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Think About It

but since she is deaf she has never seen the English literature, she has only seen the ASL video's.

Maybe she seen the Watchtower's "masterbation video" and is now questioning this bat-shit crazy cult.

Good luck.

AnnOMaly

http://ia600304.us.archive.org/27/items/WatchtowerLibrary/magazines/g/g1969_E.pdf

Scroll down to May 22, p. 14-15 - you'll get the quote about the young ones never growing old or fulfilling a career in this system.

1968 "'Adam Created At Close Of 'Sixth Day' Are we to assume from this study that the battle of Armageddon will be all over by the autumn of 1975, and the long-looked-for thousand-year reign of Christ will begin by then ? Possibly, but we wait to see how closely the seventh thousand-year period of man's existence coincides with the Sabbath-like thousand-year reign of Christ....It may involve only a difference of weeks or months, not years.' (Watchtower, Aug. 15, 1968, p499)

1968 "The immediate future is certain to be filled with climatic events, for this old system is nearing its complete end. Within a few years at most the final parts of Bible prophecy relative to these last days will undergo fulfilment resulting in the liberation of surviving mankind into Christ's glorious 1000 year reign!" (Watchtower, 1/5/1968)

1966 "Discussion of 1975 overshadowed about everything else. 'The new book compels us to realise that Armageddon is, in fact, very close indeed,' said a conventioneer." (Watchtower 15/10/1966, p 629)

1967 "Just think, 1975 marks the end of 6,000 years of human experience.....Will it be the time when God executes the wicked?....It very well could be, but we will have to wait to see.' (Watchtower, 1/5/1967, p 262)

1953 "After almost six thousand years of human sorrow, suffering and death, at last permanent relief is near at hand and will be realized within this generation." (New Heavens And A New Earth; 1953; p. 7)

1966 "According to this trustworthy Bible chronology six thousand years from man's creation will end in 1975, and the seventh period of a thousand years of human history will begin in the fall of 1975 C.E Six thousand years of man's existence on earth will soon be up, yea within this generation. The rein of Christ...to run parallel with the 7th millennium ..." (Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, 1966, p. 29-30)

If 1975 was never promoted, then why did so many leave the Org. after that date failed?

*** jvchap.28p.633TestingandSiftingFromWithin***

Following 1925, meeting attendance dropped dramatically

in some congregations in France and Switzerland. Again, in 1975, there was disappointment when expectations regarding the start of the Millennium failed to materialize. As a result, some withdrew from the organization

AndDontCallMeShirley

"Yes, the end of this system is so very near! Is that not reason to increase our activity?...Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world's end." (Kingdom Ministry, May 1974, p. 3)

compare to this statement to one made 58 years earlier:

1916: "We see no reason for doubting, therefore, that the Times of the Gentiles ended in October, 1914; and that a few more years will witness their utter collapse and the full establishment of God's kingdom in the hands of Messiah." (Watchtower Reprints, VI, Sept 1, 1916, p. 5950)

1993 (The society's latest 'History' book - "Jehovah's Witnesses, Proclaimers of God's Kingdom", 1993) [Note: At the end of this book there is a chronological section called 'Notable Dates'. The predictions for 1925 and 1975 don't even get a mention! Talk about rewriting history to gullible young converts!]

"In what year, then, would the first 6,000 years of man's existence and also the first 6,000 years of God's rest day come to an end? The year 1975."
--Awake! 10/18/1966, p.19

Gojira_101

Thank you so much ADCMS!!! It's not quite what I was looking for but it will help me for the time being and it has the quotes with what WT it's from!

If my friend will listen to this, then I will have more time to get her the actual mags if she wants to see them.

I'm off to go see her now.

Thank you again ADCMS!

Gojira

AndDontCallMeShirley

Gojira-

I have many more quotes I can provide but your time is limited since you're meeting your friend in an hour.

Lay the groundwork with what I've provided and see where it goes. If you need more WT quotes, let me know.

The false dates/false prophecies started with Russell, so there is a lot more that can be said on this subject.

The WT claims it never made any definitive prophecies about 1914, 1925 or 1975. If that is so, then why did huge numbers of JWs leave the Org. when these dates passed without anything happening? JWs have no way to speculate on dates then print literature by the millions promoting their views; only the WT Society can do this. Any group-think regarding dates could only come from the source inventing the ideas- the WT.

You're welcome!