The story begins.....
The April 1 issue of The Watchtower seeks to paint the followers of the WTs as being superior because they don't pray the Lord's Prayer!
Note how this is presented:
Millions regularly recite Jesus' model prayer in church. But how many have been taught its meaning, especially the first part of the prayer dealing with God's name and Kingdom? These subjects are so important that Jesus placed them first in the prayer.Interestingly, by using the phrase "Jesus placed them first in the prayer", the WTS ignores the fact that they have substituted another word first, namely Jehovah. Jesus did not direct his words to Jehovah but to his Father. And he did so as a model or example. How curious that the WTS should overlook this. Instead we are led to believe that the name is so important to true Christians, yet it's not used in the model prayer.
As I said, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!
BTW note the backhander of a comment about the "reciting" of the Lords Prayer in churches. I suppose we never hear the 'reciting' of the word Jehovah in Kingdom Halls do we?
Cheers,
Ozzie
"If our hopes for peace are placed in the hands of imperfect people, they are bound to evaporate."
- Ron Hutchcraft Surviving the Storms of Stress