Could the Governing Body be done away with?

by Aussie Oz 30 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Aussie Oz

  I posted this idea on another thread but perhaps it is worth its own discussion.

  Could the GB be done away with? Seriously.

  They came to be, out of a troubled time. There was much opposition as we know to the whole GB idea at the time. It was controversal at the time and was sold to the rank and file as some sort of new light and jehovah streamlining the Org etc. The current crop of men are not of that caliber. Most of them were in knee high socks at the time. The old guard that fought Knorr and Franz for power are dead. The legal dept runs the show, the writing dept trot out yesterdays excretment as food and the GB are no more in power than the queen of England is.

  Monarchies fall. Perhaps the Governing Body will too when they have outlived their usefulness to the Corporation.

  They are not leaders and i'll bet they know it. They could be turned into lion food with a quick flip flop from the legal team and writing dept. They are the ones that keep the GB up front to the Rank and file.

  If the theological idea that IS the governing body is seen to be a legal millstone i am sure somebody could come up with some 'new light' and chop em all off. Remember, the arguments Franz advanced to defend the presidency are very persuasive, and in fact make more theological sense than the GB.

  If they were dumped then maybe anything bothersome can be attributed to the now defunct men who had to be 'cleansed' from the organization. They have done it before and they can do it again. The power struggle in the 70s was largely unnoticed by the JWs, and if this happened they would all buy the spin again.

  Any legal responsability lay at the feet of the poor codgers and the new regime can claim innocence.

  What think you all?

  Oz
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  wha happened?

  How can u make something disappear, that never scriptually existed to begin with?
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  agonus

  Although the GB may be the ones who control the minds and hearts of the R&F, I think the lawyers and bean counters are the folks who really keep the corporation from going under, whether the GB realize/acknowledge it, cooperate with it, or not. Whether all, most, some, or none of them really believe what they're selling, it doesn't matter. If they want to keep the business going, the GB may prove to be more of a liability in the long run and get the axe... possibly from a shrewd "newly anointed" businessman who realizes the need for new ideas. There'll be a power struggle for sure, assuming the GB really believe their BS - and most of them sure act like they do - but these are also men who I doubt are ready to give up their positions of power and the only "career" they know. Put enough pressure of DFing them by a group of new nibble-n-sip legalists or money men and you might just have the coup of a lifetime.
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  sizemik

  possibly from a shrewd "newly anointed" businessman who realizes the need for new ideas. . . . agonus

  That's the problem they have . . . the GB have no new ideas. The chickens have come home to roost with the "generation" going on decades too long. Sure they haven't got the imagination that F Franz or Knorr had . . . but all the good ideas have been used already. Now the internet is throwing all their past dirty laundry at them as well as their own. Franz and Knorr didn't have that probelm (or the earlier body).

  Throwing them all out would be an opportunity to toss out some dirty laundry with them, and make strategic and doctrinal changes . . . stranger things can happen. It's a business . . . they'll do what it takes to survive.
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  WTWizard

  Times have changed, and yet the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger class stick with out of date modes. Going from door to door made sense in the 1950s and 1960s, but with so many people having computers hooked up online these days, it would be much simpler to simply contact them online. Spamming them online is much easier than going from door to door--and much easier to delete them as spam than wasting your time opening your door, letting heated or cooled air out (and a few flies and bees in), and then wasting 10 minutes of your time explaining why you are not interested.

  And it's not just their mode of field circus. Children are disciplined as if it was the 1950s. Anything newer than the 1950s is bashed to death--and I have heard the TV referred to as "time vacuum". They continue pushing people to go out, but they do not have a real message aside "The end of the world is at hand, and if you don't join this religion in time, you are going to get destroyed". They refuse to come out with anything that resembles proof, yet they expect everyone to take their word for it without cross-referencing it. Their doctrines may have made sense in the 1950s, but the no-college doctrine was out of date even in 1969 (and is even more out of date now). These days, you simply cannot function in real life if you heed the advice the Washtowel Slaveholdery gives.

  The whole structure should indeed be done away with. Anyone wishing to study the Bible should simply do it independently or in small groups, exactly as the Washtowel Slaveholdery explicitly banned in the September 2007 Kingdumb Misery.
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  Aussie Oz

  What IF, the office of public prosecution in Victoria, and/or the magistrate etc actually issued arrest warrants for the Governing Body (as the magistrate suggested) recently?

  What IF this news got out, was public, was known to the rank and file, what might happen?

  Would the GB via the writing dept claim this was not valid and ignore it?

  Might they stand aside as no longer free of accusation? Who would step in?

  Are they strong enough guys to fight? The only fighting done these days is to avoid lawsuits and be allowed to be in certain countries. They have not had to fight for their actual jobs...

  What would happen in 2011 if they were incarcerated as in the old days?

  Could this leave the door open for a smart manouverer like rutherford? Remember, he came out of left field when old charlie died.

  Oz
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  wha happened?

  What IF people prefer the kool aid
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  TotallyADD

  What if the GB is arrested and put it jail? Then they could start the whole mess all over again by saying while in jail they were made clean and Jesus came down from heaven and pick them as the only true relgion. Then when they get out start the preaching work up again. Bring out so called new light and say 2014 is the new date of Jesus 2nd coming and say the end is even nearer. They can be just like a old tire with new tread on it. Same old tire just a new way to get around on. Totally ADD
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  fresia

  The lawyers run the WTBTS the GB are just figerheads.
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  Found Sheep

  sure they could and then some how it would be the fulfillment of a prophacy that they would change to make real important and all the sheep would just file suit...