by daringhart13 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Rutherford took over the WT by disfellowshiping the ones designed by Russell in his testament and anyone that didn't agree with him. He claimed to be one of the anointed, and it took him 12 years to get baptized.
Can someone expound on "it took Rutherford 12 years to get baptized"?
I think the persecution from the clergy also started after he took over
Actually, Russell was heavily criticized by many members of the clergy and others.
Archive.org has some interesting documents that confirm this:
https://archive.org/details/CharlesTazeRussell-ReplyToCritics
https://archive.org/details/SomeFactsAndMoreFactsAboutCharlesTazeRussell
https://archive.org/details/TheTeachingsOfPastorRussell
https://archive.org/details/errorsofrusselli00forr
https://archive.org/details/millennialdawnhe00eato
https://archive.org/details/ThreeBlasphemiesMillennialDawn
https://archive.org/details/ThesevenThundersOfMillennialDawn
Those are a few of the critiques published during Russell's time. More than one member of the clergy did not like him.
