zions watchtower taught astrology as doctrine

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  headmath

  from zions watchtower MAY 1, 1903

  Qoute

  AN ASTROLOGER'S OUTLOOK. ----------
  
  WE seriously question all the claims of Astrology; yet the following--from whatever source the suggestions come, even though of the Adversary himself--seem remarkably true to our expectations based upon the Word of the Lord. For this reason alone we present them here,--as follows:--
  
  "Saturn is the representative of the great motive power that has dominated the mind of man up to the present time. The great organizations of Capital, attracting now so much attention, are in reality the last great struggle of this Saturn-god to save his throne. But his efforts will be futile, yet far from useless, for he is blindly doing service for a still greater God in the same way as the other planets have contributed blindly to Saturn's glory.
  
  "Jupiter, representing law, religion and morality, has been perforce subservient to Saturn's greater and more potent force. It explains why the church, the law, the charitable and educational institutions have contributed to increasing the power and prestige of the worldly and material Saturn, whose selfish monopolizing material nature must be disposed of and made tributary to a higher, nobler force that will carry out the work of human evolution.
  
  "Jupiter must also transfer his allegiance from the grasping Saturn to the newly discovered factor that stands for universal brotherhood; namely, Uranus. When Uranus and Jupiter meet in the humane sign of Aquarius in 1914, the long-promised era will have made a fair start in the work of setting man free to work out his own salvation, and will insure the ultimate realization of dreams and ideals of all poets and sages in history.
  
  "Uranus is preparing the way for Neptune, who symbolizes Love in its very highest form--the fulfilling of the law. By this, we see that Socialism, or whatever the new order may be called, will not and can not be the rule of the common or ignorant masses, but the leadership of the very highest developed members of the human family.
  
  "In 1903 Jupiter will be in the Sign of Pisces-- sign of the feet, or understanding, and the synthesis of the new religion is Love;--Love, that words cannot define. We are nearing a condition where "masters" will be unknown--where humanity will instinctively conform to the injunction, 'Call no man master, neither be ye called master.'
  
  "Note--Uranus: Great commotions are expected when it shall take its ascendancy over Saturn."
  
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  This shows that russell was involved in the occult and the watchtower most definitely has satanic roots
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  morning glory

  Russell's writings often express a curious intermixing of astrology,pyramidology,and the bible! "The Photodrama of Creation" also referred to astrology,among other teachings that JWs today wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole! (Unless,of course,the GB came up with some "new light" and sanctioned these teachings!) Here are a few exerpts from Russell's Photodrama of Creation;

  http://www.biblestudents.org/absco/photodrama/

  The

  zodiacal signs illustrate various sections of the heavens, visible at different seasons.

  http://www.biblestudents.org/absco/photodrama/pd0002.htm

  Egyptologists have been astonished by their findings in the tombs of the Pharaohs. In some of these, historic tablets have been found, tracing the ancestry of the Pharaohs apparently back to Creation--the first Pharaoh--Adam. But these tablets show so many more generations than the Bible record that Egyptologists lose all faith in the Genesis account. They become Higher Critics, discount the Bible record and pin their faith to the Egyptian tablets. They confess, however, that these tablets vary, and more or less contradict each other. Concededly, the most accurate is THE ABYDOS TABLET, found in the sepulchre of Seti I.--probably the Pharaoh who made Joseph his Prime Minister and who is supposed to have died about 120 years before Moses was born.

  http://www.biblestudents.org/absco/photodrama/pd0003.htm

  THE ABYDOS TABLET fully agrees with Genesis and is often corroborated by the Greek and Egyptian historians, Herodotus and Manetho. It shows Adam as the first Pharaoh, and Noah the twentieth, while the intermediate eighteen correspond with Genesis with remarkable accuracy. Mena's wife was Shesh--Hebrew, Isha--woman. Her first son was Pharaoh II.--Greek, Teta-Khent--guilty one; Hebrew, Kanighi; Latin, Athos; English, Cain. The tablet for Abel represents him as the non-resistant one.

  Melchisedec is supposed to have been one of the Shepherd Kings who invaded Egypt and built the

  Great Pyramid ,covering twelve acres , known for ages as one of the Seven Wonders of the world--about 2170 B.C. Astronomers tell that its measurements indicate the length of the year, the weight of the Earth, the distance to the sun, etc. Its interior passages represent human history--Downward, the course of sin and death; Upward, the Law Age, the Gospel Age, the Kingdom glory of the Church, and Human Restitution.

  Russell's interest in pyramidology,along with his use of Egyptian and Masonic symbols on many of his publications has led many to suspect a Masonic connection to Russell and his early supporters

  Morning Glory
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  dvw

  and to think, jesus scoured the globe looking for just the right bunch of people to represent his daddy on earth.

  good one jman!
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  greendawn

  He saw in the alignment of certain stars the proof that 1914 was going to be the year of Armageddon which to him meant the destruction of human governments not of disobedient mankind.
  
  Imagine a mainsteram priest or pastor mixing astrology with Biblical prophecy.
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  badboy

  WHAT?

  ADAM A PHAROAH, DID IT MENTION NOAH AS WELL?

  YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS ,MAN!