Take an old man, put him in a straight jacket and throw him in the ocean.
That's the organization today.
Sure, he can kick and keep afloat for quite a while but eventually
he'll get tired and drown - because he's tied up.
Now, the organization finds itself limited, tied up, and unable
to escape from a straight jacket of its own making.
They can't get rid of their dead meetings.
They can't get rid of their unproductive, phoney "ministry".
They can't start real programs to encourage charity.
They can't get rid of the blood issue.
They can't admit that they're wrong.
They can't apologize publically for false prophecy.
They can't lose control by letting go of disfellowshipping.
They can't make real predictions because of the risk of being wrong.
They can't explicitly proclaim that governments are run by the Devil.
They can't write articles or speeches condemning homosexuals.
They can't condemn the Catholic Church openly.
They can't hold on to young people.
They can't remove too many corrupt elders.
They can't expose child molesters in the organization.
and so on.....
Everywhere they turn, looking to renew their former zeal and
dynamism, they find obstacles. So, all they can do is keep on
publishing platitudes and try to keep control over their tired
flock with theocratic 'code words'. They keep hoping for some
ugly disaster to revive their sick enterprize - another Twin
Tower attack would probably cheer them up but...
personally, I'd rather see them drown.
metatron (blub, blub, blub.......)