by FatFreek 2005 10 Replies latest watchtower scandals
This quote is from a Kingdom Ministry, advertising to its members (I was one until 1977) in the year 1970.
"A new circuit assembly program is scheduled to begin in September. We believe you will find it most informative and upbuilding. The public talk will be “Who Will Conquer the World in the 1970’s?” Kingdom Ministry Announcements, July 1970, p. 3"You will probably recognize the name tags of both the president and vice president of the WTBTS at the time.
A sneaky way of putting a time on it, without actually stating “The day or the hour”.
A good way to whet our appetites for 1975.
It would be great to print some of those lapel badges and wear them to the Kingdom Hall or a Regional Convention.
It would be great to print some of those lapel badges and wear them to the Kingdom Hall or a Regional Convention.
Yes, and at risk of DFing for being apostate.
As the 70's decade had begun some 7 months earlier, the theme of the upcoming circuit assembly -- Who Will Conquer the World in the 1970’s? -- made a prophetic worldwide devastation sound so authoritative.
The question to us sheeples left little to the imagination. It wasn't a matter of if it would happen because the utterance came from the most scholarly and reliable source we knew. This source made it easy for our imagination. They lovingly gave us a narrow window of years -- 1970 through 1979 -- in which our prayers would be answered.
The problem for the source, the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses, would be if the year 1980 rolled around and no worldwide devastation had taken place. Then, their profound question which did contain huge prophetic implications could be pounced on by their enemies.
Calling Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses false prophets could therefore be true.
To us faithful followers of this authoritative group of prophets we were left stunned and disappointed. What more about this worldwide conquest during the 1970's decade would be said within subsequent pages of Watchtower publications? What would this loving and scholarly and reliable governing body tell us to heal our wounds.
To those keeping count it has been more than 40 years since the 1980's began. In all those years not a smidgen of ink has darkened Watchtower pages to alibi their way out of the 1970's conquest that never happened.
Yes, their enemies would be correct in their criticism.
Besmudging The Holy Name, making millions of their frontline "kingdom proclaimers" the laughing stock in the communities, still at it with their drawn out 1914 saga. pathetic.
'still at it with their drawn out 1914 saga. pathetic.'
I think 1914 will and is starting to 'fade' or be distanced away.
Yes, at the time we all knew, we just knew that momentous things even the Gt. Tribulation was all going to happen in the 1970s . We knew 6000 years of man’s existence was up in ‘75. That had to be important because the Society said it was !
People were starting to talk about world pollution and ecology. The ‘Truth book’ contained the quote that “ The world will be too dangerous to live in “ . The Wt made a big thing of a book entitled’Famine 1975’ ….. excitement was mounting.
And then nothing happened …
The JW's were big fans of Paul Ehrlich (The Population Bomb) and Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) back then.
They (The JW's) don't seem to be as susceptible to sensationalism today, but I could be wrong.
