People reading this thread may ask why we are making such a fuss about the Watchtower Society's ducking-and-diving over the Generation Game. It is because the Watchtower Society have always made a lot of noise about the importance of accurate pedictions. Foe example, in 1972, the Society, eager to accuse others of false prophecy made the following statement. Their own words, intended to apply to others, sum up their own failings with startling accuracy:
Jehovah the God of the true prophets will put all false prophets to shame either by not fulfilling the false prediction of self-assuming prophets or by having his own prophecies fulfilled in a way opposite to that predicted by false prophets. False prophets will try to hide their reasons for feeling shame by denying who they really are. They will try to avoid being killed or pronounced spiritually dead by Jehovah’s loyal worshippers… they would place love of God and his inspired word above all personal friendships with fleshy relatives or associates.
Paradise Restored to Mankind byTheocracy- pages 353,354
Yes! These really are the Watchtower Society’s own words. Many loyal and sometimes high-ranking Jehovah's Witnesses have concluded that the Watchtower Society shows all the signs of a false prophet. Their conscience has moved them to leave the organization and their relatives, friends and associates. They were prepared to pay a price to stand up for truth, as men and women throughout history have done. The price of freedom and truth can be high But what price is to be paid for denying truth?
