Old Light, New Light & Black Light

When the organization wrote prophecies in the Watchtower magazine that failed, they use the terminology of "new light" to explain it away.

Will the men of Sodom be resurrected?

Yes

Watchtower 7/18/79 p. 8

No

Watchtower 6/1/52 p. 338

Yes

Watchtower78/1/65 p. 47g

No

Watchtower7 6/1/88 p. 31

Yes

Live Forever (old ed. ) p. 179

No

Live Foreverr (new ed. ) p. 179

Yes

Insight, vol. 2, p. 985

No

Revelation. book, p. 273

Contadictory light! BLINKING LIGHT! Not new light!

Examples

Old light
Original prophecy

New light
More specific prophecy
(Adds to old light)

Black light
Failed prophecy
(contradicts old light)

We will give an answerthe answer is yes the answer is now no!
It will be a colourIt will be blue We were wrong about blue, it will now be red
It will rainIt will rain today We were wrong about today, it will rain tomorrow
Armegaddon is in the BibleArmageddon in 1925 & 1975 We were wrong when we said 1975 & 1925

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