So the May 2004 Awake was left on my campus today. In their article about disease they list how many people have died from disease since 1914.
Smallpox 350-500 million
Tuberculosis 100-150 million
Malaria 80-120 million
Spanish Flu 20-30 million
Typhus 20 milliom
AIDS 20 million+
Page 13 "A look at the death toll from some of the major infectious diseas since 1914 confirms that this figurative horseman has indeed been riding. The worldwide suffering from "deadly plague" provides one further proof that the coming of God's Kingdom is near.*"
*Knowledge Book Chapter 11 reference.
Sheesh...any decent attempt to defend such nonsense would include death tolls at least years of equal number prior to 1914. The other thing that I find rather disturbing is the concept of jebus being in charge of stuff in heaven, but he lets all hell break loose down earthside, but maybe it refers to his instead of a throne... Just browsing through this crap...eh I hope to run into the person leaving these around for my students to read...
Sincerely,
District Overbeer