RE: Rapture September 2015
September 16, 2015 at 10:53 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2015 at 10:54 am by JesusHChrist.)
They all try this kind of crap-splanation. Here's one of many JW versions. They've had a lot of 'splaning to do over the years:
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php
You see, it's an invisible rapture! Happened already. Next!
And to think nominally functioning adults accept such nonsense....no words.
Quote:Whereas doctrine is subjective and un-provable, time prophecy leaves no room for error. On a number of occasions the Watchtower put a line in the sand when saying a specific event was going to happen on a specific date. When those dates passed without event those statements proved beyond argument to be false. When something predicted to happen does not occur there is irrefutable evidence that Jehovah did not direct the interpretation. In line with the Scriptures above, the following incorrect dates prove the Watchtower Society is not guided by Jehovah.
In 1876, Russell became interested in time prophecy, after reading a copy of Barbour's publication Herald of the Morning. The end had not come in 1874, as the Adventists had predicted. However, Barbour explained that Matthew 24:27 meant Jesus' invisible presence commenced in 1874, the rapture would be 1878, and the end of the world was to occur in 1914. (see Watch Tower, 1906 July 15 for a detailed account.)
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php
You see, it's an invisible rapture! Happened already. Next!
And to think nominally functioning adults accept such nonsense....no words.