RE: Jehovah's Witnesses
January 7, 2009 at 8:39 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2009 at 8:40 am by CoxRox.)
I very nearly 'became' a JW. I was 15 when they first knocked my door. I was wagging off school. They were nice and I associated with them for about two years on and off. I even went on the door to door work, so I know their 'mind set' and their intentions- which are sincere.
As it was the middle 80's when I stopped associating with them I would ask them about the 1914 generation that would not 'die' until all things were fulfilled ie armageddon etc. With that reasoning the 'end' had to occur before 2000 as not enough people would be alive from 1914 to constitute 'a generation'. I wonder how they've riggled out of this, a main belief of theirs. They will probably say 'in light of further 'revelation' from the Governing Body, they now know it means this or that. They have been moving this particular goal post since the 1800s I think. They are very earnest and you will get some good discussions out of them. They will bring along a more mature brother who knows his stuff, if they cannot answer your questions.
As it was the middle 80's when I stopped associating with them I would ask them about the 1914 generation that would not 'die' until all things were fulfilled ie armageddon etc. With that reasoning the 'end' had to occur before 2000 as not enough people would be alive from 1914 to constitute 'a generation'. I wonder how they've riggled out of this, a main belief of theirs. They will probably say 'in light of further 'revelation' from the Governing Body, they now know it means this or that. They have been moving this particular goal post since the 1800s I think. They are very earnest and you will get some good discussions out of them. They will bring along a more mature brother who knows his stuff, if they cannot answer your questions.
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility"
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