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succumbed to immoral practices, including homosexuality, wife swapping, and child
molesting.’ (Watchtower, 1 January 1986, p 13)
13. Would a true prophet of God make false prophecies about World War II?
‘The Nazis will destroy the British.’ (Fifth Column, p 15)
The new book titled Children will prove useful ‘in the remaining months before
Armageddon’ (Watchtower, 15 September 1941, p 288)
‘The end of Nazi Fascist hierarchy will come and will mark the end forever of demon
rule.’ (Watchtower, 15 December 1941, p 377)
14. Which famous people were expected to live in Beth-Sarim?
‘. . . those faithful men of old may be expected back from the dead any day now . . . In
this expectation the house of San Diego, California, which house has been much
publicized with malicious intent by the religious enemy, was built, in 1930, and named
“Beth-Sarim”, meaning “House of the Princes”. It is now held in trust for the occupancy
of those princes on their return.’ (New World, p 104)
‘Job is to be resurrected shortly with those faithful men and to apear on earth with them.’
(New World, p 130)
‘The year 1925 came and went. Jesus’ anointed followers were still on earth as a class.
The faithful men of old times - Abraham, David and others - had not been resurrected
to become princes in the earth. (Psalm 45:16) So, as Anna MacDonald recalls: “1925 was
a sad year for many brothers. Some of them were stumbled; their hopes were dashed . . .
Instead of it being considered a ‘probability’, they read into it that it was a ‘certainty’, and
some prepared for their own loved ones with expectancy of their resurrection”.’ (1975
Yearbook, p 146)
15. From 1940-43, the Watchtower made 44 predictions of the immanence of
Armageddon. Why did they fail?
Consider these examples:
In September 1940 they said, ‘The kingdom is here, the king is enthroned. Armageddon
is just ahead ...The great climax has been reached.’(The Messenger, September 1940,p 6)
They said, ‘The Final End is Very Near’. (The Watchtower, Sept. 15, 1941 p 276).
‘The remaining months before Armageddon . . .’ (p 288)
They said, ‘The time is at hand for Jesus Christ to take possession of all things’.
(The Watchtower, January 15, 1942 p 28)
On May 1, 1942 they said, ‘Now, with Armageddon immediately before us . . .’ (p 139)
On May 1, 1943 they said, ‘The final end of all things . . . is at hand’.’ (p139)
On September 1, 1944 they said, ‘Armageddon is near at hand’. (p 264)
In 1946, ‘The disaster of Armageddon . . . is at the door’. (Let God be True 1946, p 194)
In 1950 they said, ‘The March is on! Where? To the field of Armageddon for the ‘war of
the great day of God the Almighty’’. (This Means Everlasting Life, 1950, p 311)
In 1953 they said, ‘Armageddon is so near at hand it will strike the generation now
living’. (You May Survive Armageddon speech p 11)
In 1955 they said, ‘It is becoming clear that the war of Armageddon is near its breaking
out point’. (Ibid p 331)
In 1958 they said, ‘When will Armageddon be fought? . . . It will be very soon’.’
(From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained, 1958, p 205)
JW leaders in Awake magazine, 8 October, 1968,. p 23 admitted that certain persons had
falsely predicted the end of the world. They asked why these false prophecies were given.
Here they admit that they themselves were false prophets, that they lacked God’s
guidance, and were lying:
‘True, there have been those in times past who predicted an “end to the world”, even
announcing a specific date. The “end” did not come. They were guilty of false
prophesying. Why? What was missing? . . . Missing from such people were God’s
truths and the evidence that He was guiding and using them.’(Awake, 8 Oct.,1968, p.23)
Note: Deuteronomy 18:20-22 states that false prophets must die.
16. Why did Armageddon fail to come in 1975 as the Watchtower predicted?
In Kingdom Ministry, May 1974, the world’s end was said to be ‘so very near’ that JWs
were commended who sold ‘their homes and property’ to devote themselves to full-time
service in ‘the short time remaining before the wicked world’s end’. (p 3)
In 1975 they said, ‘The fulfillment . . . is immediately ahead of us.’
(Man’s Salvation out of World Distress at Hand, p 312)
In 1975 they said, ‘Very short must be the time that remains . . .’.’ (Ibid p 349)
1975 came and went, thus discouraging and embarrassing the WT and JWs. Yet from
1976 to today the WT still says Armageddon and the end of the world is very near.
Conclusion: If the WT has been wrong on every prediction, how can anybody trust it?
Question: Why has the WT missed the date of Armageddon every time it predicted it?
The WT has not only lied to people they call ‘God’s enemies’, but they have lied to their own
people.
After reading these WT false prophecies, and its own admission that it lied, how can the WT
be trusted any more?
Ask: Has the Watchtower ever lied, covered up, or changed doctrines and dates?
If God speaks through the WT, then He must change His mind very often.
Consider the following changes in dates, prophecies and doctrines:
1. They changed the beginning of the ‘time of the end’ from 1799 to 1914;
2. They changed the date of the second coming of Christ from 1874 to 1914;
3. They changed the nature of Christ’s return from earthly visible to heavenly and invisible;
4. They changed the end of the 6000 years of creation from 1872 to 1975;
5. They changed vaccination from being forbidden to being permitted;
6. They changed the ‘Faithful and wise servant’ from C T Russell to the WT Society;
7. They changed from allowing worship of Jesus to forbidding it;
8. They changed their view of Israel from literal national to spiritual of all believers.
Question: Why so many changes?
Answer: Since the predicted events didn’t happen, they covered up their false prophecies to
hide the fact that God really hadn’t spoken through the Watchtower Society.
Do their false prophecies support their claim of spiritual enlightenment and guidance?
What a joke! The WT Society has mislead millions of people in claiming it is God’s sole
channel of communication on earth today.
Rutherford believed that God’s Holy Spirit had ceased to function as his teacher, and had
been replaced by angels who taught him in his mind.(WT, Sept 1,1930,p.263 & Feb 1,1935,p.41)
Today the leaders claim that both the Holy Spirit, and angels communicate information to
them. (WT, March 1, 1972, p.155 and Aug 1, 1987, p.19)