Mainstream Protestants, Adventists Make Efforts to Remove 'Stereotypes'

Simon61161 »

Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:36 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 11

The Jehovah's Witness founder Charles Russell was heavily influenced by Adventist doctrine. In fact, the whole trend of setting date after date for Christ's return began with William Miller, Russell's Adventist mentor. When Christ failed to return on any of the projected dates, Miller began to promote the concept of the invisible return of Christ, in order to cover his blunders. Later, when Russell split with Miller, over other theological differences, he took these doctrines with him and formed his "Bible Student" group, later called Jehovah's Witnesses. Both groups are cut from the exact same cloth, with a long lineage of failed prophecies in their wake. It's six of one, half dozen of another.