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into the veins of another of a different species, causing the death of the lower of the two. Thus any animal inoculated with the blood of a man dies. The blood of a dog transfused into the veins of a bird kills the bird...Science merely states the fact, the occult scientist gives the reason." Further it states that mixing blood of different species produces a hybrid which is an "abomination."(pp.355356) The reader has seen the Rosicrucian claim that only the occult scientist understands the danger of innoculations (vaccinations). Here is the Watchtower Society, with identical beliefs to the occultic Rosicrucians, claiming that the Medical profession is demonic and practicing mysticism. Who would you, as the reader, say practices mysticism? Where has all this confusion come from? If indeed Russell borrowed the idea of degrees of enlightment, keys to the scripture, progressive light, and hidden knowledge from the Masons, and it appears he did, then indirectly they may have caused the major process of Watchtower thought. That statement will take some explaining. Is Rutherford alone responsible for spoiling C.T. Russell's organization? Did he betray Russell? It is popular today by both JWs and non-JWs to tend to disassociate Russell from the movement today. This dilutes the "credit" or "blame" Russell receives for where the Jehovah's Witnesses are today. And indeed if you have some pet doctrine that Russell espoused that Rutherford changed, it is easy to feel that Rutherford is responsible for the Jehovah's Witness sect. But that is not the case. Russell (using his borrowed Masonic concepts) set the stage for what happened. Russell's religion was based on progressive light. That the "night" was turning to dawn was proof that a new day was coming. The millenial dawn, was a light that was getting progressively brighter; and the big proof that this was a millenial dawn was that the light was getting brighter. The response was good. People wanted to