Posted by jimmyjames [jimmyjames] on April 07, 1999 at 19:37:14 {HTWDI6pmYgOfSZqlzZ0Uijuk77B9Xg}:
In Reply to: ********Was the Pastor a Pansy? posted by Tallyman on April 07, 1999 at 18:15:48:
This is why I posted the subject.
I want to see if any evidence surfaces, if such exists.
Hmmmm. It looks like you were just trying to get evidence about whether Russell was a pedophile, gay, impotent or just had a weak libido (in other words, an explanation as to why he didn't have sex with his wife), not whether Russell influenced the sexuality or ideas on sexuality of his followers. IMO this has nothing to do with the BSA and it just looks like a trashy character attack on Russell- especially when you title it "Was the Pastor a Pansy" and make remarks about whether he likes pink graves or not.
Bringing in the actual documented "advice" from Knorr, Franz, etc. is actually quite another story, don't you think? These have obvious relevancy, since they were policy, and had large-scale impacts on JWs. Did Russell teach his followers to be pedophiles, to be gay or any other such thing? What does him having a weak libido or being impotent have to do with anything, let alone the BSA?
The only relevancy I can think of would be to demonstrate that he wasn't such a "faithful" and "discreet" slave after all and that the founder of the JW religion was immoral. But why the interest in the exact details of his sexual escapades or performance problems? Who the hell cares?
jimmyjames