I came across this incredable quote in the Watchtower,
From The Watchtower 8/1/62, pg 480:
"The way these two words have been rendered in the New World Translation has given rise to the charge that the New World Bible Translation Committee let their religious beliefs influence them. That charge is true, but they did not do so wrongly, or unduly. The meaning that is to be given to these two Greek words depends upon what the entire Bible has to say about Jehovah God and Jesus Christ."
"How so? In that there is basis for translating these words either as “Deity,” “Divinity” or “Godhead” and so attributing personality to them, or as “Divine Nature,” “divine quality,” “Godship,” and having them merely denote qualities. Thus those who believe in the trinity will attach personality to these words, whereas those who do not will render them as qualities in view of the way God and Christ are described in the Scriptures and so as to harmonize the words with the rest of God’s Word. This emphasizes the fact that one simply cannot properly and accurately translate the Bible unless one clearly understands its teachings."
They are talking about the theological point of the divinity of Jesus, which to me is frankly meaningless. The important point is the last sentence: “This emphasizes the fact that one simply cannot properly and accurately translate the Bible unless one clearly understands its teachings."
So, in order to translate the Bible you have to have a Theological belief or “clearly understand(s) its teachings." Basically, you then translate the Bible, with your theological spin. So, the Witnesses here are talking about the New World Translation and basically admit they translated it the way they clearly understood its teachings or according to their theology. Basically, they bent the Bible, where necessary, to conform to their understanding.
They say “the New World Bible Translation Committee let their religious beliefs influence them. That charge is true, but they did not do so wrongly, or unduly.” It was not wrong to them because it conformed to their preconceived theology.
Incredable!!! Fred, www.isnrblog.com