The Dog Whistle is a device only heard by dogs. Ordinary humans cannot hear it.
The Watcthower Dog Whistle doctrine is only "heard" by anointed Governing Body members. I call it that purposefully.
The Dog Whistle Doctrine is an invention of Maria Russell (wife of C.T.Russell) in the form
of a reading INTO the scripture about the "Faithful and Discreet Slave."
Maria's Dog Whistle doctrine is the only thing remaining from the Russell years that is left intact!
It is a license to make prophetic claims and set specific dates AS THOUGH heard by Jehovah.
What has been the result of adopting this hotline to heaven?
A zero track record!
What is the difference between GUESSWORK , DUMB LUCK and Watchtower predictions?
Dumb Luck means you get it right once and awhile. The Watchtower religion NEVER DOES!
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The very first order of business for this religion was setting up a chronology that (unwittingly) could be publicly PROVED or DISPROVED. Yes, by setting a real date that was falsifiable they placed their ass on the line! The true test of the False Prophet! (The destruction of Dog Whistle doctrine).
1874 was identified as the Return of Jesus.
1914 was the date for the destruction of governments and false religion.
What happened?
The religion was publicly disproved. THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES as FALSE prophets by claiming Jehovah told them these (wrong) things!
Are you aware that the Watchtower published the SAME EVENT on two occasions--and got it WRONG BOTH TIMES? This event was called THE END OF 6000 YEARS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE.
Consider how very specific they were!
1873 [Six thousand Years of man's existence ends in A.D. 1873] {WR Apr 1880 88}
1873 "Here we furnish the evidence that from the creation of Adam to A.D. 1873 was six thousand years. And though the Bible contains no direct statement that the seventh thousand will be the epoch of Christ's reign, the great Sabbath Day of restitution to the world, yet the venerable tradition is not without reasonable foundation.. If, then, the seventh thousand-year period of earth's history be an epoch specially noted as the period of Christ's reign, we shall, by showing that it began in A.D. 1873, be proving that we are already in it." {TIAH 1915 ed 39-40} Truth is at Hand}
1873 "Thus the Word of God corrects the few slight errors which have crept into it by any means.. God has so guarded his Word that the few trivial errors of copyists are made very manifest, and the full harmony of his Word gives ample foundation for faith .. So, then, whereas Usher dates A.D. 1 as the year 4005 from the creation of Adam, it really was, as we have shown, the year 4129, according to the Bible record, thus showing the year 1872 A.D. to be the year of the world 6000, and 1873 A.D. the commencement of the seventh thousand-year period, the seventh millennium, or thousand-year day of earth's history. {TIAH 53-4}
1873 "The Bible chronology herein presented shows that the six great 1000 year days beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th Day, the 1000 years of Christ's Reign, began in 1873." {TIAH 1916 ed Foreword 2
And, apparently, in 1975 as well!!
Consider once again how specific (and wrong) they were!
1972
" So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? .. IDENTIFYING THE 'PROPHET' .. These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet? .. This 'prophet' was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses. They are still proclaiming a warning .. Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a 'prophet' of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show?" {WT Apr 1 1972 197} [An excellent question!]
1972 "Jehovah, the God of the true prophets, will put all false prophets to shame either by not fulfilling the false prediction of such self-assuming prophets or by having His own prophecies fulfilled in a way opposite to that predicted by the false prophets.
False prophets will try to hide their reason for feeling shame by denying who they really are." {PRTM 353-4}
1972 "From Adam's creation to the end of 1943 A.D. is 5,971 years .. We are therefore near the end of six thousand years of human history" {TMYF 152}
Their interest has been kindled by the belief that 1975 will mark the end of 6,000 years of human history since Adam’s creation.
That means, in the fall of the year 1975, a little over seven years from now ..., it will be 6,000 years since the creation of Adam, the father of all mankind!
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From Maria Russell to the non-event of 1975 is long enough to determine that False Prophets only think they hear Jehovah's voice in their ear!
Yet, honest they are not! This same Dog Whistle Doctrine is in use today.
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1972 "Does this admission of making mistakes stamp them [Watchtower] as false prophets? Not at all, for false prophets do not admit to making mistakes." {WT Nov 1 1972 644}
Truth:
"A truth presented by Satan himself is just as true as a truth stated by God. . . . Accept truth wherever you find it, no matter what it contradicts" (WT 7/1879, pp. 8-9). Charles Taze Russell
Charles Sunutko's "Stay Alive 'to 75":
Well, we don’t have to guess what the year 1975 means if we read the Watchtower. Because the Watchtower has been very explicit as to what the year 1975 means to us.
If you wish to write down the page, 262, in the [May 1] 1967 issue of the Watchtower, we read:
What does the year 1975 mean for humankind? The end of 6000 years of human existence, and possibly, [voice raising dramatically] the time when God executes the wicked and starts off a thousand-year reign under his son Jesus Christ. End quote.