Scandals - a Blessing To All

by metatron 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • metatron
    metatron

    No doubt many 'loyal' Witnesses view publicity about molestation
    and the U.N. with horror.

    In reality,such scandals may become a blessing to all.

    A widespread exposure of the Watchtower Society could bring about
    many good changes. Such as:

    1) exposure and neutralization of negative, dictatorial leadership
    within the WTS. Stiff necked old Pharisees may find themselves
    named and blamed - leading to their removal.

    2) effective scandals could force improvement in the Society's
    attitude towards young people - impelling them to do more than
    just insist on their baptism - followed frequently by 'writing
    them off' thru disfellowshipping a few years later. Maybe
    the molestation provokes a counter-reaction to actually do
    more than wave a disapproving finger at 'those kids'.

    3) the meetings (boring and pointless) and the field ministry
    (mostly dead and imaginary) could be improved out of necessity,
    as people need new reasons to support a religion condemned for
    harboring child molesters.

    4) the cult-like grip of Watchtower authority could loosen up,
    leading to personal re-examination of issues like blood or voting.

    5) less money might trickle into the Watchtowers treasury -
    especially from wills or grants. Nothing talks like money to
    Theocratic leaders - they might have to seek better public
    popularity or go broke.

    6) angry mobs, wielding torches and pitchforks, might storm their
    headquarters and drag Governing Body members to makeshift gallows.
    Thereafter, Watchtower Farms land would be sown with salt and
    their name transformed eternally into a blackened curse....

    oops sorry, I got carried away - that last one isn't very likely

    but the others might work out for the best

    metatron

  • Gopher
    Gopher

    Metatron,

    One can only hope! My gut feeling is that the "many loyal" JW's will try to minimize the molestation scandal, and that they have already learned to ignore (or never heard of) the U.N. scandal.

    The WT leadership is counting on the undying loyalty of their loyal core so that any changes may be minimal. But who knows? Maybe this will force some mainstreaming, much to the benefit of their current membership. Time will tell.

    I'll just stay outside and watch! It feels warmer out here.

    GopherWhy shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
    Mark Twain (1835-1910)

  • tfs
    tfs
    Thereafter, Watchtower Farms land would be sown with salt and
    their name transformed eternally into a blackened curse....

    ISAIAH 65:15

    "And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name." [King James Version]

    "And you will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God will slay you, But My servants will be called by another name." [New American Standard]

    "You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name." [New International Version]

    tfs [The Falseprophet Slayer]

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