And another thing,
there is nothin' in the Bible that says if you change a prophecy,
you are not a false prophet. In that case it would be no such thing
as false prophets. You used the word "WILL" in my book you
made a false prophecy.
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1975 And The Life Everlasting Book.
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blondie
Charles Sinutko's talk shows clearly what was heard from the platform, not necessarily in the publications.
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Mary
Reniaa-bator won't touch that Blondie. I did the same link for the silly twit the other day and she did what she always does when she runs out of excuses: She just ignores your post.
Yes, I'd love to see how she could explain away Brother Sinutko's talk. Although she'd probably just try saying that he did it on his own and that Jehover's 'slave' never actually said that.......
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Bangalore
Even the media noticed this. Here are some news articles about this.
Bangalore
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Aussie Oz
great!
marked for later...
oz
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Bonnie_Clyde
Our CO (about 1969) on two separate visits to our cong made this very strong statement, "The Society was NOT wrong about 1914, and they WILL NOT be wrong about 1975."
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Notreadytorun
in the interests of being completely impartial.... the WT did print this in WT 3/15 1980. And before anyone calls me a troll or whatever, I'm trying to be as critical of both sides of the issue (JW org being Gods organisation or not) so that I make a good decision for me and my kids. Personally I think 1980 was too little too late and to have just have these two little paragraphs buried in an article about "choosing the best way of life" wasnt enough for those who were hurt and disappointed by the societies failed predictions.
5 In modern times such eagerness, commendable in itself, has led to attempts at setting dates for the desired liberation from the suffering and troubles that are the lot of persons throughout the earth. With the appearance of the book Life Everlasting—in Freedom of the Sons of God, and its comments as to how appropriate it would be for the millennial reign of Christ to parallel the seventh millennium of man’s existence, considerable expectation was aroused regarding the year 1975. There were statements made then, and thereafter, stressing that this was only a possibility. Unfortunately, however, along with such cautionary information, there were other statements published that implied that such realization of hopes by that year was more of a probability than a mere possibility. It is to be regretted that these latter statements apparently overshadowed the cautionary ones and contributed to a buildup of the expectation already initiated.
6 In its issue of July 15, 1976, The Watchtower, commenting on the inadvisability of setting our sights on a certain date, stated: “If anyone has been disappointed through not following this line of thought, he should now concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint, seeing that it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises.” In saying “anyone,” The Watchtower included all disappointed ones of Jehovah’s Witnesses, hence including persons having to do with the publication of the information that contributed to the buildup of hopes centered on that date.
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designs
Not- It wasn't the mea culpa statement that should have been made by the Leadership for such a big booboo. The 'cautionary information' didn't appear until 1974 when Fred Franz made his world tour telling us to not expect what he had been telling us to expect since the 1960s.
Well we're free now.
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AnnOMaly
The 'apology' resulted from their hand being forced. It took them nearly 4 years and a serious drop in membership to acknowledge their responsibility in whipping up expectations. Not a full apology, but it was something, and better late than never.
See CoC (2004 ed.), p. 250-253.
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Quandry
it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises.”
And who set forth these "wrong premises" over and over, in the WT publications, speakers at Conventions, parading publishers who sold their homes, etc., and stating "Stay alive till 75?
In other words, "You are stupid because you believed what we said, suckers!"