Russell + Rutherfords Teachings And Views
Adventist
past
At this point, a
chance encounter with Jonas Wendell, a Second Adventist preacher restored his
faith.
Seemingly by accident, one evening I dropped into a dusty dingy hall in Allegheny, Pa., where I heard religious services were held, to see if the handful who met there had anything more sensible to offer than the creeds of the great churches. There, for the first time, I heard something of the view of the Second Adventists, the preacher being Mr. Jonas Wendell.
Zion’s Watch Tower, July 15, 1906 Page 3821 Society’s reprints
The Adventist movement and it teaching would influence the young Russell in the formation of his doctrines and teachings. The Adventist movement traces it roots back to William Miller a Baptist lay preacher who in 1816 began preaching Christ would return in 1843. His preaching attracted many from Baptist and mainline churches, close to 50,000 put their trust in Miller’s timing of prophetic events. When in March 1843 the Lord did not appear, the date was recalculated to March 1844 and then to October 1844. Miller and the Millerites were disappointed and a shattered people. Dr. Josiah Litch, a Millerite leader in Philadelphia wrote on October 24th,
“It is a cloudy and dark day here—the sheep are scattered—the Lord has not come yet”[3]
http://www.truthnet.org/Christianity/Cults/Jehovahwitness5/
Most of his followers returned to their churches before his death in 1849. Others kept the movement alive and formed into several sects. These “Adventist” groups included the Advent Christian Chruch, the Life and Advent Union, the Seventh-Day Adventist, and others which split to form the Watch Tower movement. David Reed, a former Jehovah’s Witnesses connects the dots between Russell and the “Adventist” movement.
The end of the Civil War in 1865 found former Millerites promoting new dates for the Second Coming. George Storrs of Brooklyn, New York, who published the Bible Examiner and was instrumental in forming the Life and Advent Union, focused his followers’ hopes on 1870, while a group headed by N.H. Barbour of Rochester, New York, looked to 1873 or 1874, and published their calculations in Barbour’s periodical the Herald of the Morning. ….Barbour and Storrs were among the Adventist leaders who shaped the thinking of a newcomer to the religious scene, teenager Charles Taze Russell.[4]
http://www.truthnet.org/Christianity/Cults/Jehovahwitness5/
Both Disagreed on Giza
The founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Charles Taze Russell, also believed in pyramidology. He used it to supplement the Scriptures in predicting Christ's return. After Russell's death, Judge Rutherford took over their organization. He didn't care for pyramidology and moved the main body of Witnesses to reject it. This led to splits within their church.
[In 1928] Rutherford...openly condemned resorting to non-biblical sources in the attempt to discover the will and plan of God. He specifically mentioned the Great Pyramid as an example. This provoked violent criticism from older members of the movement who had grown up under Russell's teaching and many of them withdrew (Charles S. Braden, These Also Believe, New York: Macmillan, 1949, 362. See also Edward Charles Gruss, Apostles of Denial, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1978, 61-2).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford
Rutherford stated...
Russell Practiced Mason Pyramidology
http://sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/2secrets2.html
The Source: http://sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/2secrets.html
The Watchtower. 9/15/1895.pg.216.
Rutherford Booze Picture
Did
you know Judge Joseph Rutherford (second president of the Watchtower) was
a bona fide alcoholic therefore furious about the United States liquor
prohibition?
From 1920 to 1933, the United States made it illegal to manufacture, sell, or
transport any intoxicating liquors within the United States and its territories
based
on Article 19 of the Constitution. According to M. James Penton in his book
Jehovah's
Witnesses and the Third Reich:
"For example the Watchtower president railed constantly
against prohibition and his agents illegally imported
liquor from the Canadian branch offices of the
International Bible Association in Toronto to
Watchtower headquarters in Brooklyn without blinking
an eye, even though the U.S. constitution prohibited the
production or possession of alcoholic beverages." pg.115
Did
you know the Watchtower Society once taught that Jehovah lives in the
Pleiades cluster on its brightest star named Alcyone? 
Studies in the Scriptures. Volume 7.pg.327.
In
the 1930's, Jehovah's Witnesses thought
Joseph Rutherford was receiving
information from Jehovah when he said
that God lives in the Pleiades cluster:
Apparently after Rutherford's death, Jehovah shed "new light" to let
His followers know that it is unwise to speculate where he lives:
The Watchtower. 9/15/1895.pg.216.
Beth Sarim 1929 Rutherford's Mansion - House Of The Princes
Beth-Sarim is the Watchtower mansion which was built in San Diego California in
1929. The Watchtower Society has never been clear in their explanations of the
purpose of the mansion. According to the 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, the
house was built for "for Br. Rutherford's use" because his doctor advised him to spend
his winters in a warmer climate away from New York. In contrast however, the 1939
Watchtower publication "Salvation" explains the house was built in the expectations
for the resurrection of the faithful men of old times. The Proclaimers book
ambiguously cites both reasons as the purpose for the mansion:
Rutherford Believed 1925 Was The Date Of The Resurrection of Abraham And Other Faitfull
Millions Now Living Will Never Die. 1920. pg.88
Source: http://sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/2secrets.html