Posted by WotM [WitnessOnTheMoon] on November 24, 1999 at 05:58:29 {BlpRHB6gpcuLpSNP4x.I2J20GmR5TU}:
In Reply to: Hi everyone posted by jayembee on November 23, 1999 at 13:55:27:
True.
The WT org consistently emphasizes that the end is just around the corner. In the past Watchtower leaders have done much speculation that led to the proclamation of certain dates, the most recent one being 1975. In 1995 the Society put an end to all speculations regarding the date of Armageddon by renouncing the idea that the end would come when some people who lived in 1914 still were alive. It appears they have learned now that such predictions are just nonsense and I don't think they would do it again. Still the idea that in 1914 God's kingdom was established in heaven and we are now living in the last days is one of the cornerstones of JW doctrine. As time goes by this date will certainly lose importance but I won't try to foretell if they will give up chronology altogether.