Did you ever really think they were?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZp-Csg0s8
In relation to the scriptures in Isaiah it was identity theft.
The are not Jehovah's Witnesses
by Anna Marina 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Anna Marina
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psyco
Really interesting... Thanks!
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Anna Marina
My pleasure :)
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Phizzy
Apparently, and this may be Apocryphal, but Rutherford struggled long and hard to come up with a new name, to differentiate them from the Bible Students who were still going strong, but were loyal to the teachings of Russell, and not Rutherford's.
He said it came to him " during the night". Quite how much liquor he had consumed before retiring who knows ? but if he had thought about it, to take a Scripture from Isaiah and apply it to a supposedly Christian group , and give it a name from pre Christian times, was a big mistake which would make the JW's sound weird to all and sundry.
Maybe he did think about that, but went ahead anyway, not bothering that the new Testament clearly says we should be Witnesses of Jesus.
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psyco
In video 2 (about minute 37th) in your count of Jehoiakim and Nebuchadnezzar years of reign, the year 621 BCE is missing...
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Anna Marina
Don't try to put dates in Psycho - WT's dates are crazy and make no sense. Jehoiakim reigned for 11 years, so you do a count of 1 to 11. Not 9 to 11, then say Jehoiakim only ruled for 3 years.
Also Nebuchandezzar's 1st year of rulership is not his 19th year of rulership.
Hi Phizzy - I don't know why Rutherford took that name but certainly by opposing the simple maths from Jeremiah and Ezekiel, let alone Daniel, WT renders itself apostate to Jehovah's Witnesses. Quite an achievement in terms of accidents when you think of it. One of those ultimate fails.