While JWs think that their organisation, Watchtower, are modern day prophets in spite of a string of failed prophecies I doubt that they will be open to reason. Instead they are likely to be in a state of denial - denying that they ever made specific predictions and blaming over-jealous followers for getting carried away. When it suited Watchtower they were more than happy with their enthusiastic followers - when the tide turned against them they were quite happy to hang out the same followers to dry.
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Watchtower describes itself as the "modern-day" prophet.
"So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come?
IDENTIFYING THE "PROPHET"
These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?
... This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses.
... Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a "prophet" of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. Thus this group of anointed followers of Jesus Christ, doing a work in Christendom paralleling Ezekiel's work among the Jews, were manifestly the modern-day Ezekiel, the "prophet" commissioned by Jehovah to declare the good news of God's Messianic kingdom and to give warning to Christendom."Watchtower 1972 Apr 1 pp.197-199 'They Shall Know that a Prophet Was Among Them'
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