The End is near!..for my great, great,great grandfather...

by TTWSYF 8 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  TTWSYF

  So it occurred to me how crazy the WTS is and has been.

  If I am 25 years old and my parents had me when they were 25, my grandparents were 25 when they had my parents, and their parents were 25 and so on and we were witnesses, what would we think?

  My point?

  My great, great, great grandparents were around 25 years old when the Judge was promoting the end of times in the 1870s. Every generation since has been told by the WTS that the end was eminent. Thank God that they did not sell their homes and belongings waiting on the WTS interpretation of the bible.

  They were all taught that they were not going to die.

  What do we tell our kids about the future?
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  Nathan Natas

  "when the Judge was promoting the end of times in the 1870s."

  You really owe it to yourself to get a more accurate grasp of JW history; lest you sound silly.
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  DesirousOfChange

  "The Judge" was about 1 year old in 1870. But we get your point...............Doc
  
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  steve2

  TTWSYF, spell-check nazi here:

  The end is never "eminent", it is always "imminent".

  Yes, the question of successive generations being told the end is imminent is an intriguing one.

  But let's extend the focus beyond JWs:

  Since Christ's death over 2,000 years ago (!) how many successive generations of believers have been told the end is imminent? How do they sustain belief, given John implored Christ in his vision less than 100 years after Christ's death to "Come quickly, Lord Jesus."

  it is s mockery for Bible-believing Christians to do earnest "hop scotches" through Scripture to provide some convoluted nonsensical explanation for the second coming tarrying over more than 2,000 years. And still the suckers hang on, desperately hoping the end is actually imminent. I would call these people "eminent" fools.
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  TTWSYF

  "when the Judge was promoting the end of times in the 1870s."

  You really owe it to yourself to get a more accurate grasp of JW history; lest you sound silly.

  HAHA, Too late for me now,

  "The Judge" was about 1 year old in 1870. But we get your point...............Doc

  Feeling like the scarecrow a little...

  Since Christ's death over 2,000 years ago (!) how many successive generations of believers have been told the end is imminent? How do they sustain belief, given John implored Christ in his vision less than 100 years after Christ's death to "Come quickly, Lord Jesus."
  

  I think that the end was usually thought of as a personal end as opposed to an extinction level event. We all are born to die within a limited amount of time, but the world? Who could possible know?

  Thanks for the corrections though... I'm still learning
  
  
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  konceptual99

  Your mistake is thinking of a generation in the terms you describe. You need to get with the program and redefine your understanding to match a generation as 'splaned by Splane and the WTS.

  Rookie.

  
  
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  millie210

  I get the intent you are stating TTWSFY.

  You raise a good question as to what we tell our own young people.

  I guess we can learn from the past and at the very least not repeat the mistakes of our loved ones who went before us.

  Thanks for your thought provoking post!
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  redpilltwice

  Judge Pastor
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  steve2

  Judge Pastor

  For the record:
  

  The self-styled "Pastor" Charles Taze Russell who died in 1916. The first president of the Watchtower Society

  His "successor", the self styled "Judge" Joseph Rutherford who died in 1942.