Even DEMONS were conned by the org into believing 1975 was the end!

BoogerMan

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yb71 p. 97 Country Reports (Part One) - "In Malta there is a monk reputed to have the powers of a seer, in the confessional being able to know a person’s sins before they are even confessed. A woman in one of the villages was having family trouble, and made a journey to this confessor in the hope of getting some hidden information by the monk’s psychic powers. After being told of the problem, the monk said: “Don’t worry about it, my dear, the end of all things is very near!” Another woman in the same village, somewhat opposed to the truth, told this to her husband, who is having a Bible study. He said: “Well, you believe it now; but I have been telling you this for months and you wouldn’t believe it.” Her attitude has been markedly more favourable since then. No doubt the demons are well aware of what the near future holds for them."

Sea Breeze

Watchtower moral of the story: Listen to the demons, they wouldn't lie to you.

TonusOH

Another woman in the same village, somewhat opposed to the truth, told this to her husband, who is having a Bible study. He said: “Well, you believe it now; but I have been telling you this for months and you wouldn’t believe it.”

She has spent the last 20 years annoying the crap out of him by constantly asking "so, is it the end yet? Huh? How about now? Is it the end now?" And then laughing when he gets up and stomps out of the room.

blondie

Well, I always reasoned this. Satan and his angels were there when Adam and Eve sinned (something jws believe). Then Satan must have know when the countdown started for the 6,000 years to end (and allowing 1,000 years for the testing). He could have guessed it would be around 1975 per the WTS interpretation of the timeline. Add to this, in the RNWT said that his followers would not know the day or the hour and that they should be on guard. The thief coming to steal from your house does not send a notice of when he/she is coming. Also Jesus said, that if you set a date, you can be sure it wasn't coming then. (You can tell I did not buy into the 1975 idea) Matthew 24:42-44 42 Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.43 “But know one thing: If the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.44 On this account, you too prove yourselves ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour that you do not think to be it."

raymond frantz

That's brilliant @BoogerMan more stories please 🤣🤣🤣

Rivergang

Then there is the old one about the Ouija Board. Story has it that a ouija board was asked what was going to happen in 1975, and in response the bloody thing exploded.

@Blondie

Of course, the “Ah buts” will protest that the demons are “in Tartarus”, a place of spiritual un-enlighenment, and so are incapable of putting two and two together. However, as one of the much maligned “Clergy of Christendom” once pointed out, the angels were there at the time of Eve’s creation - and if it were a simple matter of adding 6000 years to a certain date, then they should have been able to figure it out!

Anony Mous

Always found it interesting how these stories circulate. And the thing is they’re often not even JW stories. 1920s ouijamania has a lot of “original” stories but modern “ghost hunters” and other attention seekers have recreated some of those

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ghost-makes-ouija-board-glass--explode--in-spooky-video-162418683.html

”The end of all things is near” is just a quote from the Bible - monks and priests and pastors often quote the Bible.