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She tells of the false visions of glories expressed by past presidents of this sect. One of these, Rutherford, after being convicted and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on a charge of espionage, proclaimed: (('"This is the happiest day of my life. To serve earthly punishment for the sake of one's religious belief is one of the greatest privileges a man could have."...He had, however, gone to great lengths to avoid the "privileges" of earthly punishment.')) (Pg.115). And: (('They ignore the fact that clergymen of all denominations were sent to prison--sometimes for doing nothing more than reading the Sermon on the Mount'.)) (Pg.113). In referring to Rutherford again, she says: (('But under his leadership, the organisation became monolithic, and proselytizing techniques became uniform and highly structured. The days of fiery individualism were over. (Russell was fire; Rutherford was acid and ice; Knorr was rock and grey)')) (Pg.112). Needless to say, these are not the qualities of leadership for any followers of The Christ.
When the previous strong words of their leaders' faith were put to the test, they advised their Bible Students to make this declaration: (('"We are not against the Government in any sense of the word. We recognize the Government of the United States as the best government on earth. We recognize that governments, being political and economic institutions, have the power and authority, under the fundamental law, to declare war and to draft their citizens."' [TWT. 1917. P.6221].)). But what happened to their christian "wrestling" "against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness"? (Eph 6:12 NWT). (('They took the further step of advising colporteurs to halt distribution of the volume 'THE FINISHED MYSTERY'. When none of this served to keep their leaders out of prison, the Bible Students, at a convention... unanimously passed a resolution attesting to their loyalty to the government and people of these United States.')). Furthermore, (("The Watch Tower instructed its readers to honour President Wilson's designation of May 30, 1918, as a day of national prayer and supplication for the success of the American war effort. (TWT. June 1. 1918].)) (Pg.115). And yet their books denounce governments as being the "wild beast" image!
As further proof that their leaders were never God's faithful anointed ones, they did not, and do not, know who the (('higher powers')), the "superior authorities" are. They are of course the laws of Jehovah God, the One they falsely claim to worship. (See Paul's words to the Romans 13:1)). (Pg.116).
THE NAME JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES WAS FROM THE MAN RUTHERFORD -- NOT GOD.
According to a colleague of Rutherford, named Macmillan, (('he began to think about what he would say to Bible Students that was new and of any consequence at an international convention scheduled for July 24-31 in Cleveland, Ohio. Isaiah 43 came to mind: ...What Rutherford had come up with at 2 o'clock in the morning was a new name for Bible Students: Jehovah's witnesses')). (Pg.119). But according to the Word of God, only those who have been anointed by Holy Spirit are such. Of the thousands calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses that I had associated with, not one among them could truthfully make such a claim.
Their students are still able to make some extraordinary excuses for their continued acceptance of these idols called their 'governing body': (('(an all white, all male group with a median age of 60); elders and governors form a self-perpetuating elite')); all with their false proclamations and duplicities. One example of this, was that those who were called to a certain assembly at Cedar Point, Ohio, at a certain date, were all proclaimed as God's anointed. The one who made this decision for each individual present was acting as their god. A mere human told those who ATTENDED his appointed meeting that they were all God's anointed? ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!
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