JWism by definition is the most boring existence on the planet, even the Amish have more excitement in their lives. Without these carrots on sticks that the GB throws in front of the rank and file when the numbers are diminishing, the organization would quickly sink into oblivion instead of dying a slow painful death which is what it is doing regardless. Teenaged girls arent as big as the Society is in terms of making DRAMA about everything. And dont think for a nanosecond they dont know it! Its all very highly orchestrated.
I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter...if I recall correctly (90 or 91?). They were going to have a HUGE announcement and it had to be said to ALL the congregations around the world at the SAME TIME and we had to go to a special location to hear it. Prior to the "big announcement" the R&F was all abuzz about it being an announcement of when armageddon was coming...(once again we all forgot the Bible says NO ONE EVEN THE SON knows this bit of information....) and it was only the announcement of a tract BLITZ. It may have been the first one of these in fact. We were to take them to every door and not stop and talk to anyone but hit every house in our territory.
We all went home going THATS IT??? THATS THE BIG FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT??? The disappointment was palatable.
Why should today be any different? Hungry people will eat raw rats if they are starved enough. The R&F is starved.
Even if the GB all dropped dead tomorrow...nothing would change. THe Society isnt run by the GB any more..its all accountants, lawyers and power brokers. The GB are nothing more than figure heads. Like the Queen of England.