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The following quote is from the Watchtower to the public October 2011, page 27. It is the most flagrant, bold, deliberate, shameless LIE in recent times coming from the Watchtower.
"What did their analysis reveal? While not all of these sets of lunar positions match the year 568/567 B.C.E., all 13 sets match calculated positions for 20 years earlier, for the year 588/587 B.C.E... Clearly, much of the astronomical data in VAT 4956 fits the year 588 B.C.E. as the 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar II. This, therefore, supports the date of 607 B.C.E. for Jerusalem’s destruction—just as the Bible indicates."You sound sincere, why don't you do your own research. I am not a JW, but I decided to test the assertions quoted above. I used the same astronomical program the WT used and I can assure you that their LIE is so flagrant, but they trust that you guys will never go through the trouble of testing the information in the article, which is filled with lies, misinformation, misquoting and deception.
Of all 36 astronomical observations I tested from the tablet VAT 4956, only 2 failed for year 568/567 BCE, which is the accepted year by all scholars in the relevant fields. Regarding WT year (588/587 BCE), all planetary observations fail miserably, all intervals (times between the sun and the moon settings and rising) failed too, and only seven lunar observations are a match. When you use a stringent criterion, then all of them fail.
What I liked about my research is that I relied on the most reliable sources that anyone can have: the predictable movement of the planets, the moon and the sun, which move independently of human will, wish or agenda.
This research nailed it for me:
"THE WATCHTOWER LIES DELIBERATELY"