by Jourles 3 Replies latest jw friends
"The earth will never be destroyed or depopulated but will become a peaceful paradise."
. http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
So much for telling everyone under our breath that they will be part of the 6-odd billion that will be destroyed when Armageddon comes. How else would you define "depopulated?"
Dictionary.com defines depopulated as:
"To reduce sharply the population of, as by disease, war, or forcible relocation." ( http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=depopulated)
Liars!
Maybe animals will be the population of the earth. It doesn't seem fair that they should have to clean up our mess.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. - Horace
I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. - Dorothy Dix
Yeah, if they're countin the insect population, then we have to say that six billion going is a mere blip on the scale.
Strikes me as normal watchtower get-out habits. I can see it now: "Brotehrs, can you believe that some outside the organisation are so arrogant as to believe that MAN is the only population of the earth?"
THe return of the shadowy brother SOME....
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The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
