AboutBrenton Hepburn Expertise I am one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
I can answer questions on the reliability of the NWT, the so called mind control problems, so called prophecies, and general practices and history of Jehovah’s Witnesses.....
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Experience I have been a publisher since 1964. When I first went on the internet I found a lot of negative information dealing with Jehovah’s Witnesses covering prophecy, mind control and what many said was a very bad translation of the Bible known as the NWT. It shook my faith. After may hours researching these topics I could see why some felt that way, but, I was also able to explain why there were these misleading views. I can now set matters straight for anyone that has negative information about Jehovah’s Witness to show them that such information is at best misleading and at worst dangerous lies.
Education/Credentials I have been a student of the Bible for many years, am trying to teach myself Biblical Greek.
Was a public tax accountant for many yrars untill SEP 2009 when I gave it up.
Question Hi Brenton,
I have been studying with (JW's) on and off now for at least 5 years and am convinced it is the truth, however I feel very troubled when an unexpected subject is brought to my attention that I feel unable to explain to someone elses satisfaction, such as this Johannes Greber thing.
I'm hoping you might be familiar with this issue.
If you are, can you offer some sensible clarity?
If you're not, please let me know in your response and I'll try to get the question to you in a more descriptive way. No rush Brenton, and thank you for your valuable time.
Sincerely,
Joshua
Answer Hello Joshua,
The Johannes Greber controvesy does disturb some people,
The claim is made that the WTBTS was influenced by him in the way the NWT has rendered John 1:1 and the rendering of Matt. 27:51-53.
The NWT committee were not influenced by him at all, but for a while they quoted the way he rendered those texts to sho that they were not the only ones that had that understanding oh them.
The society has many different writters prparing publications. It appears to me as if earlier evidence of Johannes Greber being a spiritulist was overlooked by later writters. Eventually all WTBTS writters were informed of who he was and they stopped using his bible to show that others agreed with the NWT. There are many other Bibles transations that agree with the NWT.
But for me the imprtant point is that they were not influenced by him as some suggest.
