Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses are established by the Governing Body,[155][156] and the denomination does not tolerate dissent over doctrines and practices.[4][157][158] Members who continue to openly disagree with the movement's teachings after initial warnings may be expelled and shunned.[159][160][161] Witness publications strongly discourage followers from questioning doctrine and counsel received from the Governing Body, reasoning that it is to be trusted as part of "God's organization".[158][162][163][164] They also warn members to "avoid independent thinking", claiming such thinking "was introduced by Satan the Devil"[165][166] and would "cause division".[167] Those who openly disagree with official teachings are condemned as "apostates" who are "mentally diseased".[168][169][170]
Also criticized is the NWT's insertion of the name Jehovah 237 times in the New Testament without extant New Testament Greek manuscript evidence that the name existed there.[313][314][315] Watch Tower publications have claimed that the name was "restored" on a sound basis, stating that when New Testament writers quote earlier Old Testament scriptures containing the Tetragrammaton (יהוה), "the translator has the right to render Kyrios ("LORD") as Jehovah."[316] The NWT mentions twenty-seven other translations that have similarly rendered Kyrios as a form of the name Jehovah, stating that there is only one verse where the NWT does so without agreement from other translations.[317]
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