Just as Jesus predicted, his “presence” as heavenly King has been marked by dramatic world developments—war, famine, earthquakes, pestilences. (Matthew 24:3-8; Luke 21:11) Such developments bear powerful testimony to the fact that 1914 indeed marked the birth of God’s heavenly Kingdom and the beginning of “the last days” of this present wicked system of things.—2 Timothy 3:1-5
this is lifted from the JW website article on 1914. It is NOT funny how they fooled so many of us. I read this and went:
Hang on a minute! These things could only be a sign if they had NOT occured before! But history is liberally peppered with all these and pestilences that make some of todays look like common colds.
This 'Jesus' fellow predicted NOTHING NEW. And then Peter had the audacity to add that those who thought like this were in fact proving it WAS the last days! Talk about circular reasoning!
Its like me claiming to be the returned messiah based on predicting it will rain next winter.
Old news to many of you i am sure... there was a time i wouldn't sleep if i dared think like this!
oz
EDIT: From 'what does the bible really teach'
A WAR IN HEAVEN
4 The preceding chapter in this book explained that Jesus Christ became King in heaven in the year 1914. (Daniel 7:13, 14) Soon after he received Kingdom power, Jesus took action. “War broke out in heaven,” says the Bible. “Michael [another name for Jesus] and his angels battled with the dragon [Satan the Devil], and the dragon and its angels battled.”* Satan and his wicked angels, the demons, lost that war and were cast out of heaven to the earth. God’s faithful spirit sons rejoiced that Satan and his demons were gone. Humans, however, would experience no such joy. Instead, the Bible foretold: “Woe for the earth . . . because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.”—Revelation 12:7, 9, 12.
5 Please notice what would result from the war in heaven. In his fury, Satan would bring woe, or trouble, upon those on earth. As you will see, we are now living in that time of woe. But it will be relatively brief—only “a short period of time.” Even Satan realizes that. The Bible refers to this period as “the last days.”
So if Satan is responsible for the trouble post 1914, who is to blame for the last 6000 years of trouble? And if satan is, then it makes no sense that he takes out his fury on mankind by doing what he has always done...?