The Worlds Most Dangerous Book! (An Exposing Of The New World Translation From The Watchtower Bible And Tract Society)
Carl
the Bible is regarded by Biblical language experts as one of the worst
translations available. Portions of it were intentionally altered to promote
the heretical agenda of the Jehovah's Witnesses parent organization. The
following article provides information for the professing Christian to know
if they are ever offered a copy.
May God bless,
Carl
my website -- http://www.nettally.com/saints/
my blog -- http://www.anniemayhem.com/cgi-bin/wordpress/
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THE WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS BOOK!!
Would you place you trust in a surgeon who was about to perform a major
operation on you, if he refused to give you his name or credentials? OR....
Would you place your faith in an attorney, who was defending you against
false accusations of felony charges, if he also refused to give you his name
or credentials?
We can see how important it is that we rely on the names and credentials of
those who serve us in the important aspects of our life. As in the case of
the lawyer, it is essential to know these things, for without knowledge, we
would have no assurance that he would truly and honestly represent you. It
is therefore of the utmost importance to know the men, the credentials and
the qualifications of those who we entrust our spiritual lives!!
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has failed the public at this most
crucial point, as they refuse to give their followers the names and
credentials of the Translation Committee of their Bible, The New World
Translation of the Holy Scriptures (see pg. 258 of Jehovah's Witnesses in
the Divine Purpose). This is more important than the Watchtower Society
will admit since the New World Translation Committee has deceived many in
their translation of the Bible in the following ways:
1. They have invented non-existent rules of Greek grammar and then
proceeded to follow these rules only when necessary to support their
peculiar theology.
A clear example of this is John 1:1, where the Translation Committee has
rendered the Greek "and the Word was a god". We cite the appendix of another
Watchtower publication (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek
Scriptures, page 1158), for their footnote concerning John 1:1: "The reason
for their rendering the Greek word Divine and not God is that it is the
Greek noun Theos without the definite article..." May we call the
Watchtower Society's attention to verses 6, 12 and 13 (also found in the
first chapter of the Gospel of John). Here the Greek noun Theos appears
without the definite article (as in John 1:1) and yet the Translating
Committee has translated each verse as (Jehovah) God.
Another example of non-existent rules followed only when needed to support
their theology is found in the forward of the afore mentioned Kingdom
Interlinear Translation (pg. 18). Here we are taught how to restore the
Divine name. We are instructed that we can render the Greek words "Kyrios"
(Lord) and "Theos" (God) into Divine name by determining if the Christian
(Greek) writers have quoted from the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). If
so, we can render "Kyrios" (Lord) and "Theos" (God) as Jehovah God. Once
again, the Watchtower "rule" is avoided by the Translation Committee as they
translate Philippians 2:11. The Apostle Paul quotes Isaiah 45:23 as he
states that "every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Jehovah God
(Kyrios) to the glory of God the Father.
2. The Translation Committee has made up a Greek tense that is
non-existent.
We cite the 1950 edition of their "New World Translation of the Christian
Greek Scriptures" rendering of John 8:58 where they have translated "ego
eimi" as "I have been" and state that it is "properly rendered in the
perfect indefinite tense" in the Greek language. There is NO "perfect
indefinite sense" in any language! After the Watchtower Society was informed
of this fact, they made the change to the "perfect tense indicative" but as
the Greek student knows, it is present tense and is correctly translated "I
AM" (see Exodus 3:14).
3. They have added words to Scripture which changes the meaning of the
texts to agree with their theology. Notice the Watchtower's rendering of
Colossians 1:16,17, where the word "other" has been added four times to the
text, completely changing its meaning. When Paul wrote those passages that
the Son created all things, it is obvious that the Son was not himself
created. The Watchtower, however, believes that the Son is also a created
being and has therefore added "other" - not found in the Greek Biblical text
at all - to make it appear that the Son is also a creature. As mentioned
before, the Translation Committee has added the word "a" to John 1:1 to make
the Son a creature rather than God Himself. Take note also of the same
deceitfulness displayed in Philippians 2:9 where the word "other" is again
added, when it is not found or even suggested in the original Greek.
4. The men who comprised the Translation Committee had no adequate
schooling or background to function as critical Bible translators. The
self-appointed "scholars" who made up this Translation Committee were: N.H.
Knorr, F.W. Franz, A.D. Schroeder, G.D. Gangas and M. Henschel. Aside from
the current President Franz, none of the Translation Committee members knew
Biblical Greek or Hebrew and Franz's ability is open to serious question.
This came out in the Scottish Court Sessions in November, 1954 (just four
years after the release of the Watchtower Scriptures). The following
exchange of question and answers between the attorney and Franz is taken
from the trial transcript:
Q. Have you also made yourself familiar with Hebrew?
A. Yes....
Q. So that you have substantial linguistic apparatus at your
command?
A. Yes, for use in my biblical work.
Q. I think you are able to read and follow the Bible in Hebrew,
Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French?
A. Yes.....(Pursuer's Proof, pg. 7)
Q. You, yourself, read and speak Hebrew, do you?
A. I do not speak Hebrew.
Q. You do not?
A. No
Q. Can you, yourself, translate that into Hebrew?
A. Which?
Q. That fourth verse of the second chapter of Genesis.
A. You mean here?
Q. Yes.
A. No, I wouldn't attempt to do that. (Pursuer's Proof, pgs.
102,103).
What Franz failed to do was a simple exercise which an average first or
second year Hebrew student in any seminary would have no difficulty (see
further, "We left Jehovah's Witnesses - A non-Prophet Organization" - Edmond
C. Gruss, pg. 59-101). It is also interesting to note that no Greek scholar
with any credentials will endorse the New World Translation. Bill
Centnar,in 1954 (while still a Jehovah's Witness working at Bethel), was
assigned to interview a well known Bible translator, Dr. Edgar J. Goodspeed,
asking him for his evaluation and recommendation of the New World
Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Dr. Goodspeed replied: "No, I'm
afraid that I could not do that. The grammar is regrettable...".
We agree with Dr. Goodspeed and go a step further and state that the
theology brought forth in this translation is a fatal distortion of Biblical
truth. We ask you not to put your trust in such a bias translation of Holy
Scripture or in the Society that has deceived many in the writing of it; we
ask that your faith and trust be placed in the Lord Jesus Christ who said
that unless you believe that HE IS the Eternal God (Ego Eimi - "I AM"), you
will die in your sins (John 8:24). It is because of the danger of the
reversion of the New World Translation of Holy Scriptures that this warning
has been written. Our concern is for you to come to know the TRUE LORD Jesus
Christ...
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Merlin
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thus ends christianity, not with a bang ---- rather with a
disinterested whimper.
who wants to get involved with such unhappy people?
who wants to help them get out of their own religious mess.
it is like children play in mud, try to get them out and cleaned up
when they don't want to stop.
jesus says don't.
christians go right ahead and do it.
jesus says love,
while christians refuse to love each other even.
so we have these verbal abuse religious wars among the saved and the
truelly true saved christians of the world.
one sect out to get the other. take no prisoners like the old
testament.
then look at the record of posts from this one person spreading
hatred.
that is all it takes, is one christian willing to do this and alot of
christians not stopping him.
all it takes is one mean unkind christian to start the ball rolling.
when it is ok to hate those christians, when it is ok the be
homophobic, when it is ok to witness for jesus no matter the cost to
others......... we see this type of post, accusing another christian
group of impurity.
well who is pure? who is righteous? who is so wonderful god granted
them free access to the internet.
it isn't worth the bother, let them be who ever they want to be in
faith. for faith allows us to believe anything we want.
when we all see jesus, jesus will laugh is perverbial off trying to
get youse mean oriented christians to simmer down.
merlin
> On Feb 21, 2:58 am, "Carl" <sai...@nettally.com> wrote:
> The Watchtower Bible And Tract Society's New World Translation version of
> the Bible is regarded by Biblical language experts as one of the worst
> translations available. Portions of it were intentionally altered to promote
> the heretical agenda of the Jehovah's Witnesses parent organization. The
> following article provides information for the professing Christian to know
> if they are ever offered a copy.
>
> May God bless,
> Carl
> my website --http://www.nettally.com/saints/
> my blog --http://www.anniemayhem.com/cgi-bin/wordpress/