TD: Hilarious! Quite the effective "watchman class", huh?
Would the WT$ outright lie?
by peacedog 54 Replies latest jw friends
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DubR
What are you guys babbling about.... NEW LIGHT NEW LIGHT!!! lol
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DrJohnStMark
Probably it is just like in other pyramid schemes: At higher levels you learn to lie to make a living. Or quit.
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yesidid
Peacedog, further quotes as requested. I would like to acknowledge that much of the info has come from posts on this board by MacHislop.
What follows appears to give the impression that it was always believed and taught that Christ would/did return in 1914. As examples:
1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2005
Sorry it's not working maybe my post is too long. Must go now, but will post in several sections later.
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peacedog
Another outright lie by the "true religion", this one from the book Let Your Kingdom Come (1981):
Counting from October 607 B.C.E., the "seven times" of 2,520 years bring us down to early October 1914 C.E., when, as we have already seen, Jesus' great prophecy on "the conclusion of the system of things" started to be fulfilled. Reliable information in God's Word is the basis for this conclusion, which the Watchtower magazine has been championing now for more than 100 years. (Let Your Kingdom Come, 1981, p.137)
According to these statements, the "conclusion of the system of things" prophecy STARTED to be fulfilled in October 1914, and the Watchtower magazine has been "championing" this for more than 100 years.......
........except that as already shown in previous posts, the WT$ used to teach that Jesus' prophecy on the "conclusion of the system of things" started to be fulfilled in 1799, not 1914. October 1914 was said to be the ABSOLUTE END of the conclusion of the system of things:
The indisputable facts, therefore, show that the "time of the end" began in 1799; that the Lord's second presence began in 1874; that the harvest followed thereafter and greater light has come upon the Word of God. (WT, 3/1, 1922, p.73)
We see no reason for changing the figures – nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God’s dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble. (WT Reprints, 7/15,1894, p.1672)
In 1981, the Watchtower magazine had NOT been "championing" 1914 as the start of ANYTHING "for more than 100 years"...