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What is the difference between the Watchtower being 'inspired' and 'spirit directed'?
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"Spirit inspired" means to reveal divine revelation; "spirit directed" means to be guided by God's spirit but not be "infallible". The Bible is "inspired of God" (or spirit inspired) thus it contains the infallible revelation of God's thoughts to man untainted by the imperfection of the human secretaries that penned the words.
"Spirit directed" humans like the apostle Peter, (who denied Jesus and later wrongly expressed his prejudice towards a particular national group in the congregation and had to be publically correct), refers to imperfect and fallible humans that nonetheless benefit from having a measure of God spirit to help them accomplish God's will. Such one's exact words and actions are not all specifically considered inspired, prophetic or infallible. So while only two books written by the apostle Peter can be considered "inspired of God" (infallible and without fault) his life course was "directed by spirit", containing as it did errors, misunderstandings and imperfections which he humbly corrected as he grew in understanding of divine will and purpose.
The authors of the 'Watchtower' magazine present their work as that of imperfect humans willing to humbly correct errors and misunderstandings as their understanding of divine will and purpose increases over time. They have never claimed to be "spirit inspired".
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