New watchtower

by bohm 35 Replies latest jw friends

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  bohm

  The new watchtower is out (woooo) http://www.jw.org/ , and there is an article about "prophecies which has come true". The most funny one is the one about earthquakes since, well, there just isnt an increase in earthquakes:

  WHAT DO THE FACTS SHOW? When a magnitude 7.0

  earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, more than 300,000

  people were killed. ... At least 18 major earthquakes oc-

  curred earth wide between April 2009 and April 2010.

  WHAT IS A COMMON OBJECTION? We are not experienc-

  ing more earthquakes; because of modern technology, we

  are just more aware of them than people were in the past.

  IS THAT OBJECTION VALID? Consider this fact: The Bible

  does not emphasize the number of earthquakes during the

  last days. However, it does say that “great earthquakes” will

  occur “in one place after another,” making them one of the

  notable features of this momentous period of history.

  As anyone can check for himself we expect 16 great earthquakes each year: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php making the claim remarkable non-significant.
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  Mad Sweeney

  So to continue along the Borg lines of logic, since there have always been around the same number of earthquakes scattered around the earth, we have always been in the last days.

  Some sign.

  Disciple: Jesus, how will we know you have returned? What will be the signs?

  Jesus: The sun will be bright. The sky will appear blue. Clouds will be white and fluffy, except when they're gray.

  Disciple: Um, ok.
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  JRK

  Yeah, when do they get an end times call right? Zero for however many! The big A is right around the corner!

  JK
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  Gayle

  we have always been in the last days.

  which coincides the same for their "overlapping generation," forever always "overlapping."
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  WuzLovesDubs

  JRK - right around the corner in a ROUND BUILDING :)
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  NVR2L8

  Today is the last day for all the people who will die tomorrow...as yesterday was the last day for those who died today.
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  I quit!

  These are the guys who brought you Christ's return in 1874 and the end of the world in 1914 and a host of other false prophecies. You'd think after a while it might cross there mind that just maybe we don't know what the hell we are talking about maybe we should just shut up. But not these guys they just keep on spewing out more nonsense trying to convince everyone that they are the chosen ones with a direct line to God.
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  unshackled

  Interesting through that entire article they repeat "WHAT IS A COMMON OBJECTION?"

  Where are they getting these "common objections"? Not from current JWs. In field service? Do people at the door really commonly respond with "earthquakes aren't more frequent, we're just more aware of them?"

  I doubt it. Seems to me they are completely paranoid of simple logic, and are trying to get ahead of anyone who might actually think critically.
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  sabastious

  A lie to cover a lie to cover anonther lie, a vicious cycle indeed.

  -Sab
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  slimboyfat

  They admitted in the Watchtower a few years ago that there has not been an increase in earthquakes. So why are they still going on about this?