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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  Bungi Bill

  Karter,

  I, too, remember that - and similar - quotes.

  Bill.
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  Bungi Bill

  Leaving quietly,

  That is about as close as they (the WTS/GB) ever came to admitting they were wrong over that one. It is noteworthy, too, that it took until 1980 to get any sort of "apology" out of them about 1975!

  Also, according to Raymond Franz in Crisis of Conscience, this was a much watered-down apology than the one he suggested (while still a GB member).

  Bill.
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  Bungi Bill

  St George,

  Thanks for clarifying that point!
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  I know TTATT... so why do JW apologists still scare me?

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another of my rants.... .

  why am i still scared when i read something that the jw's have written?

  why does it still upset me to read jw literature?

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  Bungi Bill

  After having had several similar experiences myself, I start to comprehend what it was that attracted me to this #$%&ing bloody religion in the first place. And yes, it does defy all logic. (I think that is the major part of the problem).

  Bill
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  Bungi Bill

  Watson,

  The "Youth" book was released several years later, either 1976 or '77.

  One of the books released at the "Divine Victory" International Assemblies was "True Peace and Security - How can you find it?"

  Bill.
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  2. 
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  Bungi Bill

  How many here attended the "Divine Victory" International Assembly that was held 12- 16 December in Christchurch, New Zealand?

  The venue was Lancaster Park. If the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the February 2011 earthquake?

  Bill
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  Bungi Bill

  Whaaa?

  Are you not aware of - or have you forgotten about - the organisational changes that occurred in the early 1970s?

  The elder arrangement only came in from September 1st 1972 onwards, and the Governing Body was formed after that:

  -this was six years after the release of Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God and the beginning of the 1975 debacle.

  1975 was the dream-child of Crazy Fred Franz - nothing more, nothing less!

  Bill
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  Bungi Bill

  The Governing Body never said this:

  - simply because back then, there was no such thing as the Governing Body!

  Bill
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  JWs took off from work in 1975?

  by skeeter1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a friend of mine is an electrician supervisor.

  back in 1975, one of his employees was a jw.

  the jw was so convinced that 1975 would bring the end of the world, that the jw took off from work (like, the first week in january) and sat on the top of a north carolina mountain waiting for armegheddon.

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  Bungi Bill

  Dubs did really crazy things in that year.

  That they did. In fact, my overpowering memories of those years 1972 - 1975 are of mad people and mad times.

  Our congregation was then deemed to be in an area "where the need is great." As a consequence, we had so many families arrive from elsewhere:

  - ones who had sold their homes and invested everything in a large caravan, there to live for the "few remaining months of this system."

  The novelty seemed to wear off rather quickly, though - particularly when the local council's health inspector discovered some of these families living in rather insanitary conditions, and ordered them to be evicted. (Things wouldn't have been too comfortable, either, once the southern winter set in!)

  As for people going crazy with their credit card etc. :

  - to be honest, I never knew of one single instance of that happening.

  Selling ones home and going pioneering for the "few remaining months of this system" was certainly typical, though.

  Bill
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  Bungi Bill

  This (close to) 60 year old , who was a high school student back in 1969, is currently studying for the Advanced Diploma in engineering:

  - because he once believed that crap cited above.

  (SFPW, stick that in your pipe and smoke it!)

  Bill.