1914 only mentioned ONCE in new book! Can anyone confirm this? (page 3)

oldseeker

Yknot:

Not yet, but I'm sure we all will hear more very soon. Our Circuit Assembly is coming up and I'm told to expect a lot of anti-education and anti-materialism talks along with the "end is imminent" booster shot.

Oldseeker

civicsi00

Although 1914 is only mentioned once in this new book, it does not mean it is going away.

The foundation of the current Watchtower religion is that the Kingdom was established in that year. They've stated and re-stated that their message is different from Christendom, in that they are preaching, not of a coming kingdom, but of onealready established. That's the key part.

If they were to do away with 1914, what would their message be? They would also have to select another year for the start of the "last days", for the approximate time period Satan was kicked out of heaven (because it wasn't necessarily in 1914, but on or after it), and for their 1919 appointment.

It ain't happening anytime soon. Sorry people.

Finally-Free

1914 will become the same as 1975 - it never happend - the jws never said that the end was near...

Yes, and in another 20 years they'll be putting the blame on the publishers™ for engaging in too much speculation.

W

The Almighty Homer

( 1914 ) It was always self promoting propaganda intensionally devised to propagate their literature and to promote their publishing business.

The JWS are not really true Christians in a real sense, they are though true WTS publishers, who push and sell the WTS's literature to the public.

To change too many established doctrines in a given amount of time would erode the believability that this is the one and only real spiritedly guided

organization. The reason 1914 doesn't get mention much any more is because it closely ties in with " that generation that saw those things bull crap ".

Newly indoctrinated JWS would probably not even know about the significance of 1914 or 1919 or 1925 or 1975. they essential are getting indoctrinated

in a some what differently way than what you and I were previously, done on purpose of course.

steve2

Well, if crusty old Adventists from the 19th century could start toning down their urgent references to 1844 - they year they loudly predicted would herald Christ's return and the end of the world - it will be absolutely no problem for the JWs to inch move away from the old-style inflammatory references about 1914.

To the newer generations of JWs, it would never ever have been an issue anyway. Where self-interest is paramount, human memory is conveniently short and self-serving. Pity the fools.

The Almighty Homer

By infrequently mentioning 1914 has another significant importance in that the long time JWS who do remember that crucial date in their doctrines

might stimulate some doubts.

M ustn't have doubts you know this is a religious cult and it survives off of believability, no believability, no cult which equates to no money, no power.

willyloman

Witness conundrum:

"1914 is God's date, not man's."

"We're not serving for a date."

OK, so which is it?

wanderlustguy

Wont it be ironic when the New Light shows that the fall of 1975 is the start of the time referred to as "This Generation"?

1914 only mentioned ONCE in new book! Can anyone confirm this?

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