When Cain killed Abel over their sister, Mabel.
WHAT WAS WT FIRST SCANDAL?
by badboy 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Scarred for life
What are the marriage troubles and the miracle wheat scandals?
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badboy
The miracle wheat is where ctr sold wheat claiming the wheat grow better than other wheats, he sued and lost a case against the brooklyn eagle.
His wife divorced him, alleged to had an afair with rosie ball,said to had been cruel by the judge.
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oompa
leo...that is some knowledge you have girl.......how did that go down?....how did you know that?.......what were the reprecussions?..........oomps
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mouthy
Keep your eye on Jim Penton... he is writing a book about the scandel
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badboy
Mouthy,which scandal?
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is there help out there
Noah got a kick back from one of the subcontractors.
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badboy
What subcontractor(s)?
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Satanus
April 1878 rapture expectation must have been somewhat of an upset for the group around russell. He admits that a few of them were on a bridge expecting to fly away. Barbour seems to have come to his senses, whereas russell continued on, bullheadedly in the new apocalyptic follie.
'In April 1878, the Rapture did not occur as Russell, Barbour, and their associates had anticipated. According to the book Faith on the March, page 27, written by one of Russell's associates, A.H. Macmillan, "While talking with Russell about the events of 1878, I told him that Pittsburgh papers had reported he was on the Sixth Street bridge dressed in a white robe on the night of the Memorial of Christ's death, expecting to be taken to heaven together with many others. Russell laughed heartily and said: "I was in bed that night between 10:30 and 11:00 P.M. Neither did I expect to be taken to heaven at that time, for I felt there was much work to be done preaching the Kingdom message to the peoples of the earth before the church would be taken away.""
Confused by what was perceived to be an error in calculation, Russell re-examined the doctrine to see if he could determine that it had Biblical origins, or if it was, in his view, simply Christian tradition. Barbour, however, highly embarrassed by the failure of their expectations, rejected Russell's explanation, and a debate ensued in each monthly issue of the journal from the Spring of 1878 through to the Summer of 1879. In a matter of months Barbour's embarrassment led to a recanting of some of the views he and Russell had previously shared, including any reliance upon prophetic chronology. Russell removed his financial support, and started his own journal, entitled "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence," with the first issue July, 1879, while Barbour formed "The Church of the Strangers" that same year, continuing to publish the "Herald of the Morning." Barbour for a more detailed history)'
http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/pages/4236/Charles-Taze-Russell.html
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recovering
This may have been the first scandal , the fact that russell was not the first presidebt of the watchtower.
The Proclaimer's Book, page 576: "...Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was formed on Feb. 16, 1881, with W.H. Conley as president and C.T. Russell as secretary and treasurer....In 1884, Zion Watch Tower Tract Socity was legally incorporated, with C.T. Russell as president."
Not only is Conley no longer president, but he's not an officer nor a director. Moreover, there are only 3 references about him in the pages of Zion's Watch Tower, none acknowledging his previous rank!