Jehovah’s Witnesses hold annual convention

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• Ace 10 years ago

  These are things the Watchtower Society (WTS) predicted which turned out to be false:
  
  1889 "The ‘battle of the great day of God almighty’ (Rev 16:14) which will end in AD 1914 . . . " (Studies, Vol. 2, 1908 edition, 10 ...
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  These are things the Watchtower Society (WTS) predicted which turned out to be false:
  
  1889 "The ‘battle of the great day of God almighty’ (Rev 16:14) which will end in AD 1914 . . . " (Studies, Vol. 2, 1908 edition, 101).
  
  1891 "With the end of AD 1914, what God calls Babylon, and what men call Christendom, will have passed away, as already shown from prophecy" (Studies, Vol. 3, 153).
  
  1894 "The end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble" (WT Reprints, 1-1-1894, 1605 and 1677).
  
  1897 "Our Lord is now present, since October 1874 AD" (Studies, Vol. 4, 1897 edition, 621).
  
  1916 "The six great 1000 year days beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th day, the 1000 years of Christ’s reign began in 1873" (Studies, Vol. 2, p. 2 of foreword).
  
  1917 "Scriptures . . . prove that the Lord’s Second Advent occurred in the fall of 1874" (Studies, Vol. 7, 68).
  
  1918 "Therefore, we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the faithful prophets of old" (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 89).
  
  1922 "The date 1925 is even more distinctly indicated by the scriptures than 1914" (WT, 9-1-1922, 262).
  
  1923 "1925 is definitely settled by the scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge" (WT, 4-1-1923, 106).
  
  1925 "The year of 1925 is here. . . . Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year" (WT, 1-1-1925, 3).
  
  1931 "There was a measure of disappointment on the part of Jehovah’s faithful ones on earth concerning the dates 1914, 1918, & 1925 . . . and they also learned to quit fixing dates" (Vindication, 388, 389).
  
  1939 "The disaster of Armageddon is just ahead" (Salvation, 361).
  
  1941 "Armageddon is surely near . . . soon . . . within a few years" (Children, 10).
  
  1946 "Armageddon . . . should come sometime before 1972" (They Have Found a Faith, 44).
  
  1966 "Six thousand years from man’s creation will end in 1975, and the seventh period of a thousand years of human history will begin in the fall of 1975 C.E" (Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, 29).
  
  1968 "The end of the six thousand years of man’s history in the fall of 1975 is not tentative, but is accepted as a certain date" (WT, 1-1-1968, 271).
  
  Besides False Prophecies, the WTS changes its doctrine:
  
  "To worship Christ in any form cannot be wrong ... " (WT, 3-1880, 83).
  "It is unscriptural for worshippers of the living and true God to render worship to the Son of God, Jesus Christ" (WT, 11-1-1964, 671).
  
  The men of Sodom will be resurrected (WT, 7-1879, 7-8).
  The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (WT, 6-1-1952, 338).
  The men of Sodom will be resurrected (WT 8-1-1965, 479).
  The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (WT 6-1-1988, 31).
  The men of Sodom will be resurrected (Live Forever, early ed., 179).
  The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (Live Forever, later ed., 179).
  The men of Sodom will be resurrected (Insight on the Scriptures, Vol. 2, 985).
  The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (Revelation: Its Grand Climax at Hand! 273).
  
  "There could be nothing against our consciences in going into the army" (WT, 4-15-1903, 120).
  Due to conscience, Jehovah’s Witnesses must refuse military service (WT, 2-1-1951, 73).
  
  "We may as well join in with the civilized world in celebrating the grand event [Christmas] . . . " (WT Reprints, 12-1-1904, 3468).
  "Christmas and its music are not from Jehovah . . . What is their source? . . . Satan the devil" (WT, 12-15-1983, 7).
  
  "Everyone in America should take pleasure in displaying the American flag" (WT Reprints, 5-15-1917, 6068).
  The flag is "an idolatrous symbol" (Awake!, 9-8-71, 14).

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• Ace 10 years ago

  The Jehovah Witness WTS maintains that everlasting punishment is a myth and a lie invented by Satan. Hell is merely mankind’s common grave, and is definitely not a fiery torture, according to them.
  
  But, according to Scri ...
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  The Jehovah Witness WTS maintains that everlasting punishment is a myth and a lie invented by Satan. Hell is merely mankind’s common grave, and is definitely not a fiery torture, according to them.
  
  But, according to Scripture, if one is in hell, "he shall be tormented with fire and sulfur . . . the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and day and night they have no rest" (Rev. 14:11). This is an "everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). Jesus tells his listeners of Lazarus and the rich man, where the rich man dies, and is "existing in torment . . . he sees . . . calls out . . . ‘I am in anguish in this blazing fire’" (Luke 16:19-31). As a further illustration, Jesus stated that hell is likened to Gehenna. This "Valley of Hinnom" was located southeast of Jerusalem, and was used as a garbage dump where trash and waste were continuously burned day and night in a large fire. Jesus informs the listeners that hell is like this, "where the maggot does not die, and fire is not put out" (Mark 9:42-48). It is the place where the wicked are sent, and from this "everlasting fire" (Matt. 18:8) will come "weeping and the gnashing of teeth" (Matt. 8:12). Now if hell were "a place of rest in hope" as the WTS teaches, then it is odd that Jesus would choose such contradictory illustrations to convey this. Lastly, Revelation 20 calls hell a "pool of fire . . . [where] they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever"—all who are not in the book of life. So, if one’s name is in the book of life, one enters heaven (Rev. 21:27). If it not in the book, then a literal hell awaits.

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• Nana Poku, Essex 10 years ago

  I attended one at Excel, East London. Fantastic symposium and Teaching Drama on Imitating Jesus. Please attend one near you with an open mind, a Bible and judge for yourself.

  I attended one at Excel, East London. Fantastic symposium and Teaching Drama on Imitating Jesus. Please attend one near you with an open mind, a Bible and judge for yourself.

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• JW 10 years ago

  A balanced perspective AT; www.jwfacts.com

  A balanced perspective AT; www.jwfacts.com

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• Addo kennedy,Jukwa Fante and Sunyani 10 years ago

  A very intriguing and Thought provoking program,very heat touching

  A very intriguing and Thought provoking program,very heat touching

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• Jacob 10 years ago

  Keep Awake! The Watchtower is the Wild Beast! The Harlot who rides the Beast is the Governing Body!
  www.christsdisciple.com

  Keep Awake! The Watchtower is the Wild Beast! The Harlot who rides the Beast is the Governing Body!
  www.christsdisciple.com

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