Newspaper articles on JWs devastated by the 1975 disappointment

by Doug Mason 13 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Doug Mason

  Yesterday, I provided a 20-page document prepared by Jehovah’s Witnesses who were devastated by the 1975 disappointment. (see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/143886/1.ashx ). These JWs produced other documents like that one and I will attempt to locate them.

  Today, I am opening the human side of these Witnesses. The following are links to scans of newspaper articles from the time, focusing on these people.

  Toe the Line April 7 1977 page 1.jpg
  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=15f45203e56b2d465121aed73de538d6

  Toe the Line April 7 1977 page 5.jpg
  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=88a2c49c3c8d57583aa9e72b44c98aa6

  Church is Scared April 14 1977.jpg
  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=b889b568e4b4a98ca055f0af5d382fad

  The Age Feb 2 1978.jpg
  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=7d94d5455ce1b7acf4093e3b6c5a149f

  Sunday Press Feb 5 1978.jpg http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=b8bf704f15cf06c2d1176f8186a6334b

  I saw these events first hand – and others – where the WTS tore families apart, where gross injustice destroyed people.

  Doug
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  startingover

  Just marking this for later examination, Thanks
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  AlphaOmega

  Thanks for these Doug. It is good to have contemporary accounts of the time.
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  ninja

  thanks dougy mate
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  Atlantis

  Doug Mason:

  Thank you Doug! Great work!

  Cheers! Atlantis-
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  DannyHaszard

  THANKS!

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  DannyHaszard

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  Madame Quixote

  Can anyone provide info about when exactly the Society itself published or suggested the 1975 date?

  I'm quite curious, as my parents and one of my grandparents all got baptized shortly before '75. I suspect that fear of Armageddon was the main motivator for that.

  PM me if you have any suggested info, as I may lose this thread. I have been visiting rather sporadically lately. Thanks so much, if anyone has any good info on this!
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  DannyHaszard

  Google JW/WT 1975 mega pages
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  hubert

  bttt

  I feel this is worth bringing to the top again.

  Hubert