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The "doctrines" JWs follow most JWs really believe sincerely are all from The Bible. In reality many are directives from the Governing Body and not explicitly found in the bible. As an example, absolutely nowhere in the bible does it command that a man and woman properly married to each other should not have oral sex if both are agreeable. Yet the organization strongly condemns this practice. There are directives given to travelling overseers that also fit in this class. The recent move to call the Presiding Overseer (which is in the bible), the Co-ordinator of the body of elders (which is not in the bible) is another such example.

The fact is that one of Jehovah's Witnesses is trained to view all other information through the filter of the Watchtower doctrine. All Biblical "interpretation" comes from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. So when a JW does read the Bible it is sometimes as a point of reference in conjunction with Watchtower publications.

Reading "Crisis Of Conscience" by Raymond Franz would be stricly forbidden.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that one cannot truly understand the Bible without the aid of the 'faithful and discreet' slave class.

Watchtower 1st Oct '94 p8 says, ''All who want to understand the Bible should appreciate that the "greatly diversified wisdom of God" can become known only through Jehovah's channel of communication, the faithful and discreet slave.''

The 'faithful and discreet slave' are represented by the seven member Governing Body.

Watchtower 15th June '09 p24, ''today a limited number of anointed men have the responsibility of representing the slave class. They make up the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.''

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