Jehovah's Witnesses With these interpretations, Jehovah's Witnesses' publications have made various predictions about world events they believe were prophesied in the Bible. Failed predictions have led to the alteration or abandonment of some doctrines. Some failed predictions had been presented as "beyond doubt" or "approved by God". The Watch Tower Society rejects accusations that it is a false prophet, stating that its interpretations are not inspired or infallible, and that it has not claimed its predictions were "the words of Jehovah." Chryssides has suggested that with the exception of statements about 1914, 1925 and 1975, the changing views and dates of the
Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses world in 1969, stated about that promised reign (which would begin at "God's fixed time"): In 1968, a "Watchtower" article asked: "Why Are You Looking Forward to 1975?": Young Witnesses were advised in 1969 to avoid careers requiring lengthy periods of schooling and a 1974 issue of the "Kingdom Ministry" newsletter commended Witnesses who had sold their homes and property to engage in full-time preaching, adding: "Certainly this is a fine way to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world's end." In a lecture in early 1975, then vice president Fred Franz selected sundown on September 5, 1975