Why is questioning Watchtower doctrine supposedly bringing reproach to God ?
Questioning the Watchtower doesn’t exactly bring reproach on God. The Bible encourages people to ask questions. (2 Corinthians 13:5) Keep testing whether you are in the faith, keep proving what you yourselves are. . . The Watchtower encourages questions, they even regularly feature a “Questions From Readers” section in the magazines. A similar situation that would bring reproach to God would be if someone were to claim to be a follower and disregard Bible teachings, in which case their hypocritical conduct would be a dishonorable representation of God’s people. But simply questioning the Watchtower does not bring reproach in itself. The Watchtower will even make revisions and corrections from time to time as clearer understanding of the scriptures arises.
That is your assumption. That is not what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe or teach. The Watchtower itself counsels Christians to follow the biblical dictum to “make sure of all things, hold fast to what is fine.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21) The responsible brothers themselves “question” what you call “Watchtower doctrine” to always make sure that it conforms to what the Bible teaches, and they make adjustments when necessary.
Because they have replaced the deity of Christ with the deity of the watchtower therefore to ask questions of the watchtower and the governing body is blsaphemy the same way islam has rejected jesus as god and replaced mohameed as god this is why it is possible to blaspheme against mohameed and the watchtower, as they are viewed as god even if their repsective organisations claim they are not, the fact you can blaspheme agianst them means that their followers are treating them as god
Jehovah’s Witnesses and their students (aka “studies”) are allowed, even encouraged, to ask questions to bring them to a better understanding of the Watchtower’s teachings. However, there is no tolerance for challenging the authority of their “Governing Body,” nor of the official doctrine as dispensed by these sinful, errant humans. The difference between having questions and challenging their authority can be seen here: Should a follower of the Watchtower Society find a discrepency in the teachings, he is encouraged to “ask the elders” at which point, they will try to persuade the questioner into agreement. However, in the event that he is not convinced, there is unconditional expectation that the individual must QUIETLY disagree, keeping his findings to himself and patiently wait for “new light” (official change in doctrine). Failure to do will result in accusations of apostasy, being “marked” and often leads to disfellowshipping and shunning. Sometimes, even the nature of the questi
