Many try to reach God by knowing God's "real name". They think that the "code" for the encounter with God is the right idea about His name and not the right idea about His character.

Whether we really pray to God does not depend upon the name (Jesus, Jehovah, Krishna, Allah), but upon the idea which we have about His character. Just the name does not reprimand man for sin so it does not induce him to the reform of the character, and so an insisting on the "real name" is precisely a characteristic of those who have a distorted and morally optional idea of God's character.

For instance, Jehovah's witnesses who insist upon the "real" God's name, think that God had to lie to His disciples several times out of "pedagogical" reasons. If their ideal lies and uses dishonest methods to realize His aims, what can be expected from them? It is no wonder that they insist upon the name and neglect God's character.