Posted by AF [AF] on October 23, 1999 at 13:44:08 {Fflr7qpqSg1EwaxRomAMdaOt1gg/Zk}:
In Reply to: 11/99 OKM Insert posted by Rational on October 22, 1999 at 16:53:24:
: "The publications provided by Jehovah's organization stimulate our minds with up-building thoughts and train us "to distinguish both right and wrong" (Heb 5: 14) Can we say that this is achieved if others do our research for us?"
You just don't understand! Here, "others" means "others besides those in Jehovah's Organization".
This is a fine example of doubletalk, because "others" means different things to different people and the WTS writer has capitalized on that. He gives the impression that "others" means "all others besides ourselves" which sounds great to the JWs who would like to think of themselves as thinking persons.
If the writer is ever called to account for his doublespeak, he just has to fall back on the other meaning. This is something that apologists like Friend have yet to learn.
AF