Very good jdubla,
I caught it kinda - but couldn't figure it quite out (usual for me.)
I was in Indiana around 1978.......75 had come and gone....."but that just means that The End is getting closer and closer. Look at The World! Can it get much worse? It's sunk about as low as it can go! Surely The End is closer than we even think."
About speculation? JW's in general, thrive on it. It just makes common sense - look at the mags, all the ones on New Light, prophecy, problems of the world, the eminent end - all speculation. Are lowly jw's going to behave any differently than their masters - The Faithful and Discreet Slave Class? Especially after we've been taught to pattern our behavior, our thinking, our emotions, after them?
I have jw family ... you can see their wheels turning they want to talk about it so much. Problem is....their wheels are like gerbil wheels - round and round and round.
waiting