Posted by Shaun [Shaun] on March 30, 1999 at 19:20:17 {.Oe37V.qjQs89exBncZYd.wU5y0utY}:
In Reply to: ****What is a Prophet? posted by Friend on March 30, 1999 at 12:45:22:
:::[Bottom line] It's ok to condemn other religions for doing the same thing, but not JW leaders or the organization that supports them./ AF
:::More ridiculous misrepresentation of my beliefs. Show everyone where I�ve ever said such a thing./Friend
I'll show you where the Society has and remember you are following them:
They blamed other religions for setting dates and called them false prophets.
1. Light 1930,pg 47, They have been prophesying
particularly since 1918, and everyone knows that their prophecies to date have not come to pass; and that alone is strong evidence that they are false prophets.
2. Wt,10/15/58,pg 613, �Sometime between April 15 and 23, 1957,
Armageddon will sweep the World!...� So prophesied a certain California pastor Mihran Ask, in January 1957.....Such false prophets tend to......
3. Aw,10/8/68,pg23, ...those in times past who predicted and �end of the world�, even
announcing a specific date...they were guilty of false prophesying.
4 .Paradise Restored 1972,pg 353,354, Jehovah, the God of the true prophets, will put all false prophets to shame either by not fulfilling the false prediction
of such self-assuming prophets or by having his own
prophecies fulfilled in a way opposite to that predicted by the false prophets. False prophets will try to hide who they really are.
5. Wt,6/15/74,pg 381, Similarly the
false prophet� is not a person, but is a system or an organization. A �prophet� claims to have inspired information for the direction of others.
6. Aw,12/8/81,pg 14, Since the Bible speaks about only� one faith,� All of today�s religious
groups outside the one true faith must, according to this standard, be counterfeits, composite,� false prophets�
:::The bottom line is that you feel that it's ok for a religious leader or organization to teach falsehoods and make false
predictions and falsely claim to speak in God's name./AF
:::That is a bold accusation against my beliefs. I ask that you produce anything presented by me saying that I feel it�s okay to teach falsehoods or make false predications in God�s name. Not being immediately and adversely judged does not make those things okay./ Friend
You feel it is Ok to teach falsehood because you are part of them you defend your organization and make excuses for them. You refuse to
acknowledge that they are no different than the other churches that made the false predictions as quoted above. See the Societ's false predictions below:
They predicted the following dates as the battle of Armageddon.
1.
Zion�s Wt,1/15/1892,pg1355reprint,...�battle� is definitely marked in Scripture as October, 1914.
2. The Time is at Hand1908,pg43,44,....the �battle of the great day of God Almighty� (Rev.16:14)which will end in A.D. 1915, with the
complete overthrow of earth�s present rulership, is already commenced.
3. The Finished Mystery 1917, pg 398,399,485........the people who are the strength of Christendom shall be cut off in the brief but terribly eventful period
beginning in1918 A.D. A third part are �burned with fire in the mist of the city.� .....After 1918 the people supporting churchianity will cease to be its, supporters, be destroyed as adherents,...Also in the year 1918, when God destroys the
churches wholesale and the church members by
the millions....
4. Vindication 1, 1931,pg146,338,339,....years 1914,1918 and 1925 ..... they also learned to quit fixingdates for the future and predicting what would come to
pass on certain dates....
5. Wt,9/15/41,pg288,...in the remaining months before Armageddon.
6. Wt,5/1/68,pg273, Chart of dates 1975 end of 6th 1000-year day...2975 end of 7th 1000-year day....
7.
Aw,1/22/69,pg16, Other Bible prophecies clearly fortell God�s purpose to bring this wicked system to an end in a few years.
8. Aw,5/22/69,pg15, If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow
old in this present system of things. .....all evidence in fullfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system
is due to end in a few years. ....as a young person you will never fullfill any career that this system
offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will
be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!
9. Wt,10/15/69,pg622,623,....seventh millennium from man�s creation by Jehovah God would begin in less than ten years.