Watchtower in the 1950's said Armagedon was coming in 1976!!!!!! Not 1975!

by Witness 007 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  civicsi00

  Back on the original point: "Crisis of Conscience" mentions how Knorr argued with Franz in the early 70's as he wanted to revise it back to 1976....anyone remember this!

  Actually, Franz wanted to change it to 1974, but Knorr wouldn't allow it.

  The debacle about 1975 is this: The Society did not directly state in print that 1975 would bring Armageddon. But they insinuated it. They published all kinds of articles that stated it was a "probability". But think about this: They had already experienced many other prophetic failures, i.e. 1914, 1918, 1920, 1925, and 1941. They knew what they were doing when they started predicting 1975. They knew they couldn't come right out and state it.
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  kurtbethel

  "When the governing body holds up a green book and says it's red, then brothers it's red"

  "When mother (organization) makes a suggestion, we follow that suggestion because we certainly can't have a better idea"

  "The governing body is God's channel"

  What does that last quote mean?

  Doesn't it mean that the governing body is channeling God?

  Actually, according to years of literaure, they are channeling invisible angelic spirit beings. And I believe them on that point.
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  OnTheWayOut

  They knew what they were doing when they started predicting 1975. They knew they couldn't come right out and state it.

  Boy, did they ever know what they were doing. They needed to expand to modernize their printing corporation. They actually grew so much before 1975 that they had more people "in" the organization years later than they would have had without their doomsday campaign.