I know I'm a bit late on this but I wanted to discuss the so called special talk. During the entire talk all I could think about was the fact that this was just another way for the society to keep the flock frightened about armageddon. Since their generation theory was basically going to be proved wrong they had to scrap that teaching. Now it looks like there will be constant references in the Watchtowers and public discourses about how close we are to the end.
In the early portion of the talk the scripture at Malachi 4:5 was used. "Look! I am sending to you people Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and fear inspiring day of Jehovah."
Basically they took this scripture and applied it to themselves. The WTBS is the prophet Jehovah has sent before this great and fear inspiring day. The problem with this is that if the WTBS is that prophet God sent to us, why has this prophet made constant mistakes in predictions and interpertations of God's word over the past century?
Another scripture that was used was Jeremiah 23:32. "Here I am against the prophets of false dreams is the utterance of Jehovah, who relate them and cause my people to wander about because of their falsehoods and because of their boasting. But I myself did not send them or command them. So they will by no means benefit this people is the utterance of Jehovah."
When the speaker read this scripture it was like he read a list of charges against the society.
Going strictly by the facts who has claimed to be a prophet and urged others to beleive in false dreams?
Who has boasted over the years and also cause people to wander and be in confusion as a result of their teachings?
Without needing to stretch or embellish the truth the history of the WTBS easily stands out when those questions are answered truthfully based upon the past teachings and history of the JWs.
Its interesting that more people don't realize this.