Was Russell a member of the Knights Templar (33rd Degree Mason)? Since to be such would mean that he would have believe in and support the trinitarian creeds, it should be obvious that Russell did not lie when he said he had never been a Mason. www.theknightstemplar.org/creeds rlctr.blogspot.com/p/russell-and-freemasons.html
Was Russell the founder of Jehovah's Witnesses? No. Russell was not the founder of that in which he did not believe, and which he preached against. rlctr.blogspot.com/p/jws.html