It's Time For The Governing Body To Be Removed

by DT 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  DT

  The current Governing Body has become a liability for the Watchtower Society. They no longer qualify to serve based on the standards that they impose on others. They have blatantly broken the law in Australia. They are responsible for offensive hate speech against former members. They have violated the most cherished principles of their faith by becoming affiliated with the United Nations and other governmental organizations. Their policies have incurred tremendous legal liabilities that threaten to cost the Watchtower Society untold millions in fines, lost donations, legal fees and lawsuits.

  It's time for the Watchtower Society to do what it is good at, to dismiss those that become an embarrassment. It's not enough to remove them from their positions. They should be expelled from the organization.

  The Watchtower properties in Brooklyn will be sold soon. This could result in a windfall of over a billion dollars. Officials of the Watchtower Society should ask themselves if they trust this current Governing Body to manage those funds. How much of this money will be squandered over fines and lawsuits resulting from their policies on pedophilia, blood and their treatment of former members? How much will be spent on desperate attempts to shore up an organization that is crumbling from within?

  The religion of Jehovah's Witnesses has been fragmenting itself for years into a maze of different corporations and legal entities to avoid legal liability. The recent events in Australia should reveal that this may not be sufficient. If it's not possible to get rid of the Governing Body, then it should be possible for some of these legal entities to seize assets and break away. The Governing Body can be left to face the legal consequences of their own policies.
  
  Many Jehovah's Witnesses in positions of authority are becoming very concerned about the actions of the Governing Body. It is time for them to start thinking for themselves and to take action. There may never be a better opportunity.
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  00DAD

  They should have gone a long time ago. The problem is this, nature abhors a vacuum. Who would take over? Another JW True Believer? If so, then nothing will change. All the good men and women have either left or are hiding in plain sight and in no position to come to the fore because--at least from the perspective of their current "Brothers & Sisters"--they are either inactive or just benchwarmers, not "taking the lead."

  And again, anyone currently "taking the lead" is almost certainly to be a True Believer.

  The king is dead, long live the king!

  If the religion becomes dismantled (unlikely) then where oh where will all that money go? Into the pockets of a bunch of lawyers more than likely.

  I say send for the US Marines and the Green Berets, "Kill 'em all, and let God sort it out!"
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  DT

  "If the religion becomes dismantled (unlikely) then where oh where will all that money go? Into the pockets of a bunch of lawyers more than likely."

  I hope so. I would much rather see the lawyers get it than have it used to control people's lives. Lawyers would know how to hold onto the money once they get it. It seems that they would be the appropriate choice to inherit Watchtower wealth.
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  DT

  Lawyers are sharks and there is a lot of blood in the water. I think the Governing Body should be worried.
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  Quendi

  The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and the corporations associated with it are only the tip of the iceberg. The entire religion should be gutted. Let's not be content with removing the seven men at the top. Zone overseers, branch committees, district overseers, circuit overseers, elders and ministerial servants should be ousted as well. It does no good to get rid of the big fish while the smaller ones, who in many cases are just as corrupt, swim away. The religion is corrupt from top to bottom and has shown itself to be that way beyond any shadow of doubt.

  A radical proposal? Hardly. As 00DAD put it, others will take the places of the current leadership if the organization is left intact. Take a wrecking ball to the whole thing, even down to its foundation, and thus end the evil the WTS has become. Then sow the ground it stood on with salt to make sure nothing is built over its ruins.

  Some might object that this action would leave the rank and file without guidance and leadership. But that is their condition now. With the organization gone, many will have to stand on their own two feet and think for themselves, perhaps for the first time in their lives. That doesn't mean they would be helpless. There are many people standing ready to assist them if they will only open their eyes and grasp the hands that are even now being extended to them. If they don't want to avail themselves, then they deserve anything that does happen.

  Quendi
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  144001

  Removal of the "governing body?" Sounds kinky!!! Does the "governing body" dress in leather and carry a crop?
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  Knowsnothing

  The problem is this, nature abhors a vacuum. Who would take over? Another JW True Believer? If so, then nothing will change. -00DAD

  I think that would be the case. The whole FDS shenanigans would continue. They've already passed the power before. They have the loyal, faithful adherents.

  You underestimate the power religion and belief holds over people.

  It would be like removing Castro from Cuba. Communism (at least their version of it) is so deeply entrenched, nothing's gonna change.
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  agonus

  I have a feeling there may be not-entirely-rational-but-at-least-relatively-compassionate "anointed" folks quietly weathering the storm and waiting to pick up the slack when the thing finally topples. Hasn't the WT intimated in the past that if Tha Org is Destroyed By Satan the congos would have to rely on the individual anointed for direction? There must be some nibble-n-sippers old enough to remember this who see the handwriting on the wall.
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  Reality79

  @Quendi

  Couldn't have said it better myself! Seven amens to that.
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  clarity

  I think once all the NY buildings are sold and the money is in their pockets.........they will slowly fade, then disappear just like the many old doctrines and prophecies!