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No Frankie, the problem lies with trying to defend what I believe with someone who doesn't believe. Why should I go into Pastor Russell and the Divine Plan, if you don't even believe in the Bible, it's fruitless.
Yes it would be fruitless for "you",, but not for me,, or the readers of this thread who have an open mind. If we can clearly establish Russells impure motivations,, the whole foundation for the WT's claim to be God's channel crumbles,, if we show him to be delusional we help others to be more critical and thus avoid the path you have choosen,, namely following a delusional man which is what most Mind control cult do. We would have to go to the basics, to the word of God, proving it is. Now if you've decided to throw the baby out with the bathwater because of your bad experience with the Society, that's not my problem.
Yes it is not your problem but feel free to post on this thread,, for while you may get nowhere in your defense of Russell you are at least offering a defense that is easily demolished and that serves a good purpose to free other from this cult.