Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: boris@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Boris Chen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Questions for Jehovah's Witnesses, part 2 Message-ID: Date: 23 Nov 90 07:10:35 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: ucb Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu As for the 1975 thing, I have reletively recently read the article discussing the year 1975. Gene's mentioning of it in his article and the context that he put it in, implies that the governing body was designating 1975 as the date of Armageddon. That is clearly not true. The article discusses how that date is 6000 years from the creation of Adam. And and that would indicate that the time is near. But, of note is the fact that at the end of the article it makes clear that there can be no certainty that Armageddon would come in 1975. Many took it that way, and that was wrong. Many people put hope in a date rather than having true faith in God, thus as expected they left after the end didn't come at that time. Jehovah's witnesses have always reiterated the view that the time is near. Even the persons in the New Testament (Jesus, Peter, Paul) urged Christians to "keep on the watch," "keep awake," to be "awaiting and keeping close in mind the day of the Lord," etc. An alert stance is to be expected of Christians for it will come as "a thief." +==================================================================+ + Boris Chen || Berkeley, CA || boris@ocf.berkeley.edu + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + "And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares, and... + + neither will they learn war anymore." ---Micah 4:3 + +==================================================================+