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Whay did Gilead teach about CTR? ... my latest video
by Awakened at Gilead 32 Replies latest watchtower bible
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AllTimeJeff
Nice video Lance.
Miracle wheat, I never heard of it either till Gilead. Why oh why do they advertise this of all their embarassing material?
For me, when Noumair said to the class during the first couple of weeks that we would go tour Brooklyn and "walk the streets that Russell walked..." that just struck me as troubling....
CTR would be considered as apostate as Ray Franz if he were around today....
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OUTLAW
AAG..Lance,I`m on Dial-up..The slowest dial up on the planet..26kbps.....But..Living in the Wilderness I should be grateful for any internet service at all.......It would take 3 birthdays to download 1 of your video`s..LOL!!.......Do you have a Script for your video`s,that you could post?..It would be nice to at least be able to read what your doing,on JWN..
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purplesofa
I never heard of the Miracle Wheat until this video.
good video
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stillajwexelder
excellent
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AllTimeJeff
Here is the link to the information below.
http://www.watchman.org/jw/jwwheat.htm
"Pastor" Russell's Miracle Wheat: Fraud and Deception in Watchtower Roots
James Walker
Many examples of fraud and deception can be found by looking through the history and claims of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, but perhaps none more strange that the case of the "Miracle Wheat."
Almost from its inception, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, known originally as Zion's Watch Tower, has been guilty of misleading the public and their followers with claims that are wildly inaccurate and, in some cases, border on scams.
Watchtower "Miracle" Wheat
An example of the latter can be found in the infamous case of Pastor Russell's "Miracle Wheat" cited in Dr. Walter Martin's, Kingdom of the Cults, (pp. 40-42, 1985 ed.).
November 1, 1916, a local newspaper, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, published an interesting piece of investigative journalism exposing some alleged abuses by one of their most renowned citizens, Charles Taze Russell, founder of Zion's Watch Tower. The article states:
"After the `work' had been well started here, `Pastor' Russell's Watch Tower publication advertized wheat seed for sale at $1.00 a pound (quite expensive in that day).
"It was styled `Miracle Wheat,' and it was asserted that it would grow five times as much as any other brand of wheat.
"There were other claims made for the wheat seed, and the followers were advised to purchase it, the proceeds to go to the Watch Tower and be used in publishing the `Pastor's' sermons.
"The Eagle first made public the facts about these new ventures of the Russellites [an early term used to describe Russell's followers] and it published a cartoon picturing the `Pastor' and his `Miracle Wheat' in such a way that `Pastor' Russell brought suit for libel, asking $100,000 damages.
"Government departments investigated the wheat for which $1.00 a pound was asked, and agents of the Government were important witnesses at the trial of the libel suit in January, 1913.
"The `Miracle Wheat' was low in the Government tests, they said. The Eagle won the suit."
Dr. Martin reproduced from microfilm on file in New York the following dates and titles from relevant articles of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle all published in January of 1913:
Miracle Wheat Scandal (1/1/ 1913, p. 1-2); Testimony of Russellite Beliefs (1/22/13, p. 2); Testimony on Wheat (1/23-24/1913, p. 3).
Financial statements proving Russell's absolute control, were made by (Watch Tower) Secre¬tary-Treasurer Van Amberg who was quoted as saying, "...We are not responsible to anyone for our expenditures. We are responsible only to God," (1/25/13, p. 16).
Government experts testify on "Miracle Wheat" and ascertain beyond doubt that it is not miraculous or overly excellent (1/27/13, p. 3); Prosecution and Defense sum-up. Russell assailed but not present to hear it (1/28/13, p. 2); Russell loses libel suit (1/29/13, p. 16).
Some modern Jehovah's Witnesses may wish to minimize the significance of the "Miracle Wheat" claiming that the profits from its sales went to the Watchtower Society and not Russell himself.
However as Martin points out, Russell owned 990 of the 1,000 shares of Watchtower Society stock. By this figure, 99% of every "contribution" for "Mira¬cle Wheat" was in effect a contribution to Russell himself.
Before going to court, The Brooklyn Eagle made this claim:
"The Eagle goes even further and declares that at the trial it will show that `Pastor' Russell's religious cult is nothing more than a money-making scheme," (Ibid).
While the motives of Russell can only be judged by God Himself, few would argue that such "Miracle Wheat" claims today would be more at home in the National Enquirer than in the Watchtower - a magazine claiming to be produced by God's only true organization on the earth.
If today's US Postal regulations against false advertizing and mail fraud had been in effect at the time, perhaps Russell would have lost more than a libel case.
This is, with little doubt, a blatant example of fraud and deception going back to the roots of today's Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
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purplesofa
Thanks for posting Jeff
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blondie
Although from a family associated with the WTS since the 1920's, I first heard the words "miracle wheat" when I was 19 shouted out from a house I had stopped by in my "ministry." I looked it up in the family library and I was surprised to find that the WT had sold something in the pages of its publications. Not the only thing either. But I was still in the mind thought that the WTS had improved over time. It took more than 35 years and other "revelations" that I finally realized it had not improved over time.
Blondie
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cameo-d
I looked it up in the family library and I was surprised to find that the WT had sold something in the pages of its publications.
I just wonder...did he have a good cockamamey story to go along with the sales pitch? Like, maybe he picked it up in King Tut's tomb while he was out measuring the pyramids?
Maybe those miracle wheat seeds were supposed to grow all the straw the lions and wolves are supposed to eat after armageddon.
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VM44
Brother Bohnet (a contempory of Russell) stated that Miracle Wheat was to feed the elect during the "Time of Trouble"!
Where did he come up with that idea?
...OUTLAW