Please help me understand 1919 they were 100 percent out of babylon the great

by poopie 10 Replies latest jw friends

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  poopie

  Acording to lett at annual meeting
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  Lied2NoMore

  But it's obvious especially with Lett most of his cranial cavity is hollow.....I bet even the voices he hears in his head bounce around so much it's like he's in a crowded mall
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  sir82

  If so, why didn't they stop celebrating Christmas until 1928?
  
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  Finkelstein

  1919 was the year that J Rutherford announced that his organization (WTS.) which he took over from C T Russell and the IBSA had been chosen exclusively from god based upon those men knowledge and interpretations of bible scripture. C T Russell was bent on demeaning main stream Christendom for teaching and practicing false or incorrect doctrines. Ironically in the process he went about creating many false doctrines / interpretations on his own.. Still held onto all the traditional practices of Christendom such cerebrating birthdays , Christmas, Easter and so on.
  

  In 1919 Rutherford was still holding onto most of the teachings relating and propagated by Russell such as Pyramidology . He himself made a proclamation that the ancient worthies of old were to return in the flesh (1925) and that's supposedly the reason he deeded the lavishly appointed home which he lived in himself. ( Beth Sarim) He separated himself from his wife during his time living there and lived with his female ahhim assistant which she later on proclaimed after his death she was very much his wife.
  

  Rutherford standing on outside stairs at Beth Sarim shortly after its construction

  In 1918, Watch Tower publications began predicting, under the direction of Rutherford, that Old Testament patriarchs or "princes" would be resurrected back to earthly life in 1925. It was taught that these "princes" would become earth's new leaders and that their resurrection would be a prelude to the inauguration of a new earthly society and the abolition of death.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (It had previously been taught that these individuals were to be raised shortly after 1914.[8][9]) These "princes" would use Jerusalem as their capital, with some of the "princes" being located in other "principal parts of the earth."[10] Despite the failure of this prediction, Rutherford continued to preach their imminent return.[11]

  J.F. Rutherford in Beth Sarim

  During this time, Rutherford spent winters in San Diego, California, for health reasons,[12] and "in time, a direct contribution was made for the purpose of constructing a house in San Diego for brother Rutherford's use."[13] The property was acquired in October 1929 by Robert J Marten and was given to Rutherford in December for the nominal fee of $10 (current equivalent $137). The house was built in that year.[14] Rutherford named the property Beth Sarim and dedicated it for the use of the expected Old Testament "princes," who were now expected to be headquartered in San Diego instead of Jerusalem.[15][16] The deed for Beth Sarim, written by Rutherford, said that the property was to be held "perpetually in trust" for the Old Testament "princes" and was to be surrendered to them once they arrived.[17][18] It was located in the Kensington Heights section of San Diego over an area of about 100 acres (0.40 km2), landscaped with olive, date, and palm trees so that the "princes" would "feel at home."[19] The 5,100 square feet (470 m2) residence, designed by San Diego architect Richard S. Requa, is a ten-bedroom Spanish mansion with an adjacent two-car garage.[20][21][22] The building costs at the time were about $25,000 (current equivalent $343,000).[23] Writing in the book Salvation in 1939, Rutherford explained that Beth Sarim would forever be used by the resurrected "princes".[24]
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  Village Idiot

  sir82: "If so, why didn't they stop celebrating Christmas until 1928?"

  Or have crosses illustrated in their image of a watchtower until the 1930s.
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  Finkelstein

  One could describe the IBSA under Russell and Rutherford as an apostate diversion from Christendom that was more inspired upon selling and proliferating literature which those men self published and the created doctrines which were deemed supportive of the literature they published. .

  Self proclaiming themselves gods chosen ones (1919) was a endeavor of self promotion to appeal in validation of their writings and theology.
  
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  Truthexplorer

  Explain 1919? Sure...It's what I would use as an example when defining the word 'DELUSION'!
  
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  blondie

  Or using the cross on the cover of the WT 1931

  *** jv chap. 14 p. 200 “They Are No Part of the World” ***

  For years, Bible Students wore a cross and crown as a badge of identification, and this symbol was on the front cover of the “Watch Tower” from 1891 to 1931. But in 1928 it was emphasized that not a decorative symbol but one’s activity as a witness showed he was a Christian. In 1936 it was pointed out that the evidence indicates that Christ died on a stake, not a two-beamed cross

  
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  Darkknight757

  Thing is people (myself included) are generally too lazy to look this crap up.

  why do you think we are loaded down with waaaay too much "spiritual food"?

  It's to keep people too busy to do the research.
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  Finkelstein

  Reflecting upon what the WTS. was doing in1919 you could say they were knee deep in Babylon the Great

  (False Religion) What puts most people off about the WTS is this self proclamation that their religion is better or more righteous toward worshiping and respecting god, when in reality its just as tainted with its own inherent corruption as many other Christian based religious organizations.