The Arrogance of their Heart has Deceived the WT. Part 1

According to the English Oxford Online Living Dictionary, "EPIC FAILURE is a complete failure or misadventure, especially in an undertaking expected to proceed smoothly.” From the Bible, Daniel was thrown into the Lions den to be devoured but he was not. Instead his accusers were thrown in and they WERE devoured. That was an EPIC FAILURE (See Daniel Chapter 6). Also from the Bible the story of Mordecai, Haman and Esther from the Book of Esther. Haman plotted to have Mordecai hung. But it was Haman who was hung instead. EPIC FAILURE. That brings us to the Governing Body (GB) of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Remember these are the people that are the “sole interpreters of the Bible.”

In 1969 the GB decided to publish The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures (KIT). The purpose of publishing this Interlinear was stated on page 5 of the KIT.

“Sincere searchers for eternal, life-giving truth desire an accurate understanding of the faith-inspiring Greek Scriptures, an understanding that will not be confused by sectarian, denominational religious teachings but that is fortified by the knowledge of what the original language says and means. To aid such seekers of truth and life is the purpose behind the publishing of the KIT. Its literal interlinear English translation is specially designed to open up to the student of the Sacred Scriptures what the original koine Greek basically or literally says, without any sectarian religious coloration."

"The word-for-word interlinear translation and the New World Translation (NWT) are arranged parallel on the page, so that comparisons can be made between the two readings and the accuracy of any modern translation can be determined."

The WT and all its devotees sincerely believe that the NWT is the world’s most accurate translation. They say this has been confirmed by none other than Alex Trebeck and the hit TV show “Jeopardy.” (See my blog here that exposes this as a lie born on the internet and fueled by the WT and all their door-knockers.)

So the WT’s arrogance lead them to the conclusion that by publishing the KIT it would allow all “seekers of truth” to see the superiority of the NWT by comparing the NWT with the original Greek.

So let’s look at a few verses and see if: 

(1) the NWT is the “most accurate translation” as the Witnesses claim and 

(2) the NWT is devoid of any sectarian religious coloration as the GB claims    

       the KIT will show and 

(3) the KIT will prove the detractors of the NWT wrong when they state that 

       "The Watchtower Bible is merely a man made book published to promote 

        its false teachings."

John 1:1

Here the WT has inserted the word “a” in front of god. WHY? The WT explains that “the God” refers to Jehovah, the Almighty, however, “god” without “the” as a prefex could or could not refer to Jehovah. So the WT has a God (big “G”), Jehovah, and another god (little g), Jesus. Guess they forgot about Isaiah 43:10b, “Before me no God was formed, And after me there has been none.” That is why the verse is properly translated, “and the Word was God” (big G).

My Score Card for John 1:1.

Click here for Part 2 where I score two more verses.