Ethos.. I'm just wondering if I'm invisible here or you just don't want to answer my question. This is the third time I'm asking and hopefully this time you'll do me the courtesy of replying. I noticed you answered SD-7's question but only half of it, not the half I refered to. So I'll repost both questions for you as they are similar in content. It seems to me that JWs NEED 607BCE, which is why they (like you) will tie themselves up in knots to try and corroborate something that has no historical or archaeological backing whatsover and the only real backing they have is scripture that can be interpreted in different ways. (One of those ways actually fitting histroical and archaelogical finds). So the questions again for the third time....
Me: Ethos.. just answer this.. why is 607BCE so important to JWs? Why do they make such a thing about it? What about other dates in bible history, they don't get nearly so much attention, if any! Why is it that it has to fit at all costs with the 70 years captivity and the intricate explanation as to what it all means? Of what import is it as compared with other bible dates?
Just a simple question... Why is 607BCE SO important to JWs?
SD-7: Either way, I think the question is, why does matter what year Jerusalem was destroyed? What exactly does it prove? That a prophecy about 70 years of servitude is correct, or that the 7 Gentile Times prophecy is correct, or both, or none? There's no reason to debate 607 if this is just about a 70 year prophecy that would in our time just be a historical curiosity or maybe even spiritually uplifting at best.
By debating this issue, you're inviting the inevitable question of whether the motive is to prove 607, or simply to prove 1914.