Are you ready for a really dumb mistake? I’m not talking about willful deception. I’m not talking about stubborn adherence to a dogmatic idea. I’m talking simply D-U-M-B.
It’s in the introductory paragraphs of the new book.
First I’ll quote word for word:
DRAW CLOSE TO JEHOVAH
Chapter 1
1. Can you imagine having a conversation with God? The very thought inspires awe-the Sovereign of the universe speaking to you! You hesitate at first, but then you manage to reply. He listens, he responds, and he even makes you feel free to ask any question you want. Now, what question would you ask?
2. Long ago, there was a man who was in just such a position. His name was Moses. The question he chose to ask God, though, might surprise you. He did not ask about himself, his future, or even the plight of mankind. Rather, he asked God’s name. You might find that odd, for Moses already knew God’s personal name. His question, then, must have had deeper meaning. In fact, it was the most significant question Moses could have asked. The answer touches us all. It can help you take a vital step in drawing close to God. How so? Let us take a look at that remarkable conversation.
The questions for paragraphs 1 & 2 (a) What questions would you like to ask God? (b) What did Moses ask God?
The question I would like to ask God is why he can’t help his modern day representatives avoid making themselves look like Bible illiterates.
Here is what I’m talking about. You would think from reading these paragraphs that the very first question Moses asked God was concerning God’s name. In fact if you actually look up the account in the Bible Moses asks a first question of God. I hope I understand this right. Doesn’t the "?" sign mean a question has been asked. OK So all I have to do is look for the "?" and read what is before it and I can safely assume a question has been asked.
Ex 3:11 "However, Moses said to the true God: "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I have to bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?.
This definitely seems to be a question Moses is asking God. In fact it precedes the question about God’s name. And what is the subject of this very first question Moses asks God? He seems to be asking about HIMSELF. This is a clear contradiction to the claim in paragraph 2 that says "He (Moses) did NOT ask about himself".
This is a dumb mistake.
Doesn’t it make you wonder? Where are the editors? One individual writer might get carried away with a point they want to make. But that’s why there are editors. Didn’t the editors look up the scriptures quoted?
This is a mistake by a committee. I doubt that it would have happened when Karl Klein and Fred Franz were involved in the writing. To be sure they wrote a lot of stuff that deserves to be criticized - but they weren’t STUPID.
If the Watchtower is the spokesman at this critical period of the "END" shouldn’t we expect the Holy Spirit to somehow keep these people from looking STUPID?
If Christ sent his HELPER to this so-called "faithful slave" shouldn’t it at least HELP keep them from making themselves look DUMB?
You have to believe that some of the six million JW's have written the Watchtower about this mistake. You have to believe that someone has lost their job on account of this bumbling.
There was a time I would have written them and asked for an explanation. But since they don't give those explanations any more - why bother. So I felt compelled to write it up here.