by HiddlesWife 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
I was watching this particular You Tube video=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZdbZSpSqU
This above moved me to question: Did Russell (and maybe including, Rutherford, GB1.0/2.0) research plus take bits and pieces from other religions/belief systems, preaching that events like these are leading mankind to "end of the world" and combine those together for the JW R&F to believe? (I hope some of posters/members understand what I am asking.)
Russell was an inveterate magpie, stealing ideas from all over the place, including from the pyramids of Egypt.
The Hindu saviour riding the white horse and the trinity of God's is very interesting. Russell definitely plagerized from John Aquinus ideas ( think that's how you spell it) The bible in general has it's influences too, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism for example.
That means no religion can claim that they are the chosen ones and others are pagan.
Barbour and Miller with their religious ideas were two men that had a profound influence in formulating C.T.Russell`s own ideas about the religion he formed the "International Bible Student`s Association" and not the "Jehovah`s Witness" religion that J.F.Rutherford formed .
Joseph F.Rutherford poached the members of the I.B.S.A.away to form the J.W.religion, and isn`t that where most of the members of the J.W.religion come from ,that is being poached away from other existing christian religions ?
In their heyday/glory day`s of growth ,by far the majority of conversions to the J.W.religion came from Christendoms religions ,Roman Catholic ,Church of England ,and other protestant churches .
Very,very,very few conversions were ever made from non christian religions .
In fact Jehovah`s Witnesses to this day have made little to no impact in "witnessing" in Asian ,and Islamic countries that covers about a third of the worlds population .
What smiddy said.
@ Ireneus...
Yup.
In fact, go back far enough, and pretty much everything has "pagan" origins.
When you mix mythology, fairy tales, and bull shit together, what do you get?
A religion!
just saying!
