What's worse than a liar?
An incompetent liar.
I'm reminded of a point made in the Whole Earth News
magazine - that stupidity can be worse than theft because
a thief might at least benefit himself, his friends or
his family, in contrast to a stupid person, who may
injure himself and everyone around him.
It takes some real meditation to figure out how the
Watchtower Society managed to lie about the U.N. with
such breathtaking stupidity. There is, however, precedence
for this boneheaded venality.
Before going to college came into vogue among Witnesses,
the Society ran into trouble at Bethel because they
aren't getting the kind of technically skilled volunteers
they desparately need. So, without saying anything,
they started sending trusted Bethelites to college.
Word started getting around the congregations about this
and they then came out with that Watchtower that said
it's OK if you pioneer.
Expediency before doctrine
Then, there was the flurry of marriage proposals that
erupted in Bethel - after Nathan H. Knorr decided that
the imminent END of the System didn't prevent him from
taking a wife. - Expediency first!
Maybe this expediency will turn into reform,
if the world forces them to change (it is!).
Who knows what they might lie about next
in their quest for survival?
metatron