I didn't know exactly where to post this, so here it is. Very interesting WT history stuff, including a video of Russell speaking.
http://www.watchtowermemorabilia.com/catalog/index.php?osCsid=8260f7a2cc6648c1eb5cb29cc9b43f7d
WT memorabilia
by startingover 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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purplesofa
At the assembly hall in Shertz, TX (San Antonio) They have memorabilia in the lobby. One that stands out is an old car with the sound system on the top when they used to drive around and blast the good news.
After coming to this board it is amazing at all the publications and stuff the WT has accumulated in 100 years.
purps
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startingover
They actually have a car? Never heard of anything like that before.
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Hortensia
that was really interesting - seeing CT Russell and hearing him speak. SOS as far as doctrine goes. I remember hearing exactly those same words over and over as a kid.
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watson
This is also on their site.
Some Things To Bear In Mind Regarding ApostatesIf you were to do a search on the internet for the writings of Charles Taze Russell, it is likely you would arrive at sites of apostate origin. True, they will have the writings on their site but often these sites use the opportunity to attack modern Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watch Tower Society. It is worth bearing in mind that: They will rarely - if ever - discuss doctrine. They tend to focus on the areas of personal attack, or attack 'controversial' topics. Very often, I suspect, these are areas in which the site's author has particular difficulty. For instance, it may be that they do not like preaching from house-to-house, so efforts are made to try to show that such a practice is unnecessary - or even unscriptural. Perhaps they have been disfellowshipped; then they try to show that this scriptural practice is somehow wrong. The most common areas seem to be:
* Disfellowshipping
* Blood transfusion
* The authority of the Watch Tower Society
* Child abuse issues
* Are Jehovah's Witnesses prophets?
Yet, while they are trying to focus attention on these matters, they ignore the fact that the beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses are based on the Bible. While they attempt to focus your mind on these subject, please bear in mind the following:
* Where did you learn the truth from the Bible? From the churches?
* Where do you see genuine love in action?
* Where do you see the Bible's moral standards being enforced?
Let us briefly examine these points:
Did the churches teach you the truth about the soul? hell? the Trinity? Of course not! They have consistently taught untruth regarding these topics. They downgrade the Bible's authority in favour of traditional teachings.
Genuine love is seen in the congregations of Jehovah's witnesses, and in their worldwide organization. Do the churches support war? Yes!! Are they divided by nationalism? Yes!!
Do the churches support the Bible's moral standards? No!! Consider the subjects of homosexuality, abortion, sexual activity outside marriage. Only Jehovah's witnesses consistently apply Bible standards of behaviour wherever in the world you are.Another point to consider - Jehovah's witnesses make Bible literature available in many languages at no charge. Why? To make profits? Hardly! Obviously from an altruistic motive - to help people apply the Bible in their life, and to have a good relationship with God. Do you see the churches rushing to make their literature available free of charge? or their ministers serving without charge? No!
It is evident that the apostate sites are not interested in truth, only with trying to attack the Watch Tower Society on other matters. It is rather like someone refusing to discuss your personal beliefs, but pointing to some supposed indiscretion of yours to try to discredit you in the eyes of others. Whether or not you made a mistake in the past is not the important point, it is what are you doing now that matters. How would you view such a person who consistently tried to blacken your character? I'm sure you would not seek out their company! Treat apostate sites the same way.
Some time ago, a Catholic critic named Gene Harris put together 101 questions that are supposed to stump Jehovah's Witnesses. This is a straight-forward reply to all of those questions using the Bible.
I found this interesting and hope that it helps to stengthen your faith.Please click on questions below (ie Questions 1 - 10 etc..)
See question 94 regarding Michael the Archangel!
THIS WEBSITE IS FOR THE BENIFIT OF JEHOVAH`S WITNESSES. I DO NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH APOSTATE QUESTIONS FULL STOP.
Foreword - Questions 1-10 - Questions 11-20 - Questions 21-30
Questions 31-40 - Questions 41-50 - Questions 51-60 - Questions 61-70
Questions 71-80 - Questions 81-90 - Questions 91-101 -
Pahpa
Up until a few years ago, my mother-in-law had the old record player and recordings of Rutherford as well as the Testimony Cards that were used when making a "presentation" at the doors. I guess we should have kept them. But they are long gone now.