In response to "Read the Bible not the Watchtower!"

Jehovah's Witnesses read the Bible first, the Watchtower second. The people who chant "read the Bible not the Watchtower" read the post-biblical creeds and other traditions of men and books and other material from their religion. So, their admonition is hypocritical. Frankly, it's laughable and dismissable.

It also betrays a frightened mindset seeking a trapdoor, which is what their shallow admonition amounts to.

(Introductory picture is from the cover of the February 15, 2011 Watchtower.)

Recommended reading:

• Translating "the Word was a god," 1700 Years Ago nwtandcoptic.blogspot.com/2008/09/translating-word-was-god-1700-years-ago.html
• Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Changed the Bible to Fit Their Beliefs? www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/changed-bible-beliefs
• Is the New World Translation Accurate? www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/new-world-translation-accurate

“If you stop to kick at every dog that barks at you, you’ll never get very far.”—C. T. Russell