Good research. I think the idea we're supposed to get from it is the JWs
leaders want to discourage something which could detract from collecting money
for them.
1937 "That Delusion Called Love": "God's consecrated people do well to re-
frain from marriage unless they find themselves continually tormented with de-
sire for sexual intercourse, in which case they should marry." "For those of
the younger or older who have need to marry on this score, let them dispose of
the matter in candor and honesty." It encouraged followers that the recommended
course is "shunning the blight, the delusions and illusions of 'love' so called
and courtship, which bring reproach on the holy name of Jehovah." ("The Golden
Age," Jan.27, 1937)
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/wrong.htm
1938 "...mark the words of Jesus, which definitely seem to discourage the
bearing of children immediately before or during Armageddon.... It would
therefore appear that there is no reasonable or scriptural injunction to bring
children into the world immediately before Armageddon, where we now are." ("The
Watchtower," Nov.1, 1938, p.324)
Judge Rutherford, two bodyguards, and their melee weapons in the Saturday
Evening Post, Sept.14, 1940.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/popestleo/SAT_EVE_POST_JUDGE_KNORR_P19.jpg
A: Maybe if I talk to one of his bodyguards, I could get backstage to get to
meet the Judge in private--see what he wants me to do with that stick.
B: You really don't get out much, do you?
2000 "Although Noah's three sons were all married, none fathered children un-
til after the Deluge." "While this does not imply that it is wrong to have
children today, many Christian couples decline to have children so as to become
more fully involved in the urgent work that Jehovah has given his people to do.
Some couples have waited for a time before having children; others have decided
to remain childless and consider the possibility of bearing children in Jeho-
vah's righteous new world." ("Watchtower," Aug.1, 2000, p.21)
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/wrong.htm
