Oubliette: ...is anyone else creeped out that there is even an expression "our beliefs about 1914"?
The clear implication is that all JWs everywhere have exactly the same "beliefs" about the significance of this number.
Actually, to me it makes perfect sense:
"The endeavor to compel all men to think alike on all subjects, culminated in the great apostasy..." Wt Sep. 1893, p.264
Julia: So this tells me jws don't even know why they believe 1914 is significant
I am often staggered at the ignorance JWs have as to their own beliefs. Arguably, 1914 is the most important doctrine to JWs, yet, especially among those that have studied and been baptized in the last 10-15 years, they cannot explain it and have no desire to. Frankly, in JW Land, understanding your beliefs has little relevance and is secondary to blind obedience.