Posted by Bibleman [Bibleman] on October 31, 1999 at 15:43:47 {MDPAlM8llYMRXA6xmpscslyACFuF8c}:
In Reply to: **The Flim-Flam Men posted by 5GJW on October 31, 1999 at 15:30:44:
You are so right about this. But we have all been fleeced together.
But the do it again and again because the average witness just gobbles this up! The ones who stay.
They did this most notably before, over Russell being called the "faithful and wise servant." They blamed the brothers for maintaining this false view while they implied that the WTS itself and Russell only denied this. When in fact, Rutherford himself spearheaded the Russell "creature worship" parade immediately after his death with the "7th volume", the top selling book of all time for the Society and their official publication, thus their OFFICIAL doctrine regarding Russell being the "faithful servant." Then they turned around and blamed the brothers for this idea.
It's just dishonesty at its lowest level.
But at some point, you've really got to put some of the blame on the brothers for continuing to believe this. It's as if the Society knows they've got a sleep and dumb captive audience and they just need an "excuse", lie or otherwise, to get past one false teaching to the next. Any excuse will do, as long as the "Faithful Slave" keeps a perfect reputation.
So thanks Farkel, we need to be reminded of this.
This isn't just a "mistake" or "error" this is direct DECEPTION.
Cheers,
Bibleman