When you read the pseudapigraphical 2nd Peter chapter 3 and other NT writings about the parousia and how close it is, or why it hasn't happened yet, why is it a surprise that the WT/JW's get it wrong all the time ?
If those early Chrisitian writers could make totally false claims, and yet their words are supposed to be "inspired of God", why is it so wrong that the WT/JW's do the same ?
Cut 'em some slack fellers, the WT may be false prophets, over and over, but they are in good company.
Indeed they are in good company. Jack Van Impe Ministries made the mistake of getting too carried away in tying current events to Bible prophesy and make a prediction of when the tribulation will begin (somewhere around 1998). The Millerites, the Adventists, Ellen G White, Harold Camping, and many many others.
The main problem I see with the witnesses is that they are so quick to condemn other people's religious beliefs while hiding behind "human error" to justify their own blunders. You can't have it both ways. I told Brother Hero during our study that I believed that when it came to 'accurate teachings' concerning God and Christ that I believed NONE of the churches really had it 100% correct. My point was why bicker and fight the way we do and have the Christian religion split into some 40,000 schisms?
My experience with the IFB's taught me early on to doubt any church that claims to have the 'true teachings.' This experience caused me to never fully accept the witnesses claims to teach TRUTH. Their failed predictions simply validate my stand.