Posted by Rick [Rick] on October 27, 1999 at 15:52:00 {dPkPwxsNJE7ajbiu2wnkFMFBt36Xyc}:
In Reply to: "Serious Mistake" posted by nimrod on October 27, 1999 at 02:22:47:
Sometimes they can't win for losing with their critics. Here is a clear instance where they're trying to come clean by acknowledging that the millenium could very well start before Christ starts to separate the sheep from goats -- that non-JWs could live into the millenium -- and the response should be more like "good for them! They're willing to do the equivalent of publicly acknowledging their first interpretation was in error!" But I don't hear these accolades, regretfully. If one thinks it through, by acknowledging they erred on such a major point, they are admitting they recognize that they're not necessarily God's organization but rather part of several composite organizations who each serve a purpose in Christ's body. Some provide for literal food, some for spiritual sustenance, but all can merely point in the right direction. They can't prophesy, they aren't spokespersons of God, and their admitting this error by later changing their teaching clearly shows they recognize these facts.
Rick