Russell among his peers, comforting?

by Deleted 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  Deleted

  http://www.wcg.org/lit/prophecy/anglo/howanglo.htm

  I sometimes think I study more about dubdom now than I did then. I found this piece. It's the Adventist environment that birthed dubdom. And in a qwerky way, I found it comforting to see Russell among his peers, just another non-prophet peddling papers. The Proclaimers book talked about some of these folk, but this shows the environment. Its theme is on Anglo-Israelism and a focus on Armstrong. Would a dub read this since it is not apostate, in the regular way? Or at least parts of it, it's about 50 pages.

  Glen
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  Leolaia

  Wow....kewl stuff about Guiness and Dugger....Why hadn't I heard about these guys before?
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  Triple A

  I sometimes think I study more about dubdom now than I did then.

  Deleted,

  If you had read more before, do you think you still would have signed up?

  Triple A
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  Deleted

  Triple A, I had read some anti-witness books but it strengthened my resolve to commit to dubdom. I was baptized before Crisis of Conscience came out. If I had read that, it might have been different. But I was looking for something to fulfill that which was missing. I really liked the sister we studied with, there was no Hell, a community, morals, the worldwide brotherhood - ah, ideals. Glen
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  Triple A

  Deleted,

  Thanks for the openess.

  Triple A
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  Farkel

  leolaia,

  : Why hadn't I heard about these guys before?

  Maybe you were preparing for your dissertation instead? The latter would be a much more noble cause than the former, which is just a bunch of history about losers and morons!

  Farkel
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  Leolaia

  Noble cause? Yeah, I guess.....but these morons have ensnared millions by their tripe ("Millions Now Dead or Soon-to-be Dead When This Generation Passes Away"), so it is not insignificant to study who they were and what they taught....