There was a strange statement in last week's study article. Well, let's be honest: There were plenty of strange statements! But one in particular bothered me. First, the quote, from paragraph 9:
"As a perfect human, Jesus could have concluded that he, like Adam, had the potential for fathering a perfect race. However, Jesus never desired such a future because it was not Jehovah's will for him."
First of all, stating that Jesus "could have concluded" anything is outright idiocy. Why can't WT writers simply stick to what's written in the Bible? Why do they have to come up with some random BS? Plus.. how could he "father a perfect race" without a "perfect" wife?! More than anything, he would have fathered a nephilim-type race, considering the WT teaches that he is Michael the Archangel and the WT also teaches that it was angels that had sex with women in Noah's day. So, again, how could he have "fathered a perfect race"?
I really think this statement is more about temptation than anything else. In parallel, many JW's desire to father some "imperfect" children and the WT discourages this. They're trying to guilt the flock even further by trying to bring Jesus into the picture and say that "he could have" done so many things but never did any of them. As a matter of fact, I remember hearing older ones, my parents even, in the congregation talking about how Jesus "could have" established "modern medicine" if he had desired back then because he knew humans so well, having built them and all. As always, keep the flock in line and don't let them try anything on their own.
Any thoughts out there about what the WT meant by this statement in the WT article?