Sometimes it may be hard to get someone to see how serious a problem it is that the Society misquotes sources.
Here are a couple classic examples though:
Trinity Brochure:
http://www.macgregorministries.org/jehovahs_witnesses/examtrin/examintrinity.html
Cross (under the heading Quote ... MIsquote)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7831/cross.html
A good non-biblical example of how deceptive this is - is by looking at how blatant movie review misquotes are. Tell me if this kind of research sounds familiar
Blurb Racket 4/1/05http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/the_blurb_racket.html
http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/blurb_racket_4105.html
The arts section of each Friday's New York Times has pages of movie ads that feature positive blurbs from critics. Leafing through the ad pages in today's paper, I found quotes out of context, lousy reviewers, and faint praise. See the inaugural Blurb Racket column for background and useful links.
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousBoston Herald: "Simply Fabulous."
Not quoted: "decidedly sitcom-flavored material"; "often seems like an elaborate commercial for the Treasure Island Hotel, and I may not be alone in being tired of Regis Philbin's guest appearances."
Kontroll
A.O. Scott, New York Times: "A gritty and stylish debut. A tour de force."
Actual line: "Like many modern allegories, 'Kontroll,' a tour de force of grime, fluorescence and destinationless velocity, is more concerned with atmosphere than meaning."
Look at Me
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: "The most critically well-received movie in Cannes."
Actual line: "The most critically well-received movie in competition so far, albeit wanly, has been Agnès Jaoui's character-driven comedy Look at Me.
Beauty Shop
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: "An excellent ensemble ... the warm, funny, empowering 'Beauty Shop' is a cut above."
Actual line: "With an excellent ensemble headed by Queen Latifah, the warm, funny, empowering (and estrogen-drenched) 'Beauty Shop' is a cut above what you'd expect from the spinoff of a sequel."
Not quoted: "trades heavily in stereotypes"; "there is a plot of sorts"
Whom Can You Trust? A Guide To Your Film Critics
by Erik Childress
http://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/feature.php?feature=525
Not often, but occasionally, studio publicists will take the appropriate words out of a critic’s review or soundbite and fit them into a context more befitting of their product. Ebert is a frequent target for misquote, finding sentences like “a series of slapstick comedy adventures” from his one-and-a-half star review of See Spot Run or “Funny” slapped across ads for Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky, which was also met with negativity.
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Granted, this is only movies ... but note the lack of integrity and honesty in writing.
Imagine how much more serious with matters of faith.
-ithinkisee