tom sheepandgoats

Our not doing Christmas is a detail of our faith, no where near close to the main thrust. And this star is a detail as to why I don’t celebrate….I’ve already told you my three reasons. So what you are harping on is a detail of a detail.
A verse by verse commentary of Revelation (Revelation….It’s Grand Climax at Hand) states on page 9: “It is not claimed that explanations in this publication are infallible. Like Joseph of old, we say ‘do not interpretations belong to God?’ (Genesis 40:8) At the same time, however, we firmly believe that the explanations set forth harmonize with the Bible in it’s entirety.”

So I’m not sure what you mean by your comment that the Watchtower “says they do know.” As the above quote shows, any explanations offered represent their best understanding at the present time. There’s no claim of infallibility. Views have been revised before. All of Jehovah’s Witnesses are aware of that. We respect them for their faith, their work, their track record. But no one imagines they’re not human.
So I don’t know that they are wrong about this point….I suspect they are right. Chris’s reasoning doesn’t seem especially persuasive to me. But since it’s a very minor point on a subject for which no infallibility is claimed, I can’t work up too much interest….certainly not for the sake or arguing the point with you.