IF IT AIN'T BROKE---WHY would they FIX IT? (page 2)

Terry

Neither of us have ever met the man, so we have to go by what others have written about him. The overall impression I get, so far, is that Russell was a sincere, true-believer and a fairly nice guy. Rutherford, OTOH, sounds like a total a$$h*le.
So, here's my conjecture. Russell was deep in the throes of late-life Cognitive Dissonance (he actually believed his own stuff) and just couldn't give it up.

I started out thinking Russell was a helluva thinker and an excellent writer and utterly sincere.

Then, I read as much as I could about his alliance with Maria and the strange marriage they had.

I read about his peculiar relationship with the ward, Rose Ball.

I read his testimony at trial for the Miracle Wheat and divorce imbroglios.

I studied his changes in wording in subsequent Watchtower articles which rehashed his previous writings. The changes made nail it for me.

Russell was a criminal returning to the scene of a crime covering up evidence of malfeasance.

That makes it pretty inescapable for my conclusion forming opinion.

Russell knew where and why he erred. He blamed Jehovah and kept pushing his own agenda forward..ever forward.

At least William Miller had the honesty to apologize for his screwy date failures.

Is there anything more dangerous/pathetic than a True Believer who discovers his own error and will not admit it?

Open mind

Thank you Terry for nudging me into doing even more "due diligence" on my rich spiritual heritage.

To be honest, I lightly tripped through many threads on Russell because the Rutherford expose's seemed even juicier back when I first started reading here. I still think they are, but that's off topic. I just got done reading this thread by Farkel, "Russell the Man" from the Best Of section.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/77218/1.ashx

Please disregard my previous uninformed twaddle and thank you for disillusioning me yet again.

OM

Pistoff

Terry:

Awesome, my favorite post of yours yet.

One quibble:

Replace governing body in the early descriptions of leadership, at least until the mid 1970's. The GB concept was the result of power struggles between the board and Knorr/Franz.
The board gradually replaced the influence of Knorr and Franz.

Now, certainly, the GB are the tyrants. Before the mid 70's it would have been known as the faithful and discreet slave.

willyloman

One of the best summaries ever. It hits all the highlights of dub history in just a few words.

Quandry

Well written.

If only I knew then what I know now. I had no real knowledge of the history of Russell or the WTS when I began studying "the Bible." In 1972 there were no home computers so doing research was tedius and incomplete at best.

Now, hopefully, new studies will read about the illustrious organization we all revered before getting involved.

I hope many new to this forum will benefit from your excellently presented facts.

Homerovah the Almighty

Thanks Terry good reading and well written

Going back in history and studying the character profiles of these noted leaders is too interesting to pass up on

because they are in essence the very reason why the JWS are here today.

Human history has its own psychology and who's better at studying this other than ourselves !

PS......... buy the way did you know that you can purchase an external hard drive for just a little over $100 , that simply connects via a usb cable,

thats where I keep my most important data just in case of crash ?

They are quite easy to use, I store all of my pictures, music and important legal stuff on it ...........just thought I'd mention

myelaine

Hi Terry...

that was good work, as usual...sorry to hear about your book.

"There has never been a shortage of mouthpieces of divine warnings or eager listeners willing to listen and act accordingly."....ummm...can ya hook me up?

love michelle

moshe

Thanks for for the anaylsis of WT boo-boos, Terry.

marsal

How's this for logic?
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Looks like a cult.
Sounds like a cult.
Acts like a cult.
Smells like a cult.
Hmmmmm......
Must be God's Chosen Channel!
OM

LOL!!

multifarious

One thing it proves is that they don't know what they are talking about. They flub up one prediction after another, and then they blame the flock for getting too worked up when they run into hardship for following the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger's advice.

Where are these "flub ups"? Is there some kind of a list on here that I didn't find? If the Governing Body reexamines the scriptures and have a new understanding is that a flub up?

IF IT AIN'T BROKE---WHY would they FIX IT?

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