"When Paster Charles Taze Russel the founder of the Witnesses died in 1916 he was buried with a marker a few feet away by his tomb sculptured as a large pyramid five to six feet high, with the Mason logo embossed on it and remains to this day for all to see. Although putting up a smoke screen by writing articles in the Watchtower magazine that he was the editor of, against the Masons, evidence shows without a doubt he was greatly influenced by them , as well as into Egyptology as can be seen by the design and presentation of his books and the information used. If you do not believe me then check it out. Or how about this one: "Why was Charles Taze Russel buried in the Masonic Cemetery, under a pyramid with Templar inscriptions?" Source
- Pyramidology. Following views first taught by Christian writers such as John Taylor, Charles Piazzi Smyth and Joseph Seiss, he believed the Great Pyramid of Giza was built by the Hebrews (associated to the Hyksos) under God’s direction, but to be understood only in our day. He adopted and used Seiss's phrase referring to it as "the Bible in stone". He believed that certain biblical texts, including Isaiah 19:19–20 and others, prophesied a future understanding of the Great Pyramid and adopted the view that the various ascending and descending passages represented the fall of man, the provision of the Mosaic Law, the death of Christ, the exultation of the saints in heaven, etc. Calculations were made using the pattern of an inch per year. Dates such as 1874, 1914, and 1948 were purported to have been found through the study of this monument.[43]
The newspaper and magazine industry has always been a cutthroat business – even in the world of Jehovah’s Witness publications. Charles Taze Russell began what is now known as The Watchtower publication in 1879 for use in the door-to-door ministry by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were unchallenged until 1889 when a new, radical door-to-door publication entered the marketplace.
A young journalist named David McStevens founded “The Loincloth: Exposing Christianity” in 1889 and immediately threatened the Watchtower’s door-to-door dominance. Within the first year, Watchtower’s circulation dipped down by 35 percent. Readership for the Loincloth increased even more when they began to give away tickets for the 144,000 available seats in heaven with crossword puzzle contests.
McStevens and Russell became embroiled in a heated battle; McStevens claimed Russell was buying some of the tickets to heaven and not coming by them the honest way – earning them or winning them. Russell did not deny the charges and then scalped 100 heaven seating tickets for a total of $2.3 million dollars.
With a little extra cash on hand, Russell increased the production and dissemination of his Watchtower literature. By 1910 McStevens had all but disappeared from the big picture. According to Witness Micah Onas’s annual list in 1911, the Fortunate 144,000, David McStevens had slipped in the rankings all the way from #58 to #143, 820 - putting his eternal existence in jeopardy. Charles Russell held steady at #3 behind Jesus and Booker T. Washington. Source
But don't let them in your house!
2 John 1:10-11, If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. 11Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
Its always interesting when JW's come knocking with their current edition of the Watchtower and Awake magazine. They like to throw a softball article at unsuspecting home dweller.
The insidious wolf in sheeps clothing slowly maneuvers to control the flow of the conversation to their presentation and the goal of selling literature (they refer to placing literature) and logging hours of field service for their monthly time report.
The ultimate goal is to find a warm house to secure a bible study every week, that gets them off the street corner and off the frozen front porches during the winter. To proselytize in a 1 to 1 study of their version of bible truth.
The overall objective? To witness to the world about their organization which they claim is the only way to gain the salvation of God. They do not lead to Christ Jesus.
And to recruit more Watchtower slaves to the cause. Without work they have no salvation. You see one cannot be a JW without the door to door ministry.
The truth is they are not connected to God thru Christ, they have an Organization to follow rather then following Jesus Christ. Salvation is NOT available with out works for JW's.
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
http://bible.cc/1_timothy/2-5.htm
They pay lip service to this bible verse, but do not believe it...
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
http://bible.cc/ephesians/2-8.htm
Over the last 46 years I have studied every part of the beliefs of JW's,
I was brainwashed and baptised in 1964 at the age of 10.
I was trapped in this cult for 30 years and I finally cut the ties it took me until 1995, powerful guilt/fear mind contolling sect/cult.
I started having doubts back in the early 1980's. The threat that was held over my head was that I would be disfellowshipped if I read any information that was contrary the the written books and magazines and beliefs of WTB+TS
Reading contrary material on the internet is considered apostate and punishable by disfellowshiping and shunning.
Fortunately my eyes begun to be open when I read the book published by Raymond Franz .
Raymond Victor Franz (May 8, 1922 – June 2, 2010) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from 20 October 1971 until 22 May 1980,[1][2] and served at the organization's world headquarters for fifteen years, from 1965 until 1980. Franz claimed the request for his resignation and his subsequent disfellowshipping resulted from allegations of his apostasy from the faith.[3] Franz wrote two books that related his personal experiences with the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and his views on Jehovah's Witnesses teachings.
Franz wrote two books—Crisis of Conscience (1983) and In Search of Christian Freedom (1991)—presenting detailed accounts of his experiences as a Jehovah's Witness, a Governing Body member, and his experiences throughout various levels of the organization
The Internet has opened the door to mounds of information on the checkered past of the Presidents of the International Bible Students, Watchtower Bible+Track Society and since 1931 called Jehovah's Witnesesses . The majority of JW's will not want to discuss the failed prophesyies of their founder and the President (leaders) that followed CT Russell.
Over the last 20 years I have come to the conclusion that they are a man made sect with no connection to the truth. "The Truth" as they refer to their cult religion, bears no resemblance to the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Today 2 men came knocking witholding the Truth and hiding the 135 year history about the Truth!
The internet is filled with information that was not available to researchers prior to the 1996 world wide web being opened to the world.
For example:
In the 1 November 1995 Watchtower magazine, the Jehovah's Witnesses made a major doctrinal change concerning the "Generation of 1914." To better understand the significance of this change it is crucial to understand the importance they place on the year 1914 and how their beliefs concerning that year have radically changed throughout their history.
he denighed that 1975 was a a failed prophesy of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and he degned that a change in the Generation 1914 date. Source
For example:
In the Awake! magazine of November 8the 1995 the masthead of the magazine was significantly changed. This single change is perhaps the most significant and obvious. They have now totally rejected the original 1914 generation doctrine. Of course, most witnesses on the street, are not even aware of this yet because they are forbidden to read "apostate" material. What is apostate about this material? Did it not reveal truth to YOU??? Had you noticed the masthead change below in the Awake magazine? Source
This time I again ...I heard the same twisted lies from the elder slave that claimed 45-50 years in the Cult. They do NOT want the world where they preach to know the truth about Jehovah's Winessess.
So with the Watchtower slaves on my doorstep Saturday morning,
I decided to take control of the the direction of the conversation.
and I told them I didn't want their magazines, but I did have some questions...
Jehovah's witnesses never listen...but they love to talk, so by framing my inquiry as noted above, my questions would allow me to direct the conversation to the holes in their religious beliefs and the lies in their time table and bible chronology which is the crux of their message at the deeper levels of brainwashing. hence I can bring to the Knockers attention , the huge mounds of information, facts , inconsistencies false prophesy as well as outright bold face lies .
This preacher told me that NO WTBS ARTICLE HAD EVER CLAIMED that 1914 generation was going to see the end of the world. And the failed prophesy of 1975 was blamed on the over enthusiasm of the flock of Jw's and that the writers and Governing bidy of JW's NEVER made those claims.
The Big Lie
The Big Lie was Hitlers masterpiece... The Big Lie so too with the Witnesses, who have re-wriiten, buried their history because they have run out of time , ALL their significant time prophecy's have failed.
They are governed NOT by the Holy Spirit , I suspect they are controlled by a different spirit one that is determined to mislead the entire inhabitant earth.
Revelation 12:6-12
12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
So I told the 2 men that came to my door that I wondered how many times the Holy Spirit could be wrong?
The holy spirit was wrong when picking CT Russell and his 2 dates 1874 and 1914.
And the holy spirit was wrong when Rutherford took over the WTB+TS and he picked 1925 as the date when the end would come.
Then when Frederick Franz used the chronology based on CT Russells dates with his copycat chronology from The 7th Day Adventists, Millerites, Barbour , this date also failed.
Every President from CT Russell to the present day has changed the believes as their prophecy's fail. The web has captured 135 years of JW's written history on the Internet.
Today I challenged them on CT Russell claim about 1914 being the date when they would go to heaven, when the claim was made to ALL Jw's that the generation people that were of an age of understanding in 1914 would see the end conclusion of the system of things. These people are now those people would be 96 years of age. and Jw's were taught that the Remnant of Christs brothers on the earth would never die and be transformed in the twinkling of an eye and go to heaven before Armageddon.
"Likewise today, most of the generation of 1914 has passed away. However, there are still millions on earth who were born in that year or prior to it." (Watchtower April 8, 1988 p14) Another example of the "Generation" doctrine change
"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him" (Deuteronomy 18:22).
Each President picked wrong dates...this is JR Rutherfords Book where he stated the year 1925 would be the critical date...later calling himself an ass for picking a date that came and went.
Millions Now Living Will Never Die! By J. F. Rutherford
- M. James Penton - 2004 - 412 pages - Preview
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