by Doug Mason 2 Replies latest watchtower bible
This has more than likely been referred to here before, so I apologise in advance.
I stumbled across this site:
https://archive.org/details/folkscanomy_religion
Look at the list down the right.
In my case, I was interested in the Harvest Siftings in which Rutherford puts his slant on the 1917 schism:
Doug
I would heartily urge people to take the time to read through the above links.
You can't get a better perspective on how pissed off Russell's followers were when
Judge Rutherford snatched up the Bible Student's in his paw and sought to twist it into a knot of his own making.
Read about the cataclysm in the fresh words spoken and written in the heat of the coup d'etat.
It is still shocking even today.
Rutherford's revamping of the religion invented by CT Russell (and followers) led to the greatest schism of its history. More than 80 percent of its associated ceased their association. This led to emergence of the business end. Ultimately Rutherford rebranded the religion (hence we have Jehovah's Witnesses). Today's leadership of the religion Rutherford invented is following his plan. They are rebranding the religion.
