It has been said that the GB are just followers of followers. They had belived a lie all their lives and have taught others the same. In another post I've disscussed how I'd like to know more about Russell and Rutherford. Were they followers of followers or corupt. Many seem to point to Rutherford as the bad guy. Even in the societies own books he seems to come off as a dodgy guy. Was Russell guenuine in his belief , or was he courupt too?
So who is mostly to blame for the JW religon Russell or Rutherford? Or is it ourselves ,did we just decive ourselves and seek to pass the blame when the truth dawned? So lets have a poll. who is mostly to blame. 1Russell 2Ruthrford 3Ourselves 4something else
Again I would like to ask for more history to Russell/Rutherford .
If you look at my thread, 30 years a WT slave, you will see that the organizational practices were put in place in 1925 and '26 by Rutherford. Before that the "Bible Students" were a much nicer group, and Russell though he had his flaws was a kind, sincere man.
Having done some careful research in this area. I think it is safe to say that the JW's today are the children of one man, Judge Rutherford. Everything the Watchtower is, is due to his practices and theology.
well, it all started when Adam was a boy .. you see God felt insecure and tried to force people to obey him, then he broke up the first family by playing favorites over what was served him at dinner .. Cain was so distraught over Jehovah's callous rejection of his vegtable offering he killed his brother. God felt a touch guilty so instead of sending him to join Abel, marked Cain in the head and banished from the family home to the land of Nod while his mum and dad cried tears of sorrow and bent in hard toil for almost a thousand years ... etc...
..don't even get me started on Jesus, apostate Paul, Martin luther and the American sex .. sects! unclebruce
I'm not going to go into it, but i am curious if you believe in russels pyramidology also.
You know I've been fellowshipping with Bible Students for some ten years now and we have never really studied the pyramid issue.
I must say I find it all very interesting and do believe there is something to it's design. But my faith is in the Scriptures not the pyramid, my theology comes from scriptures not the pyramid.
That being said one of our sister ecclesias just published a newsletter on the subject of the pyramid, and I must say it was well written and gives you something to think about.
