Incidentally thing happened that scared many around that time.
WT implied they knew the “day and hour.”, so ‘don’t toy’ with contradictory argument, they said..
OIL EMBARGO, even some scared head of state said there was no way out of the crisis, fyi then came 911, 30 years later.
President Nixon resigned, “I am not a crook”
President Gerald Ford went to Helsinki for a “WORLD PEACE” conference.
Some jw stored food to survive…
My parents practically gave away everything, abandoned rights and property, so I ended up helping them "survive", the one out of the religion but the one more stable economically, i wonder why... I had to play catch up of course.
Some resigned good jobs. Forget about any needed surgery etc etc
They were acts that showed real faith, you know.
The “last” big international convention “before big A” took place in 1973, missionaries were given the “last chance” to see their relatives.
Two scary “kingdom news” pamphlets were distributed to “1/7” of earth population. I wish i can get one of those. They were really insulting to church and politicians. BTW the WT have no respect for the separation of religion and state. No wonder they have been "persecuted", banned. Some times you get what you deserve.
Then, around 1977, the infamous wt magazine issue blaming the R&F, for believing in fantasy. After that I lost confidence in the old boys in Brooklyn. CoC only confirmed everything I don’t know why I got the book so late, lack of advertising I guess.