This is something that was never entirely clear to me, but practically no interpretation of it makes any sense. As I recall, the JWs have some interpretation of the Revelation accounts, or possibly one of the other cryptic visions, involving beasts and world governments that predicted that the United States government (or maybe it was the UN?) was going to one day wake up to The Truth and declare war on false religion (Babylon the Great). I could be entirely wrong, because the only strong memory I have of this was when I got home from school on 9/11/2001 and my mother was convinced that it was going to result in the U.S. declaring war on Islam and starting the irradication of false religion and thus lead to Armagedon.
So I was just wondering if anyone might have any links or clippings from some WT publications that might make their position on this at least slightly more clear? Because like I said, I can't quite tell if this was an actual official doctrine or just the result of a game of religious telephone resulting in some very strange ideas. Of course it might also be my mistake because of the above mentioned experience with my mother while I was still trying to break away from the Organization and was very depressed and otherwise troubled.
War on "false religion"?
by apfergus 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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apfergus
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blondie
Current examples of the UN predictions
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/117502/2062818/post.ashx#2062818
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jgnat
What might be kind of funner is to try and get a JW to explain it to you. Who goes down first; Christendom or Bethel?