Movimentos religiose millennialiste american in le seculo dece nove

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Desde le morte de Christo il sovente ha habite movimentos millennialiste inter le christianos predicente le fin de iste mundo pecanimose e un regno de mille annos per Christo mesme. Naturalmente, Christo nunquam ha venite pro reignar sur le mundo, ma nove predictiones del fin del mundo sempre ha venite periodicamente in le duo mille annos del existentia del christianitate.

Un tal movimento in le Statos Unite comenciava con William Miller (1782-1849), un soldato american qui luctava contra le angleses in nostre guerra de 1812 (mille octo centos dece e duo). Ille habeva essite un atheo, ma post le guerra ille deveniva un christiano enthusiastic. Post un studio del libros de Daniel e de Revelation, ille concludeva que le data quando Christo retornarea al mundo esserea le 21 martio, 1844 (le dece un de martio de mille octo centos quaranta e quatro). Ille appoiava su predictiones con un serie de calculationes inspirate per su studio del biblia.

Ille convinceva 100.000 (cento mille) americanos que ille habeva ration. E ante que debeva venir le fin del mundo, illes habeva vendite omne lo que illes possedeva, credente que illes non haberea besonio de lor possessiones post que Christo habeva venite.

Christo non veniva, naturalmente, e Miller faceva nove calculationes, concludente que le grande die esserea October 22, 1844 (le vinti duo de octobre, mille octo centos quaranta e quatro), ma Christo e su raptura anque non veniva quando arrivava iste nove data.

Ma le poteres de reinterpretation de scholares del biblia es immense. Le discipulos de Miller concludeva que le datas computate per ille solmente significava le inauguration del processo del salvation final. Unes ex illes formava le religion adventista del septime die in le Statos Unite.

In 1879 (mille octo centos septanta e nove) un altere millennialiste american, Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) inaugurava un altere movimento millennialiste, le testes de jehovah. Como Miller, Russell faceva su proprie predictiones, ma Christo non veniva.

Russell moriva durante le Prime Guerra Mundial, e probabilemente ille credeva que su battalias iva a inaugurar Armageddon. Ma Christo non veniva.

Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942) continuava le movimento, insistente que "milliones qui nunc vive nunquam morira". Ma omnes qui viveva quando ille faceva iste prediction probabilemente ha morite. Ille mesme moriva durante le Secunde Guerra Mundial, e probabilemente ille credeva que le battalias de iste guerra aunque inaugurarea le processo de Armageddon.

Ma le stupiditate aggressive del humanitate es multo tenace, e le corpore de testes de jehova ha continuate su expansion, attrahente plus que un million de adherentes.

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American Religious Millennialist Movements in the Nineteenth Century

Since the death of Christ there have often been millennialist movements among Christians predicting the end of the sinful world and a thousand-year reign by Christ himself. Naturally, Christ has never come to reign over the world, but new predictions for the end of the world have always come along periodically in in the two thousand years of the existence of Christianity.

One such movement in the United States started with William Miller (1783-1849), an American soldier who fought against the English in the war of 1812 (eighteen twelve). He had been an atheist, but after the war he became an enthusiastic Christian. After a study of the books of Daniel and Revelation, he concluded that the date when Christ would return to the world would be March 21, 1844 (March the twenty-first, eighteen forty-four). He supported his predictions with a series of calculations inspired by his study of the bible.

He convinced 100,000 (one hundred thousand) Americans that he was right. And before the end of the world was to come, they had sold everything they owned, believing that they would not need their material possessions after Christ had come.

Christ did not come, of course, and Miller made new calculations, concluding that the big day would be October 22, 1844 (October the twenty-second, eighteen forty-four), but Christ and his rapture also did not come when this new date arrived.

But the powers of reinterpretation of the scholars of the bible are immense. Miller's disciples concluded that the dates he computed only signified the inauguration of the process of final salvation. One of them formed the seventh day adventist religion in the United States.

In 1879 (eighteen seventy-nine) another American millennialist, Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) founded the jehova's witnesses. Like Miller, Russell made his own predictions, but Christ did not come.

Russell died during the First World War, and he probably believed that its battles were going to inaugurate Armageddon. But Christ did not come.

Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942) continued the movement, insisting that "millions who are now alive will never die." But all those who were alive when he made this prediction have probably died. He himself died during the Second World War, and he probably believed that the battles of this war also would inaugurate the Armageddon process.

But the aggressive stupidity of humanity is very tenacious, and the body of jehovah's witnesses has continued its expansion, attracting more than a million adherents.