SO my dad and I went fishing and we got to talking about Russell and his demotion. Now my father admits that this change in doctrine screws everything up. Now I am sure someone here may have thought about this but he says, "Well if Russell is not inspired and that means 1914 is no go the next available date would be 1935 as a keystone for everything.
If they finally recognize secular sources and point to 586 or 587 they can now say that Jesus began ruiling in 1933 or 34 and selected Rutherford at that time. As a way to show that they had Jesus blessing as the chosen church through divine inspiration they seperated themselves from others by taking the name Jehovah's Witness just 1 year later...
Of course I was glad that he is thinking along these lines because I swear I can get him out or atleast continue to be my buddy - however at the same time the way that he raddled this off his tongue so quickly has me concerned as well.
This would remove Russell completely out of the picture... 1914 completely out and to a degree it could make some sense