DJS,
Your stance is perfectly understandable.
What I dislike about this website is it's misleading name. I found it thinking it was a place where JW's discussed their beliefs and what not. I joined so I could possibly witness to the Jehovah's Witness about Jesus Christ our Savior. The Lord has called me to witness to them. But all I see here are atheists. I don't mind sharing points of view but I can't stand the blasphemy some people post. It's upsetting. Hopefully, you can understand my zero tolerance for that. :)
LIke I posted to Dismember, I came here per request. I'm trying to help someone struggling with their faith, but there is only so much I can do. I wish I could do more him, for all of you, but I am finite. I am limited.
I also understand your view of us having a millenia of the signs of the end times. But this generation is truly different. Israel began a nation in 1948 for the second time in history (a fulfilled prophecy). That is where you start from. Prophecies and fulfillment: increased knowledge, advances in transportation, the decay of morality, the senseless violence, the extreme weather, the technology to track every living being on the planet, the UN and Agenda 21, the State of the World Forum, the visions of Mary occurring and preaching a one world religion, the existence of the Illuminati (Freemason, Skull and Bones, Bilderberg Group), the government creating nuclear weapons and creating chemicals for bio-warfare (check out Lyme disease and Plum Island). All this has increased exponentionally and is increasing in intensity. I grew up in the 80's and stuff was a lot different back then. I remember when everybody had landlines and boomboxes, lol. Now we have tablets, smartphones, mp3 players and microchips.
Those are just some of the things occurring. The Watchtower is right about it being near the end. But they have missed the interpretations of a lot of prophecies and seem to think they can predict the exact date of Armageddon.
