Why do dubs act as if 1975 wasn't failed prophesy or misleading?

by NotaNess 64 Replies latest jw experiences

  • Mary
    Mary
    Mad said: Those STUPID enough to put faith in the speculation of one of our writers left! Those (like me) who knew better- just ignored it, trying to help the non-thinkers see it as Speculation, rather than a Divine Revelation. No excuse- just fact. Now there are probably others giving excuses- but it was simply the imagination of one of our writers!

    You're full of shit and you know it. This wasn't just "speculation" and it certainly wasn't just "the imagination of one of our writers". In case you're too stupid to know this, all articles written in the literature has to be approved from the top. No one is allowed to simply write down something that they're 'speculating' on. What planet are you from?

  • DannyHaszard
    DannyHaszard

    It was the SHOT HEARD AROUND the WATCHTOWER WORLD I was THERE 11 years of age Montreal Canada in 1967 sitting outside on the grass getting bitten by a few ants when a hush came over the crowd as the speaker elaborated on the 1975 date as the 'possibility' of it being 6000 years post Adam's creation in the year 4026 BC and consequently the start date of Christ 1000 year rein. The date came with it's (red) book release sold by the tens of millions. 99% of ALL Jehovah's Witnesses from that moment foreward lived & died for 1975. It was like Paul Revere's ride to the American revolution.
    Anyone who denies it is a liar just like the holocaust deniers of today. http://jehovahwitness.vox.com/ My story forever The shot heard around the watchtower world was 1975

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut

    Simple! Those STUPID enough to put faith in the speculation of one of our writers left! Those (like me) who knew better- just ignored
    it, trying to help the non-thinkers see it as Speculation, rather than a Divine Revelation.

    Writers are anonymous so that the rank and file will believe that the writings are approved by Jehovah himself, as
    Fred Franz has admitted Jehovah is the editor. Rank and file are not allowed to openly reject anything the WT
    prints- that would be the same as rejecting the Governing Body, God's representative, which shows a lack of faith.

    It was not just one article to question. Several articles and Podium speakers at conventions, assemblies, Halls
    kept perpetuating this false prophesy. Honestly, Mad, you are not allowed to question that much and remain in
    good standing.

    Notice this excerpt from Our Kingdom Ministry. Look it up in your own WT Library:

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    km 5/74 p. 3 How Are You Using Your Life?***

    ...By carefully and prayerfully examining our own circumstances, we also may find that we can spend more time and energy in preaching during this final period before the present system ends. Many of our brothers and sisters are doing just that. This is evident from the rapidly increasing number of pioneers.

    Yes, since the summer of 1973 there have been new peaks in pioneers every month. Now there are 20,394 regular and special pioneers in the United States, an all-time peak. That is 5,190 more than there were in February 1973! A 34-percent increase! Does that not warm our hearts? 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.—1 John 2:17.

  • DannyHaszard
  • DannyHaszard
  • DannyHaszard
  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    Mad..You lie!..Whats the point?...1975 was the subject of many WBT$ articles in WBT$ liturature,millions of copies were printed over the years..Talks about the subject of 1975 were given from the platforms of Kingdom Halls and Assemblys all over the world..You would have us believe 1 writer did all this over a period of "Decades" and WBT$ never noticed?..???......"NOTHING"in the WBT$,happens without WBT$ approval..EVER!!..And..You Know It!.....That makes you a Liar...OUTLAW

  • DannyHaszard
    DannyHaszard

    Chalk Hill landmark sold for condos

    By Gregory J. Wilcox
    Staff Writer

    WOODLAND HILLS -- A decades-old San Fernando Valley landmark once owned by the late Bob Hope has been sold to a residential development partnership for $25 million, officials said Wednesday.

    It's the first time the 8.3-acre parcel, on what is known as Chalk Hill, has changed hands since the Jehovah's Witnesses bought it from Hope in 1974.

    Look at this,the Watchtower bought this one year before the end of the world 1975,at a time that i remember they were ordering the rank and file dubs to liquidate their assets and go all out for the Kingdom of God.

    This is also a time period that Brooklyn H.Q.was really crying poor mouth ( JW children were sending in their piggy banks {Jehovah's pennies} i was giving them my paper route and egg money from my 20 hens). I alone have been extorted tens of thousands of dollars of my life savings by the greedy bastards as an adult.

    The end Armageddon was expected to come on or about the month of October 1975 as the watchtower prophets say big Bible events occur in October.

    99% of Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide were holding their breath.When nothing happened the Watchtower urban legend rumor mill damage control went into high output and spun an addendum on "how long did it take for Adam to name the animals"?? For several years later we had to endure flak and eat crow door to door because EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT 1975. The first assembly after the 'big' event the speaker (from Bethel no less) gets up to speak and bellows out jokingly; "ARMAGEDDON AIN'T A COMING SO I'M A GETTING OUTTA HERE" that relieved the tension that had built up. See,Danny Haszard was there
  • ninja
    ninja

    mad...are you there?....you will eventually have to be honest with yourself at one point like we all had to...painful ...but you feel better with yourself after you do...all the best mate

  • Handsome Dan
    Handsome Dan

    Fear is power and control folks believe in that ! It's also used as a markrting tool, they have the freedom of press and they darn well know it !

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