revisionist history - "the witnesses never -said- the system would end in 1975."?

Question

do statements of this sort remind you of those who say the holocaust never happened? Overwhelming eyewitness evidence is there yet current jws will still try to say it never happened and that ALL those who say they heard it are lying. Makes me ill.

It doesn't matter how you guys and gals spin it, your Elder stood up there and said the date and the fact the end was coming. I heard it.

Answer 1

I was a witness in 1975, and they sure as heck did say that.....My parents almost left the religion over that one......No one bought homes....went to higher education....invested in retirement accounts.....a lot of people sold homes and rented.....it was financially devastating to many.....A huge amount of people gave their money to the WBTS.
Maybe that is why they keep proclaiming that Armageddon is around the corner, It keeps the WBTS solvent.

I remember that my Grandfather sold everything and waited.

Answer 2

It would seem that the critics of Jehovah's Witnesses would be motivated to actually PRODUCE the so-called 'overwhelming evidence' that supports their accusations.

It would seem that anti-Witnesses prefer to merely argue in an ad hominem fashion that Jehovah's Witnesses taught Armageddon would come in 1975. But is that the way Jehovah's Witnesses themselves understood the matter?

In 1975, there was a peak of 2,179,256 active Witnesses preaching from house to house. Did they quit in 1976? No.

By 2005, there were 6,613,829 actively preaching Jehovah's Witnesses, more than THREE TIMES as many!

Even in the United States, Jehovah's Witnesses have almost doubled their numbers since 1975. The articles of Jehovah's Witnesses which mentioned 1975 did so because it seemed to represent 6000 years since mankind's creation; no connection was made between that year and Armageddon.

Jehovah's Witnesses have long taught that not even Jesus knew the day and hour of Armageddon.

(Matthew 24:3-36) .The disciples approached [Jesus] privately, saying: “Tell us, When will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?” 4 And in answer Jesus said to them: “Look out... 10 Then, also, many will be stumbled and will betray one another and will hate one another. ...13 But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved. 14 And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come. ...36 “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.


It is sad when the enemies of truth work to spread misinformation regarding this peaceful Christian religion.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20000622/
http://watchtower.org/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_09.htm

Answer 3

“Say, What Does This 1975 Mean?”

The Witnesses had long shared the belief that the Thousand Year Reign of Christ would follow after 6,000 years of human history. But when would 6,000 years of human existence end? The book Life Everlasting—In Freedom of the Sons of God, released at a series of district conventions held in 1966, pointed to 1975. Right at the convention, as the brothers examined the contents, the new book triggered much discussion about 1975.

At the convention held in Baltimore, Maryland, F. W. Franz gave the concluding talk. He began by saying: “Just before I got on the platform a young man came to me and said, ‘Say, what does this 1975 mean?’” Brother Franz then referred to the many questions that had arisen as to whether the material in the new book meant that by 1975 Armageddon would be finished, and Satan would be bound. He stated, in essence: ‘It could. But we are not saying. All things are possible with God. But we are not saying. And don’t any of you be specific in saying anything that is going to happen between now and 1975. But the big point of it all is this, dear friends: Time is short. Time is running out, no question about that.’

In the years following 1966, many of Jehovah’s Witnesses acted in harmony with the spirit of that counsel. However, other statements were published on this subject, and some were likely more definite than advisable. This was acknowledged in The Watchtower of March 15, 1980 (page 17). But Jehovah’s Witnesses were also cautioned to concentrate mainly on doing Jehovah’s will and not to be swept up by dates and expectations of an early salvation.

Answer 4

They also said that the world world end in the early 1900's. That failed movement became the birth of JW and 7th day adventhists.

Answer 5

ARRRGGGHHHH! See what I mean. Look at the post above me from super witless. Yet ANOTHER cut and paste response from yet another brainwashed cult member. Please get a mind and think for yourselves.