaiah 29:13, saying: "It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines." (Matthew 15:9) Since we do not want our worship to be in vain, it is important for each one of us to examine his religion.
5 We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with God's Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are lovers of the truth, there is nothing to fear from such an examination. It should be the sincere desire of every one of us to learn what God's will is for us, and then to do it.-John 8:32.
More along these lines at http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/verify.htm
Expatbrit
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Hamas
A RELIGION THAT TEACHES LIES CANNOT BE TRUE : WATCHTOWER DECEMBER 1, 1991
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Gerard
Log on to Quotes and check the sections: Religion, verify and Religion, do not verify.
Also on the search function type truth:
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/verify.htm
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/new_light.htm
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/baptism.htm
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/organization.htm, ETC...
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Winston Smith :>D
Oh man, the Awake! 2000 June 22 at http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/verify.htm is chuck full of good advice. Amzing that the WTS can print this stuff and sleep at night:
Do Not Be a Victim of Propaganda!
"A fool will believe anything."—PROVERBS 14:15, TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION.
THERE is a difference—a big difference—between education and propaganda. Education shows you how to think. Propaganda tells you what to think. Good educators present all sides of an issue and encourage discussion. Propagandists relentlessly force you to hear their view and discourage discussion. Often their real motives are not apparent. They sift the facts, exploiting the useful ones and concealing the others. They also distort and twist facts, specializing in lies and half-truths. Your emotions, not your logical thinking abilities, are their target.
Wow.
The hypocrisy of the WTS is breathtaking!
Winston.
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Double Edge
Wahoo! I've hit the Mother Lode. Thanks everyone for the
ammunitioninformation!. -
greven
Here are some more that might help you:
*** w50 8/15 263 Name and Purpose of The Watchtower *** TheWatchtower does not claim to be inspired in its utterances, nor is it dogmatic. It invites careful and critical examination of its contents in the light of the Scriptures.
*** The New Creation 274 (not yet on CD-ROM) *** The means, the channels of these blessings, the Lord himself will oversee and direct. All the members of the body united to the Head are to have confidence and to look for the fulfillment of his promises: but, nevertheless, are to "try the spirits"--to test the doctrines from whomsoever they emanate. The proving does not imply a lack of confidence in those recognized as divinely directed channels of truth; but it does imply a faithfulness to the Lord and to the Truth as superior to all human teachers and their utterances;--it implies also that they are not listening for the voice of man, but for the voice of the Chief Shepherd; that they feast upon his words and love them-love to masticate them and to digest them. Such members of the body grow stronger and more rapidly in the Lord and in the power of his might than do others, because more attentive to the Lord’s leading and instruction.
*** w59 5/15 305 Is It Wrong to Change Religions? ***If a person’s worship is wrong, his eternal welfare is in jeopardy. But how is he to know whether his worship is right or wrong? That is determined by whether it is in harmony with God’s written Word. He cannot take someone’s word for it. He must go to the Bible himself and study what it says. Just because the religious leaders in his religion as well as his parents and others say it is the true form of worship, that does not make it so.
*** w55 5/1 259 Will You Reason on Religion? ***Is it showing hatred to disagree with someone’s religious doctrines? Far from it! An intelligent discussion can be greatly beneficial. Sometimes even a degree of controversy may be a good thing, stirring us to investigation. Too few people really have investigated their religion. How did you choose your religion? Did you merely accept the one your parents had, or did you examine the facts for yourself? Is yours an inherited religion, or a believed one? There can be a great difference between the two.
*** w66 3/1 132 Should Falsehood and Corruption Be Exposed? *** People feel that it may not be the best policy to deceive and be untruthful, but to make known deception and uncover falsehood is regarded as being even worse. To do so often opens one to greater censure than is received by the person who commits the wrong. Jesus never hesitated to speak the truth, even though he was killed at the instigation of the angered religious leaders for doing so. Therefore, how will you respond when pointed statements are made about false religious teachings and corrupt practices? Will you immediately condemn the person or organization making the expos? Do you feel it is all right to teach lies and misrepresent Gods Word, but wrong to expose the error? Contrary to what some may think, it is not unkind and unloving to lay bare falsehood and corruption. Therefore, it is right and proper to speak out strongly against falsehood and corruption. A person or organization that, in imitation of Jesus Christ, has the courage to do so deserves attention and respect.
*** w59 5/15 305 Is It Wrong to Change Religions? ***But what should a person do when he becomes convinced that the religion he inherited is the wrong form of worship, that its teachings are untrue and that its leaders are blind guides who are leading him into the way of divine disapproval? Would it be wrong for him to go against the wishes of his parents and of the community by changing his religion? Or would it be wrong for him not to change? This is a serious decision, and certainly neither the opinions of others nor emotions should be allowed to influence it, because it has to do with his relationship with God.
Greven