I've recently started reading a book called "The kingdom of the cults." So far it's been very interesting. I started at the "Jehovah's witness and the watchtower bible and tract society" section of the book and in the few pages that I've read I have learned a lot. I learned that a man named Charles Taze Russell founded the cult in 1876 when he was elected "pastor" of a group of people in a bible study group. I also learned that he didn't have any collage, seminary, bible collage or even a high school diploma (which doesn't necessarily mean anything) and that he wasn't even ordained by any clergy. I also read that he sold wheat seed at the rate of $1.00 a pound (which was extremely over priced for the time) calling it "miracle wheat" with the promise that it would produce five times more than any other wheat. The wheat was tested and was proven to be inferior to the average seed. He has been proven to purger himself in court on many occasions. And worst of all he was quoted saying that it's better for someone to have read his notes on the bible than to have read the bible it's self and that if a person quit reading his notes and read the bible only they would regress immediately but if they quit reading the bible and only read his notes they would become increasingly more spiritual.
So far I've read that Mr. Russell was a liar, a cheat, and a fool. Not exactly the kind of person that I would like to get any kind of spiritual advice from. There's no wonder why the Jehovah's witnesses are so far from the scriptures. I can give them one compliment though, they are dedicated. If we as Christians would be half as dedicated there might be a lot less lost souls wondering around out there.
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