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Written by Randall Watters
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Few aspects of the Jehovah's Witness movement are more fascinating to the outside observer than their predictions of the end of the world.
Yet the predictions themselves are just the surface ripples of a much deeper current in the lives of the movement's adherents. How the prophecies affect the members, how their belief in the prophecy gets stronger, and how they cope with disillusionment and finally regroup with greater strength is far more fascinating food for thought. There have been plenty of end-times scenarios that could be studied since the time of Christ.
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009 21:52 |
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A long list of false prophecies with added commentary by a 'Prominent Bethelite.' Abbreviations for Watchtower publications are at the end of the article.
Example: "1776" is the year the year to which the claim refers. Where no specific date is claimed, the earliest date of publication by WTBTS of the quoted text is shown. The list is sorted by this date.
The section following that, within " ", is the quotation. Anything within brackets ( ) therein was also bracketed in the original. Anything in " " within the quoted text has been altered to ' ' for clarity. Text has only been omitted for brevity, without changing the meaning of the quotation - omitted text is replaced by ..
The source publication is identified in { } - here BATT refers "C.T. Russell: Studies in the Scriptures IV - Battle of Armageddon (till 1910, called The Day of Vengeance), 1897, 1904-20, 1923-5, 1927". The key-list of publications appears at the end of Part 3/3. As no date is shown against the abbreviated name, the quotation is present in the earliest version (and is likely to be present in all versions, as there is no reference to the contrary). 584 refers to the page number on which the quotation is to be found in the version referred to. |
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 18:33 |
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It's interesting to note how Jehovah's Witnesses today often minimize what the Watchtower Society said about 1975 in the years before that date. The Society published a number of cautionary notes warning JWs about being too specific about the date, but they also published a good deal of material encouraging people to look forward to the date.
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Written by Randall Watters
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Monday, 13 April 2009 16:31 |
The first of many dissenters to challenge the mother organization - I had heard about "The 'Report'" a few months ago. It was a book that was somehow making its way into a lot of bookstores, a rather unusual phenomena for a self-published work. Someone was spending a lot of time and effort to get this message out. After a proponent of the book (which is now printed in three volumes, and in spite of the web site teaser must be purchased for $12.95 each) joined our Internet mail list, I decided to do a report on "The 'Report'." Surfing on over to their website at www.the-report.com <now offline unfortunately> I read the following:
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Written by Prominent Bethelite
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 06:20 |
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List of prophecies, predictions and claims made by THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY (WTBTS), the official organisation of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, which actively preaches that it is God's sole chosen representative on earth. All quotations are fair and direct, and taken from Watchtower publications only. This also contains ABBREVIATIONS for the WT publications cited.
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Written by Prominent Bethelite
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 06:40 |
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Part 2 of a list of prophecies, predictions and claims made by THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY (WTBTS), the official organisation of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, which actively preaches that it is God's sole chosen representative on earth. All quotations are fair and direct, and taken from Watchtower publications only.
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Written by Prominent Bethelite
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 06:55 |
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Part 3 of a list of prophecies, predictions and claims made by THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY (WTBTS), the official organisation of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, which actively preaches that it is God's sole chosen representative on earth. All quotations are fair and direct, and taken from Watchtower publications only.
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 18:07 |
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The follow material comprises some excellent research by an ex-Witness (who prefers to remain anonymous). It shows how the Society tries to predict history -- and then rewrite it.
Most Jehovah's Witnesses who read all of these quotes in one spot quickly realize that the Society has lied to them -- not a flat-out lie, because the Society never said flat-out that "the end" would come in 1975 -- but a white lie in that they now say all kinds of things that sweep the import of what they had said under the rug.
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Written by Prominent Bethelite
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 07:02 |
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Part 4 of a list of prophecies, predictions and claims made by THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY (WTBTS), the official organisation of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, which actively preaches that it is God's sole chosen representative on earth. All quotations are fair and direct, and taken from Watchtower publications only.
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Written by Prominent Bethelite
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 06:31 |
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Part 1 of a list of prophecies, predictions and claims made by THE WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY (WTBTS), the official organisation of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, which actively preaches that it is God's sole chosen representative on earth. All quotations are fair and direct, and taken from Watchtower publications only.
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 06:01 |
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In accepting Jehovah’s authority, we need to guard against an independent spirit. A haughty attitude can cause us to feel that we do not need guidance from anyone. For example, we might resist counsel given by those taking the lead among God’s people. God has established an arrangement by which a faithful and discreet slave class provides spiritual food at the proper time. (Matt. 24:45-47) We should humbly recognize that this is the way Jehovah is caring for his people today. Be like the faithful apostles. When some disciples were stumbled, Jesus asked the apostles: “You do not want to go also, do you?” Peter replied: “Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life.”—John 6:66-68. Watchtower 2008 June 15 p.21
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