I have a bad memory. I cant remember but I think I asked this question in the past and I simply forgot the answer.
Anyway as most know the JW’s mistranslated Jn 1:1 to say “and the Word was a god” by adding the ‘a’…
Ok, so if Jesus is “a god” then how does that square with the notion there is one God and any other “god” must be false?
Taken from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society’s “What Does the Bible Really Teach?”:
Regarding John1:1…"Bear in mind that this part of the Bible was originally written in Greek. Later, translators rendered the Greek text into other languages. A number of the Bible translators, though, did not use the phrase “the Word was God”. Why not? Based on their knowledge of Biblical Greek, those translators concluded that the phrase “the Word was God” should be translated differntly. How? Here are a few examples: “The Logos [Word] was divine.” (A New Translation of the Bible) “The Word was a god.” (The New Testament in an Improved Version) “The Word was with God and shared his nature.” (The Translator’s New Testament) According to these translations, the Word is not God himself. Instead, because of his high position among Jehovah’s creatures, the Word is referred to as “a god”. Her the term “god” means “mighty one”. "
The text goes on to encourage the reader to investigate for themselves by reading several bible translations to prove their point that not all translations say “the Word was God”. Of course, there are very few translations at all that say “a god” or anything like it - only a few obscure and corrupt versions. I did at one time investigate their claims and found that the New World Translation was written by men with little to no knowledge of Greek themselves, one of which was the founder of the JWs, and the consulted works from which they wrote it were very obscure and known-to-be-corrupt versions. And there was no rhyme or reason to their selection of the translation of the Greek words. The just choose what supports thier heretical doctrine. For instance, the Greek word for “worship” was translated “worship” in every instance except when it applied to Jesus, in which case it was translated “obeisance”, which, they argue, is not the same as worship. I could go on and on, but it’s been a while and I don’t have all my notes anymore.
The bottom line is, like was already mentioned, they are severely brainwashed. You can’t show them the inconsistencies, the backwards logic, or anything without actually making them feel all the more correct b/c of their “mistreatment” which “proves” they are the one true religion. They simply believe that everything you have to prove their religion corrupt is untrue and put out there by Satan to discount them. I’ve tried. Not trying to discourage you, but planting seeds (lovingly, not argumentively) and prayer are the surest means in having them see the light.
God Bless You
