“Can it be delayed until 1914?”

by Doug Mason 13 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Doug Mason

  Under the heading of "Can it be delayed until 1914?" in Zion's Watch Tower of July 15, 1894, Russell advised his readers that the trouble they were experiencing was taking place exactly as he had anticipated 17 years earlier.

  Russell's readers were concerned that, given the troubles they were experiencing, matters could not hold out until 1914.

  He comforted them with the information that 1914 was not the date for the beginning of the time of trouble, but for its end.

  The full text and a scan of that page from the Watch Tower is available at:

  http://www.jwstudies.com/Watchtower_1894_07_15_page_226.pdf

  Doug
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  DATA-DOG

  Thanks!! Yes, conditions were so bad that they had to be close to the END. JWs today say EXACTLY the same thing!

  DD
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  smiddy

  The end is just around the corner ......bloody big long corner .

  smiddy
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  Witness My Fury

  Silly Bible Students, if they had really been students of the bible instead of unwitting founders of just another cult they would have quickly deduced the bible for what it really is, a work of fiction.
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  Finkelstein

  the bible for what it really is, a work of fiction.

  But thats what religion is all about, that being turning fiction into something real and non-fiction.

  In that sense the WTS. is really no different than any other religion.
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  TheOldHippie

  Doug Mason, you are nothing but a liar! Have you not read and heard that world conditions were extremely peaceful and quiet in the years before 1914, that prominent politicians and historians have written that the world as we knew it, as we cherished it, disappeared in 1914, that the old, quiet, nice, stable, peaceful world abruptly was taken away from us all in 1914 and that we in stead got this terrible and unstable world that we have seen ever since? Just can't be, Doug, just can't be - it was PEACE back then, Doug, war came AFTER, you must not try to twist things around, Doug!
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  yadda yadda 2

  A certain scripture that speaks of a false prophet speaking presumptously comes to mind, what?
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  DS211

  Lol youre right old hippie! But imagine if it hadnt happendx the way it did the 60's never wouldve happened. :-( no doobies and free love.
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  mrquik

  The end is near- soon- any minute- close- right around the corner- impending- coming soon to theater near you- news at eleven............
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  Finkelstein

  Russell advised his readers that the trouble they were experiencing was taking place exactly as he had anticipated 17 years earlier.

  Russel was indeed a good salesman (conman) !

  What he learned from selling men's clothing apparel, he transposed that into his religious

  literature publications of the WTS., that is to keep the reading public allured to reading more of what he published, increasing sales as a result.

  In essence that engaging business profile has continued on with the WTS. to this day.

  Print and publish information that attracts a segment of the publics attention, then continue to exploit these people in

  proliferation of the organization's literature further. The WTS creates expansion to its literature distribution and creates

  more power and control over people's lives, as well increased wealth and profits. $$$