Journeyman - all valid points that most of us see clearly here, but few in the Organization will admit.
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by xaminewt 14 Replies latest watchtower bible
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ThomasMore
I recall summer conventions that included resolutions that were intended to stir the attendees. They were pitiful attempts to make WTC sound like they were spiritually significant. As a young person, I was floored at the chicanery and wondered if others were also.
Cedar Point was such a silly place to drive a prophetic stake in the ground. WTC was depending on the naivete of the publishers to float such a stretch.
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Thomas
From what family has told the conventions were mostly dust or mud-couldnt hold a stake.
All pretty undramatic happenings
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xaminewt
Thanks for all the replies so far. Yeah, I agree it's ridiculous, just still seems odd that they could take a the period of 1,290 days and make it fit at all, even if the fit is really bad. After all I could imagine them not being able to find a fit at all. I'm like "this is absolutely stupid, I don't believe it, but what's the odds of them being able to find a fit at all?" All I can think is with there are so many possible ways to shoehorn the prophecy (if it had landed on any of the 9 days of the convention it would equally look like a fit, or it could have landed on the memorial that would have been some mind of "fit") it's not as unlikely as it sounds at first. There's also the fact that the 1,290 days in Dan 12:11 seem to be referring back to Dan. 11:31, and WT claim Dan. 11:31 apply to events around WW1, so surely Dan. 12:11 should be about WW2 too, if they wanted to be consistent. -
NotFormer
"...if they wanted to be consistent"
Herein lieth their problem!
It looks like they* found the first dating method that fit the agenda du jour. None of them make sense, even at first, and trying to make them line up with each other is a fool's errand.
* Probably meaning Rutherford and his toadies.