by Beans 10 Replies latest watchtower bible
As brother Quotes is away he has informed me that a new section has been added 1975 http://www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/1975.htm
You can also listen to Brother Fred Franz tell us when exactly the end is coming http://www.watchtowernews.org/media/fredfranz75an.html
Beans
Poor Freddy. What a clueless, deluded soul he was. He not only mentioned 1975, and he not only mentioned the month of September in 1975, and he not only mentioned the 5th of September, 1975, he mentioned SUNDOWN on September 5th, 1975!
That was twenty-seven years ago and he's long gone and buried. What an embarrassment he was for his pet cult.
Farkel
Freddie says in his high pitched Rosan Rosanadana impersonation:
OH!!! WELL!!!! NEVERNIND.
Jst2laws
Yes Farkel, now I know why everybody sold there houses around that time!
Beans
Stuff like this has to be difficult for Ray Franz.
Hugs to everyone on this thread.
WHEN and WHERE did Franz make this statement?
In fairness I have to say that he DID employ some "weasel words" to cover his ass, didn't he? YET, here he was, "the" FRED FRANZ, saying what he said, and just a few years later the WTS would try to make it seem that only some illiterate moron fringe-witness yokels were "speculating" about Armageddon. Whose faithful and discreet lead were they following?
- Nathan, Illiterate Moron Fringe Yokel Class
Where is everyone who says this never happened? Where are they now!
Why aren't they here defending? Calling it all lies!
I think Joe has only been a Witness for seven years. I think anybody who was a Witness pre-1975 and now is saying that the witnesses didn't preach the end coming in 1975 HAS to know inside that it is a lie. And they call it "The Truth" LOL
Cheri
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Einstein
I think anybody who was a Witness pre-1975 and now is saying that the witnesses didn't preach the end coming in 1975 HAS to know inside that it is a lie.
Interestingly, people have the ability to remake their own histories. We all do it. However, JW's take that a step further in that their own religious leaders encourage - and rewrite books to help with this reshaping. The Proclaimers Book is a good example - remaking their own history to be more palatable for their readers, who for the most part, are uneducated, not trained in logical thinking, so therefore, somewhat easy to mold however the leaders want. And that's what we all were.
My mil & husband were discussing a couple of years ago about how "some brothers went off the deep end and weren't balanced about 1975." I couldn't believe what I was hearing! They maintained that the Society never said anything wrong - just brothers "read into their words too much." After arguing with them, my husband slowly remembered a brother he knew, quite balanced, selling his home, throwing his business away, pioneering, elder......and then starting over again.
I had a close friend who committed suicide in 1979.....and the failure of 1975 played a big part in his continued depression during those years. He LIVED to see THE END of this system. His whole life fell apart afterwards, job, marriage, friends, etc., - he could never recoup. I remember him quoting every word that came from CO's & DO's talk about "the remaining months."
Was he to blame? To a certain degree - he was a True Believer. But the WTBTS urged his unbalance on, goaded him, put The Prize of Everlasting Life in front of him - and then he hung himself. 29 years old.
waiting
Wow, I just thought of something! My dad didn`t buy his first house until 1977 I WONDER WHY?
Beans
