It was an objective statement and I’ll let you draw whatever conclusions you will from it since I never discuss myself.
“It was an objective statement”
Only if you’re a Jehovah’s Witness who buys their claims. But, do you even know the QUALIFICATIONS or even the NAMES of the translators?
The New World Translation was produced by the New World Bible Translation Committee, formed in 1947. This committee is said to have comprised unnamed members of multinational background.[20] The committee requested that the Watch Tower Society not publish the names of its members,[21][22] stating that they did not want to “advertise themselves but let all the glory go to the Author of the Scriptures, God,”[23] adding that the translation, “should direct the reader... to... Jehovah God”.[24] The publishers believe that “the particulars of [the New World Bible Translation Committee’s members] university or other educational training are not the important thing” and that “the translation testifies to their qualification”.[25] Former high ranking Watch Tower staff have claimed knowledge of the translators’ identities.[26] Walter Martin identified Nathan H. Knorr, Fredrick W. Franz, Albert D. Schroeder, George Gangas, and Milton Henschel as members of the translation team, writing of them, “The New World Bible translation committee had no known translators with recognized degrees in Greek or Hebrew exegesis or translation... None of these men had any university education except Franz, who left school after two years, never completing even an undergraduate degree. In fact, Frederick W. Franz, then representing the translation committee and later serving as the Watchtower Society’s fourth president, admitted under oath that he could not translate Genesis 2:4 from the Hebrew.” (However, the court transcript indicates that Franz declined to translate text from English back into Hebrew.[27]) Franz had stated that he was familiar with not only Hebrew, but with Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for the purpose of biblical translation.[28]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures#2013_revision
Dunno about you, but I’d rather not attribute to a bunch of flunkies “scholarly” status.
“and I’ll let you draw whatever conclusions you will from it since I never discuss myself.”
Then I’ll conclude that you are a Jehovah’s Witness, since most normal people aren’t afraid to reveal their religion unless their religion is particularly flaky.
Good idea!
No need to open your mind to DOUBT.