Question by danman: Is the name Jehovah (God) like a talisman or good luck charm to Jehovah’s Witnesses?
Is it the same as christians who use Jesus name in the same manner?

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Answer by that jesus kid 13
1914 – The Generation That Will Not Pass Away

Documentation on the Watch Tower Society’s prophecies regarding the ‘1914 generation’ — “The Generation That Will Not Pass Away” — and how the Society modified and eventually abandoned those prophecies.

First, before we get into the many false prophecies of the Watchtower, let’s see a verse from the Bible what it teaches about false prophets:

“But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.” Deuteronomy 18:20 – Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB)

“the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.” —Awake! magazine [Awake! is a monthly illustrated magazine published by Jehovah’s Witnesses via the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania], page 4, thru October 22, 1995

…has now been reworded to say…

“the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new world that is about to replace the present wicked, lawless system of things.”—Awake! November 8, 1995, page 4

‘New truths’ in the November 1, 1995 Watchtower magazine change the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses concerning “the generation that saw the events of 1914,” and the November 8, 1995 Awake! drops that magazine’s long-standing prophecy.

Ever since the late 1940’s Awake! magazine had been promising the “sure hope for the establishment of a righteous New World” on page 2 of each issue. Then in 1964 it added the thought that this would happen “in this generation”—”…reflecting sure hope for the establishment of God’s righteous new order in this generation.”

In 1975 it was no longer Awake! magazine’s promise but now became the Creator’s promise: “…the Creator’s promise of a new order of lasting peace and true security within our generation.”—January 8, 1975
It was a very serious step to add this expression, “the Creator’s promise,” since it meant that the Watchtower Society (the magazine’s publisher) was now prophesying in the Creator’s name—in God’s name. The Creator warns in the Bible against doing this without receiving a command from Him to do so:
But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain. [21] And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken? [22] Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear him. —Deuteronomy 18:20-22 (DRB)

Did the Creator really command the Society to say that He promised the new order would come “within our generation”?
Elsewhere, the Society specified more precisely what it meant by “our generation”:
“Jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the ‘last days’ began.… Even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of ‘this generation’ nearly 70 years old today.… Jesus said that the end of this wicked world would come before that generation passed away in death.” —Awake! October 8, 1968, pages 13-14
In 1982 the Watchtower Society changed the prophecy on page 2 of each Awake! issue to include the same thought about 1914. It was no longer a vague “our generation” that would see the world’s end, but the generation that saw the events of 1914: “…the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new order before the generation that saw the events of 1914 C.E. passes away.” (January 8, 1982)
Nearly identical wording repeated the same prophecy in each issue until January 8, 1987, when Awake! magazine’s statement of purpose was moved to page 4 in a redesigned format. Starting with that issue, the 1914 generation prophecy was dropped entirely.
Then it was restored on page 4 of the March 8, 1988 issue—”…the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away”—wording that continued to appear through October, 1995.

O False prophets, what excuse do you have for yourselves

Answer by MASK OF SHELDON
It is written, thou shall not use the name of the LORD in vain. It is also written, leave them alone for if their works are of men they will disappear, but if their works is from God you may find your self fighting against God. (Acts 5:39)

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