The thing I would add about Rutherford regarding anything he said would be the clip from the Faith in Action DVD where Rutherford was berated for hours and then those who did the berating were cast out of the WT and shunned...we can assume correctly these associates of Rutherford knew what a crackhead he was...brought it to his attention and since he was the head cheese..got rid of them...NOW that Rutherford is dead and rotting. .WT can abandon everything he taught and believed ONLY because the self proclaimed ASS is dead...
Just when you thought we had heard the epitomy of stupid WT comments....
by Newly Enlightened 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Rutherford was berated for hours and then those who did the berating were cast out of the WT and shunned
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Two factors were at play:
1. Rutherfraud used his attorney skills to hijack the WT from the board of directors Russell had appointed in his Will by using legal technicalities and mischief. He defied Russell's express wishes, Re: how WT was to be run.
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2. The fallout was due to the fact that Rutherfraud had published the seventh volume of Studies in The Scriptures without the knowledge or consent of the board of directors. Understandably, they were upset when such a ridiculous book was published under their name (WT) and Rutherfraud felt no need to include them in on the process. That's not the way things work when a legal entity has a board of directors.
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The persecution and ridicule WT received over The Finished Mystery is proof positive that group of men called it correctly in denouncing that old drunk, JFR.
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Lied2NoMore
the pattern of behavior is just as vile today as it was back then.......disagree with anything the watchtower does or teaches you get cast out and shunned
they keep the same pattern as Rutherford started which is one of the few things that remains from the Rutherford era
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Newly Enlightened
Thank you everyone. It's going to be difficult topping this one....oh yeah wait, their 'masturbation' video is a modern day example of their idiocy!!!
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WTWizard
Morphing into whites? Since when did they think people are that STUPID? The Gentile race is split into three major races, and they are intended to be separated. White, Black, and Asian races are three distinctly separate races to remain that way. There is no way they are going to all become White when they become perfect. In fact, they would become even more pure--pure White, pure Black, and pure Asian. In a state of perfection, those who are mixed with two or more of these races would separate so they would run better--similar to having sets of instructions and parts that are made for different cars. Mixing the parts would only make things run poorly, and mixing instructions would result in inaccuracies. But, if all the parts and instructions are for the correct machine, it functions perfectly.
Also, the races get along with each other and respect each other. Whites respect Blacks and Asians, along with their rights to have pure cultures. Likewise, Blacks respect Whites and Asians, keep their own cultures pure, and do not demand to mash their cultures into each other (which only ruins everything). Asians respect Blacks and Whites, and maintain their own culture while expecting everyone else to maintain their cultures separately. Each race develops to be the best they can possibly be. Racism, as in branding other races as inferior and trampling on their rights, comes to a permanent and full stop.
Worse, having them all being MEN? The sexes have to mix! Otherwise, you do not have reproduction. And, if you only have men, you are not getting another generation. If the earth is full of people and they all live forever, who wants just plain men? I certainly do not. And it was the prospect of living with nothing but other men that was the major force that led to my deciding to abandon the religion. In a perfect world, men and women are not expected to be equal--but women are not treated as inferior to men or forced to settle for abuse.
I don't think the religion has come as far as they want us to believe. Sexism is still rampant among the washtowel. They might have racial mixtures--and ruining everyone's cultures. They intermarry--not because they are attracted, but because they don't have any choice except to "marry outside the Lord", which gets them looked down on. This is not how integration is supposed to work. And why women, of any race, cannot do simple administrative tasks? To this date, women cannot handle the microphones, say the prayers in front of the congregation, give simple talks not including a householder, or take the group out in field circus in the presence of a "brother" that may be far less competent (the "sister" is usually a pious-sneer having pious-sneered for 20+ years, while the "brother" could be a low hour publisher and new; the "brother" still gets to take the group out). And I do not view black or Asian races as "inferior"--different, but not inherently inferior--nor do I view women as "inferior".
How that smut ever got published and spread through the whole congregation is beyond me--any more than the smut that poverty is a virtue is today.