Christ is present at creation, yet the Witnesses teach he is created, don't they. Christ is the force. IN a single scripture, Paul says that we pre-existed creation, too, as individual humans. I know the verses for Christ are stronger than the one in Paul.
Based on my experience with the Witnesses and studying the Gnostics at Columbia with the leading Gnostic scholar, I view Jehovah was Satan. He mind is focused on seuxality, his creation is lawed enough that he must slaughter all, except Noah, and I feel sorry for Noah. He orders Abraham to sacrifice Issac. Abraham took the order seriously so it must have consistent with a blood lust, unseemly for a creator God that is transcedent.
It is beyond how even a casual Bible reader can believe Jehovah and Jesus are linked. One is a spoiled child having a temper tantrum. The other is full of love and grace. One tortures innocent people. The other is passionately concerned with radical social justice.
I spit on the name Jehovah. Sorry, but I can't do the same for JHWH b/c of my many Jewish friends and colleagues.
The Gnostic strand is evident. Jehovah is the demiurge, the weak and chaotic creator who imprisoned human souls in physicality. Jesus is the antidote to Jehovah. Jehovah had no daughters of God but many sons of God. When I heard that in class, I said F You! and lost any remnant of belief. Mary Magdalene was certainly a daughter of Jesus, if not His lover. And I tend to believe the second statement. Jesus embraces women. They are fully human to him. His behavior is remarkable for his time.
I cast my vote and heart, mind, and soul To Christ, the Trinity.
