March 15, 2012 - Nuclear warheads mentioned first time in since'94 in WT

by bats in the belfry 10 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  bats in the belfry

  Their fear mongering antics are out of whack: The momentous times have nothing but gotten better, not worse. Good thing there is proof.
  
  
  
  
  The Christian ministry has always been urgent, but now it is more critical than ever. Since 1914, the composite sign described in God’s Word has become clear. (Matt. 24:3-51) Mankind’s survival is threatened as never before. Despite recent agreements, the superpowers still have some 2,000 nuclear warheads ready to launch. ...

  w12 03/15 p. 18 par. 14 / Maintain your Sense of Urgency
  
  
  but in 1980:

  ...for Britain’s New Scientist reports: “There are about 60,000 nuclear warheads in today’s arsenals, with an explosive power equivalent to more than 16,000 million tons of TNT (equal to 1,250,000 Hiroshima bombs).”

  w80 10/15 p. 16 par. 18 / Are We Nearing Armageddon?

  and in 1984:

  In mid-1982, SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) reported that the “south” was capable of delivering 9,540 nuclear warheads having a total explosive power of 3,448 megatons, compared with 8,802 warheads of the “north” with a force of 4,535 megatons.

  w84 4/1 pp. 18 par. 13 / Heed God’s Prophetic Word for Our Day
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  jay88

  I am sooooooo, tired of talking and hearing about,.....nuclear weapons.
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  jonathan dough

  Using the threat of nuclear war to scare in new JW converts is reprehensible, but make no mistake about it, World War III and Armageddon will happen. Only a fool believes that World War III will not happen.
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  jay88

  Only a fool believes that World War III will not happen.
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  Think About It

  Only a fool believes that World War III will not happen.

  Please enlighten us on what to expect in the coming WWIII....inquiring minds are dying to know.

  Think About It
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  bats in the belfry

  jay88 > Freddies words on the subject of nuclear holocaust more than 50 years ago are quite illuminating.

  It is therefore not surprising to find this world’s leaders engaged in an all-out and feverish armaments race as if they could withstand even the Almighty God when it comes to a showdown at Armageddon. Speed enthusiasts of this fast-moving, supersonic-jet age seem to think they can outstrip Jehovah, outmaneuver, outfly and outrun his scheduled timetable for the accomplishment of his divine purposes. Alas! How foolish their wisdom! How shallow their good sense! How utterly futile their stockpile of material supplies and lethal weapons! Man’s mightiest explosions equal only a small fraction of the power exerted by an average earthquake. It is an admitted fact that the greatest “A” and “H” bombs yet devised cannot even affect the weather. How much less the possibility that such adventures in nuclear fission can rock the earth on its axis! Why, even the noise of these giant “firecrackers” is heard but a comparatively few miles away. How idiotic, then, to think such explosions disturb the immeasurable expanse of the heavens above when they are never heard outside our immediate atmosphere! Obviously the foaming and agitation caused by the social strife, racial riots, labor strikes and political revolutions that continually plague mankind are even less significant in the eyes of the Sovereign Ruler of the universe. Of a truth, none of man’s novel experiments, none of his passing fancies and none of this century’s social upheavals disturb the serenity and eternity of the great Jehovah God. Gnats in the air may be annoying to be around, but they are most insignificant to the proper, divinely ordained rotation of the earth. A few buzzing grasshoppers a thousand miles away never disturb your peace or cause you to take them into account in your daily affairs. How much less do you suppose the crowing and croaking of today’s boasting, bragging propagandists upset the purposes of the Almighty, who resides far above the confines of this mundane sphere? Remember, in his estimation the nations and all of earth’s inhabitants “are as grasshoppers.”—Isa. 40:22.

  w54 8/1 pp. 473-474 par. 6
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  The JHWH

  Nothing.
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  punkofnice

  So. Let me get this straight. Instead of the washtowel celebrating that the world is down to just 2000 nuclear weapons they are squeezing every last drop of misery out of it they can. Utter propaganda!

  The watchtower(TM) are such morons. It's all going the wrong way for them..........

  Nuclear weapons count down.

  'Anionted'(TM) count up.

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Twats!
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  Jeffro

  When the Revelation book was 'amended' a few years ago, one of the things they did was remove references to the 'nuclear' threat.

  Specifically:

  • "accidental nuclear war" was changed from "mathematically certain in the next 25 years" to "possible"
  • the 'impending' "threat" was changed from "nuclear war" to "terrorism"
  • reference to a "diabolical nuclear age" was removed

  So it's amusing that they're still milking as much fear as they can from the remaining nuclear warheads.
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  punkofnice

  I no longer worry about such things. I'm just as likely to get killed by an anvil falling from a high building as I am being vapourised in a nuclear mushroom.

  Perhaps this is why the WBT$ has shares in Rand Corp, they want weapons of mass destruction to proliferate. Perhaps the WBT$ hope to bring a nuclear holocaust. From the bunkers in Brooklyn the 7 paedo protectors would say: 'See. We told you so!'