And what does this prove Hoo? That there were those who believed he was "That Servant." But never did he claim it. What? Was he suppose to edit out all those references made to him?
If Russell Were Alive Today He'd Be DF'd For
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AlanF
The point of putting those letters into print in The Watch Tower was to reinforce the "private" idea (wink, wink) that Russell was "that servant". If Russell did not want to encourage that belief, he would not have published the letters.
Russell's technique was little different from that which Watchtower leaders use today to imply, without quite saying, that they are inspired. They say out of one side of their mouths, "We don't claim to be inspired" while out of the other side they say, "Obey us the same as God because disobeying us is disobeying God". Russell did essentially the same thing, albeit less harshly, by writing that anyone who left off studying Studies in the Scriptures went off into darkness within two years. While I agree that present-day WTS leaders are in spiritual darkness, Russell was obviously wrong and, for similar reasons, so are modern WTS leaders.
AlanF
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inactive
If russell came back the GB would throw them selves at his feet and we would all have beards again
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RR
It's sad that you wish to see "evil" in everything connected to justify your means. Very sad!
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hooberus
RR,
Isn't it the position of "Bible Student" groups that Russell was "that servant"?
Do you personally believe that he was "that servant"?
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RR
Personally? Yep!