The Governing Body is not inspired—so why does its authority override Scripture?
Because I had been sharing my newly found faith with my brother and my nephew's son (I'm sure there's a proper family term for that, but I have no idea what it is), I received a shepherding call from two elders who still consider me one of Jehovah's Witnesses. In a way, that was rather nice.
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Back in the 1960s, many Jehovah’s Witnesses vividly remember the release of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It came as a compact green hardcover Bible, and at the time it was presented as a major advancement because it used what was considered more modern English. Comparisons were often made with the King James Version, especially with archaic words such as “shambles,” which in older English referred to a meat market.