Post by evilslave on May 12, 2014 22:34:13 GMT -4
The majority of JW's consider the religion to be entirely beyond reproach when it comes to issues surrounding racism and racial equality. Sadly, there are numerous examples of racial bigotry in Watchtower’s early literature, and few non-white races escape unscathed. None of this information is to be found on JW.org – Watchtower’s official website. And there is a reason Watchtower chooses to ignore their murky past when it comes to racial bigotry. It has to do with the claim that they were being led by "HOLY SPIRIT". Note that this continued after the 1919 "cleansing"
But draw your own conclusions
Watchtower 1904 February 15 pp.52-53
"Can the Ethiopian change his skin? What the Ethiopian cannot do for himself God could readily do for him. The difference between the races of men and the differences between their languages have long been arguments against the solidarity of the human family. The doctrine of restitution has also raised the question. How could all men be brought to perfection and which color of skin was the original? The answer is now provided. God can change the Ethiopians skin in his own due time. Prof. H. A. Edwards, Supt. of Schools in Slater, Mo., has written for the public press an elaborate description of how Julius Jackson, of New Frankfurt, Mo., a negro boy of nine years, began to grow white in September, 1901, and is now fully nine-tenths white. He assures us that this is no whitish skin disease; but that the new white skin is as healthy as that of any white boy, and that the changed boy has never been sick and never has taken medicines."
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the second clipping is from: The Golden Age, July 24th 1929, page 702
the third clipping is from: The Golden Age, July 25th 1928, page 684
But draw your own conclusions
Watchtower 1904 February 15 pp.52-53
"Can the Ethiopian change his skin? What the Ethiopian cannot do for himself God could readily do for him. The difference between the races of men and the differences between their languages have long been arguments against the solidarity of the human family. The doctrine of restitution has also raised the question. How could all men be brought to perfection and which color of skin was the original? The answer is now provided. God can change the Ethiopians skin in his own due time. Prof. H. A. Edwards, Supt. of Schools in Slater, Mo., has written for the public press an elaborate description of how Julius Jackson, of New Frankfurt, Mo., a negro boy of nine years, began to grow white in September, 1901, and is now fully nine-tenths white. He assures us that this is no whitish skin disease; but that the new white skin is as healthy as that of any white boy, and that the changed boy has never been sick and never has taken medicines."
(click on the images below)
the second clipping is from: The Golden Age, July 24th 1929, page 702
the third clipping is from: The Golden Age, July 25th 1928, page 684
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