The 1975 `prophecy` was mentioned in many places.The more dramatic
statements were made by COs or at conventions.There were also some
very leading statements in the KMs.The WT and Awake also included
several articles about it.One of the more blatant statements,however,
was at the beginning of the 1966 book entitled `Life Everlasting in
Freedom of the Sons of God`. On page 29 it states `According to this
trustworthy Bible Chronology six thousand years from man`s creation
will end in 1975, and the seventh period of a thousand years of human
history will begin in the Fall of 1975 C.E.` Two pages later the book
has a `dateline` of human history which ends with the dates 1975 and
2975.It lists them as the end of the 6th and 7th one thousnad year
`days`. In other words, the beginning and the end of the millenium.
There are many, many more such statements in WT literature which no
doubt others will bring to your attention. As you search and look back
at older WT publications, you will see that the society has basically
re-written their own history. In other words,what they are now saying
they taught and what they actually taught at the time are very different. The 1914 thing is a classic case. The WTS taught that by
1914 Armageddon would END, that the annointed would be taken to heaven, that Babylon would be destroyed, that Isreal would be restored
and that the 1000 yr.reign would began. Obviously, not a shread of the
original prophecy came to pass, so they re-wrote the contents.Since
very few Witnesses have the means to research the past they assume that the WTS is telling the truth.Thus history is re-written. A recent
classic example of this is the 2000 yearbook.When talking about the
history of the bros. in ,I believe, Czeckoslavokia the yearbook states
that AT NO TIME DID THEY SAY THE END WOULD COME IN 1975.In the real
world it`s called lying. In the society it`s ...`theocratic warfare`?
Do lot`s of searching into the facts.There are tons of actual copies
of older material on the net. Try freeminds.com. JWD
