tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640883212516898820.post5553103190686628563..comments2023-08-17T07:20:12.647-06:00Comments on PERSUASION: The Truth Behind the Jehovah's WitnessesGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433892234254746890noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640883212516898820.post-2317029100056162692009-05-22T13:50:23.045-05:002009-05-22T13:50:23.045-05:00Charles Taze Russell was never a member of the Jeh...Charles Taze Russell was never a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. He did not believe in such an organization, and certainly was not the founder of that which he did not believe in.<br /><br />Charles Taze Russell did believe in the Bible hell; he simply showed form the scriptures what the Bible hell is.<br /><br />Russell never said anything about not celebrating holidays or birthdays, although he may have said something about some holiday rituals.<br /><br />Russell never said anything against blood transfusions.<br /><br />Russell believed that Christ had returned in 1874; I believe the same. Russell, however, was not dogmatic concerning this, and stated many times the possibility that he could be wrong concerning chronology.<br /><br />Russell's belief that Christ had returned in 1874 was not a prophecy, nor even a prediction, since Russell came to believe this after 1874 had come and gone.<br /><br />Russell never claimed to be a prophet as were Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, etc. Indeed, Russell stated many times that his expectations should never be considered as prophecy.<br /><br />Wester wheat? Charles Russell never sold bushels of a "wester wheat". Russell, himself, never sold any wheat at all. He did allow an announcement of the sale of "Miracle Wheat" in the Watch Tower. Russell himself did not name the wheat, nor did he make any claims for the wheat, although he did report claims made by the farmer who discovered the wheat and the claims of others who had purchased the wheat from that farmer. There were many attestations in the public press that confirmed the claims of Miracle Wheat. That original strain, however, became diluted as farmers did not preserve the strain from being blended with other strains so that eventually it died out. Today, however, thousands of starving people are being fed because of the development of a new strain of "Miracle Wheat."<br /><br />For the truth about miracle wheat, see:<br /><A HREF="http://ctr.reslight.net/?p=122" REL="nofollow">http://ctr.reslight.net/?p=122</A>Russell never "endorsed" the sale of a cancer cure. He did offer to send a **free** recipe for a cure of a certain type of skin cancer that a doctor friend had given to him. That basic recipe is still in use today by doctors, patients and others, and can be found online. There was certainly nothing fraudulent or evil in what Russell did concerning this, and indeed it was an unselfish Christian thing that he did.<br /><br />I certainly agree that one should seek to belong to Christ, not to an organization such as Jehovah's Witnesses. While such an organization may be more equipped to spread its message, the message is diluted because their message ends up preaching the "organization" and thereby detracts from Christ. Also the teaching that millions of unenlightened men, women and children (for whom Jesus died; he died for all who are dying in Adam -- Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; 1 Timothy 2:5,6) will be eternally destroyed actually disgraces the name of Jehovah and Jesus.Ronald Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428695352830083280noreply@blogger.com