`My problem isn't with the idea, it's with the way it's stated. We are stating things that should be obvious to the reader, but stating them in a way that leads one to think negatively of the Witnesses. ``...based on their interpretation of the bible`` - isn't this in an abstract sense true of ANY Christian religion? ``...with preference given to their own translation`` - why would they have bothered to translate it in the first place if they didn't prefer it? It seems simpler and more neutral to say ``Witnesses base their belief on the bible, and have published their own translation of it: the NWT.`` It in no way removes the understanding that JW leadership prefers the NWT.  In a related strain of thought, your reasoning seems backwards, LTSally. JW belief obviously influenced their translation of the bible. Saying that their translation of the bible influences their belief seems oddly circular, in that regard. In any event, when I propose the wording ``they base their beliefs in the bible``, I'm not talking about the NWT, the KJV, or to ``the way the Bible is commonly translated into English``. I should imagine that the statement refers to the septuagint and other documents from which modern bibles were translated. I feel it fair to imply that their beliefs stem from such documents, rather than emphasizing the translated version of them. ...but what do you think? ~''''   `