Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania Essays

views that were taught in his congregational church, most specifically the doctrines of hell and the trinity, which seemed unreasonable to him. Russell was a big skeptic, he was influenced by the Adventist teachings and by age 18 he had formed his own Bible study and

Apocalypticism is the belief that the world will end. There are many groups in society that believe in the apocalypse. ‘The apocalypse involves a revelation both of the end of one world and the beginning of another.’ Hence, these groups expect that the world will end but a new world exclusively for the worthy will be established. The question is should we take apocalypticism as a religion, understanding its serious message; or can we use it for entertainment dismissing the message it is conveying

Congregationalist, but then converted to agnostic in 1869. Late, Charles went to a Second Adventist Bible study where he became interested in the idea that the Bible could be used to predict God’s plan of salvation (britannica). He regains his faith and decided to start Bible study groups and a religious publishing company. In 1872, Charles Russell finds the International Bible Students Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the late 1870s, he published books and magazines about his beliefs that the Second