Another Offshoot, Another Era.....and Victor was his name

[skyrider]

Today, February 28th.....marks the beginning date of the Branch Davidian siege [February 28 - April 19, 1993].

Many of the aspects of this Branch Davidian cult have been of interest to me.......much of which I pondered in 1993 and compared notes of twi's compound. And now, twenty-one years later it seems that twi is more of a compound culture than ever.

And......another man named Victor, the founder of the "original davidians," took bible studies to a whole new level. :biglaugh:/>/>/>/>/>/>/>

Victor T. Houteff

"Victor Tasho Houteff (March 2, 1885 – February 5, 1955) was a religious reformer and author. Houteff was born in Raicovo, Bulgaria, and as a child baptised as a member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. As a young man, he was engaged in the mercantile trade. In 1907, he and his brothers emigrated to the United States after, according to Victor Houteff's testimony, a mob that had taken up arms against his family and forced them onto a boat. Houteff would, on several occasions, return to visit his family, many of whom now live in the U.S. He is best known as the founder of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist organization."

More and more, I think that *twi* should be designated as TWD [the wierwille doctrine].

Similarities to twd

1) Victor T. Houteff was a keen student of the Bible

2) His bible study classes were more complex than former church

3) He encountered opposition to his interpretation

4) Housteff persisted and moved his students to a large house

5) He continued to interest his students with new Bible findings

6) In 1929, he completed his doctrinal studies and presented them in book form

7) Victor T. had no intentions of establishing a church, yet used every medium to further work

8) Deprived of denominational advantages, Victor deemed it necessary to find rural location

9) In prayerful consideration of new location [in 1934].....seeking rural isolation

Victor T. Houteff's offshoot was predominately study-based....not church-worship based.

And we thought wierwille's schtick was SO ORIGINAL. :smilie_kool_aid:/>/>/>/>/>/>/>

Offshoot of an offshoot?......Original and Branch Davidians are different >>>

Note: Although often confused with Branch Davidians (known for the stand off and fire of 1993 near Waco, Texas) the two groups are separate and distinct. Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists was begun by the late Benjamin Roden after the death of Davidian founder Victor T. Houteff in 1955.

Davidian Seventh day Adventist

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Edited February 28, 2014 by skyrider

[excathedra]

i don't know. i can't read all this. i don't think the way was doing mass suicides or killings -- is that what you're talkng about ?

i'm not saying it wasn't destructive

sorry i don't feel like reading the chart

[johniam]

quote: Note: Although often confused with Branch Davidians (known for the stand off and fire of 1993 near Waco, Texas) the two groups are separate and distinct. Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists was begun by the late Benjamin Roden after the death of Davidian founder Victor T. Houteff in 1955.

David Koresh has no connection whatsoever with the group Houteff started?

[waysider]

"David Koresh has no connection whatsoever with the group Houteff started?"

Any perceived connection is tenuous at best. It would be akin to saying that Michael Rood's group and S.O.W.E.R.S. are connected because trace amounts of their origins both have links to The Way.

Another way to state it is to say that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are connected because they all trace their roots to Abraham in some manner or fashion.

Edited March 9, 2014 by waysider