"Eager to see the end of this evil system, Jehovah's people have at times speculated about the time when the "great tribulation" would break out, even tying this to calculation of what is the lifetime of a generation since 1914. However, we "bring a heart of wisdom in," not by speculating about how many years or days make up a generation, but by thinking about how we "count our days" in bringing joyful praise to Jehovah (Psalm 90:12)."
Holy CRAP! "Jehovahs people have at times speculated"? NO SIR! That speculation came DIRECTLY from the WT-building! THEY taught us for years and years the the generation that saw 1914 (lol, so funny now in hinesight that that generation didn`t "see" shit, they weren`t told about the things they "saw" until around 1929) would "by no means pass until the end came"! What they did in that article in 1995 was just as bad as what they did in 1975! In 1975 I was 2 years old, thank God I didn`t have to experience that, my older sister and brother told me my mom just went nuts that year, in Armageddon-fever. In 1976, the WT of July 15, said:
" "It may be that some who have been serving God have planned their lives according to a mistaken view of just what was to happen on a certain date or in a certain year. They may have, for this reason, put off or neglected things that they otherwise would have cared for. But they have missed the point of the Bible's warnings concerning the end of this system of things, thinking that Bible chronology reveals the specific date.. it is not advisable for us to set our sights on a certain date, neglecting everyday things we would ordinarily care for as Christians, such as things that we and our families really need. We may be forgetting that, when the 'day' comes, it will not change the principle that Christians must at all times take care of all their responsibilities. If anyone has been disappointed through not following this line of thought, he should now concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint, seeing that it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises."
So CLEARLY, the WTBTS had NO responsibility for the failed predictions, it was just some "INDIVIDUAL" Jehovahs Witnesses that had been "speculating". Well, where did that speculationg come from? And CLEARLY, the same thing happened in 1995!
Now, I have nothing against some serious criminal activity, scams, hustling people for moeny and things like that, but THIS just really pushes my button. FIRST they lie and lie and make false predictions, and AFTER the predictions fail, they blame the speculation on the average little dub. The elder with the mic going: "Yes, you should all be ashamed, YOU were the ones that were speculation"...when its all there in black and white, as to whom were actually making doing the speculating! The WTBTS makes me SICK to my stomach! And if there is such a thing as God and Satan (which I doubt), I know whom the WTBTS belongs to, thats for sure!