Posted by ros [ros] on April 04, 1999 at 15:31:02 {th2VaRoznYdmhhsMJ.h27/SY5I9NtE}:
In Reply to: *bible canon & 144,000 posted by Cygnus on April 03, 1999 at 23:05:01:
JWs believe what they believe about the 144,000 and the anointed remnant, not because it fits the facts, but because it fits what
they believe must be true, after all, it's what the Bible says, right?
Until they have to adjust
their "understanding." Its like having to adjust their definition of a "generation" when Armageddon didn't come within any period defined as a literal generation. When it became clear that Armageddon was not arriving before there were
144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, they had to come up with a
"more precise understanding"; and wallah!! The "great crowd" of "other sheep." (Funny how the light always gets brighter AFTER the predictions fail.)
Ros