Thanks Cabasilas
—Narrator—
Rather than giving in to disappointment over what did not happen in 1914, the Bible Students kept their minds open to the significance of what had taken place. The world war and its aftermath had become the world-shaking events proclaimed by Russell almost 40 years earlier. The Bible Students were coming to the realization that Christ's presence began in 1914, and that the world's last days were underway! Two months after Russell's death, Joseph Rutherford was appointed to oversee the work.
Three lies right there!
What a joke that DVD is, a real piece of work, rewriting their own history.
3Mozzies
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I saw this video but didn't notice this at the time. You're right, these are three blatant lies!
- Russell did not predict a world war - he predicted the overthrow of the world's governments and a universal anarchy.
- They long believed that Christ's presence had begun in 1874 - after the date it was reinterpreted as an "invisible presence" - sound familiar?
- It wasn't a peaceful transition of control to Rutherford. On the contrary many members of the board of the Watchtower Society resigned.
(Can someone tell me how to quote posts correctly - this has been bugging for a while now!)