for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.
the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.
were you around during this “momentous “ time??
Hi Zeb,
The bloody bastards thought they had that one covered, too.
An extract from the Watchtower of 15th August 1968 ("Why are you looking forward to 1975?") stated:
This is not the time to be toying with the words of Jesus that "concerning that day and hour nobody knows , neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father." (Matt. 24:36)
Oh yeah, those that didn't swallow Crazy Fred's story about 1975 were indeed conspicuous by their silence during those years!
for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.
the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.
were you around during this “momentous “ time??
it was 1975 that got the ball rolling
That pretty much sums up my experience, too!
for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.
the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.
were you around during this “momentous “ time??
Those who didn’t fall for Crazy Fred’s story about 1975 were certainly conspicuous by their silence during the years leading up to it. I don’t recall ever hearing anybody voice any doubts about the WTS official line on that date.
the king of the north, that is, the king of the country geographically located north of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the seleucids of syria, in particular, the reign of antiochus iv epiphanes.
the king of the south, that is, the king of the country geographically located south of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the ptolemies of egypt.
daniel 11:40-45 prophesied that antiochus (king of the north) would make war once again against egypt, and would die on the coast of palestine “between the sea and the holy mountain”.
In other words the number of wars fought between the "King of the North and King of the South", as described in the bible book of Daniel, differs significantly from the actual number that were fought between the Greek dynasties in Syria and Egypt.
I guess that's what happens when you are dealing with a collection of Middle Eastern fairy tales!
you gotta wonder just how well jws are doing in "fulfilling their commission" in afghanistan, iran, malaysia, maldives, mauritania, nigeria, pakistan, qatar, saudi arabia, somalia, sudan, united arab emirates and yemen.
https://www.indy100.com/article/the-countries-where-apostasy-is-punishable-by-death--z110j2uwxb.
The Malaysian JW I knew reckoned you could always tell before entering a property whether or not a Muslim lived there. It sounded like the JWs in Malaysia go through the motions of carrying out a door-to-door campaign - but a very selective one!
the king of the north, that is, the king of the country geographically located north of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the seleucids of syria, in particular, the reign of antiochus iv epiphanes.
the king of the south, that is, the king of the country geographically located south of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the ptolemies of egypt.
daniel 11:40-45 prophesied that antiochus (king of the north) would make war once again against egypt, and would die on the coast of palestine “between the sea and the holy mountain”.
there was no third war
But I thought there were a total of six wars fought between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties, not two? Collectively, these are known to historians as the "Syrian Wars", and took place between 274 and 168 BC.
you gotta wonder just how well jws are doing in "fulfilling their commission" in afghanistan, iran, malaysia, maldives, mauritania, nigeria, pakistan, qatar, saudi arabia, somalia, sudan, united arab emirates and yemen.
https://www.indy100.com/article/the-countries-where-apostasy-is-punishable-by-death--z110j2uwxb.
A JW from Malaysia once told me that were they to even attempt to witness to just one Muslim person, the JWs would be banned from that country.
Instead, the Malaysian JWs focus on the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian elements of the population. And, as others here have correctly guessed, most of the "converts" have come from the Christian population.
(The majority of Malaysia's population is made up of the indigenous Malays, who are Muslim by religion. Chinese make up a large minority, most of whom are Buddhists. The other principal group are those whose ancestors came from what was then British India - the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Their religions are Hinduism, Islam - and to a lesser extent, Christianity).
do these democrats really think that if they protest and wail about anything they don’t like , that policies will change ?
they are really embarrassing themselves..
It is all to easy to get drawn into the use of loaded language with this one.
If they agree with you, they are merely just “protesting.” Every time!
However, those not in agreement with you are always “whining”, “crying”, “bawling” cry-babies.
Oh yeah!
just a hypothetical question.
if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.
i would.
This reminds me of the Canadian poet Robert Service, and his poem Song of the Wage Slave; the opening lines of which read:
and yet today's watchtower and indeed the bible condemns the israelites for moaning about having no water!
it's never occurred to me how unjust this is!
and how could a so called loving god not provide a basic human need?!.
Once again, those familiar with Jewish history would be quick to tell us that the Jewish writers of the Old Testament never intended their stories to be taken literally.
Why would you want to get bent all out of shape over a collection of Middle East fairy tales?
