does the gb really believe or is this a game ?

by mP 57 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  nugget

  The gb is a closed group and very much protected from dissenting voices. People around them keep the bad apples away and they live in an arrangement where they receive a certain amount of defferance. These men have reach the pinnacle of their ambitions being proven company men to have been offered the post in the first place. There life world and experience is based on this very claustrophobic environment. They do get foreign travel and there are accounts of gb members travelling to foreign countries doing the minimum required and combining spiritual duties with holidays.

  Because they are such a closed group and because criticism is discouraged these men are more likely to make bad decisions. They will not debate consequences of their decisions or accept that there may be other ideas they have not considered. They will not accept the idea that they may be wrong. Everyone around them reinforces this idea. It takes a lot to resist the constant pressure to conform to the group. I don't believe they all believe in the Devine but they go along with it and bow down to the most forceful personality within them.
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  Terry

  If you are a tightrope walker you must maintain your balance or you'll fall off and hit the ground.

  The job only requires that you believe in yourself. You stay in focus. You move forward. If you have a moment where you are unsteady you can't

  dwell on it. You right yourself and keep moving. The balance pole and your own equilibrium are all that stands between success and death.

  This is the job the Governing Body members have. It isn't about believing the religion so much as it is about keeping their balance, moving ahead by inches and not letting anything shake things up. Tight focus. No distractions. One thought. One purpose.

  The important distinction in all of this is how VERY NARROW THE PATH is they must tread and how DIRE the consequences of failure they perceive.

  Don't think for a minute every single GB member isn't well aware of the consequences Ray Franz faced. Franz went from the top to the bottom and virtually languished in near-poverty when he chose to leave. None of the good old boys at Watchtower central would choose that fate for themselves.

  They hold fast to that balance pole and keep one foot in front of the other and, above all, determine not to let anything SHAKE THINGS UP.

  
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  mP

  @terry

  i understand your comments about security in old age and the outcome of RF. however it seems like quite a lot of effort consideri g the oersonal advantage they gain. they work seven days a week, bullshitting and remembering this bullshit just to get a room when they old. they cant be fools, they could have acheived a lot more comfort and money in the business world without this headaches.

  the same goes for all the others in the pyramid scheme.'surely they notice shear numbers tells them they will amount to nothing and wont reach the apex. why do the CO etc work so hard collecting property and monies for some shareholders. are they so blind they dont realise the business aspect. cant they see they are getting no cut?
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  N.drew

  Don't think for a minute every single GB member isn't well aware of the consequences Ray Franz faced. Franz went from the top to the bottom and virtually languished in near-poverty when he chose to leave None of the good old boys at Watchtower central would choose that fate

  Good point Terry. That is the answer I think. Going in and being in are different. We all know that. So they may have chose to be anointed with great hopes. Like a politician. But when they realize where they are they get afraid so they stay where they are.
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  Azazel

  It's a shit game and i want my money back thanks.

  Az
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  DesirousOfChange

  AA: I think that if they believed it 100% they would not be so tough on apostates. Truth stands up to scrutiny and they know full well their religion doesn't, that is why they demonize us. Their huge empire is in danger of collapsing around their ears, possibly in their lifetime.

  RIGHT ON THE MARK! TRUTH stands up to scrutiny! It is not necessary to use force or threat of punishment to get people to believe TRUTH. Rather, such methods are related to compelling people to lie or conceal the truth against their will.

  NUGGET: The gb is a closed group and very much protected from dissenting voices. People around them keep the bad apples away. . . . [Their] life world and experience is based on this very claustrophobic environment. . . . Because they are such a closed group and because criticism is discouraged these men are more likely to make bad decisions. They will not debate consequences of their decisions or accept that there may be other ideas they have not considered. They will not accept the idea that they may be wrong. Everyone around them reinforces this idea. It takes a lot to resist the constant pressure to conform to the group. . . . they go along with it and bow down to the most forceful personality within them.

  I think GB members are very much like someone in a political campaign who is going down hard and fast but is sheltered from the real opinion polls and facts. Instead they are surrounded by "Yes-men" who keep telling them what they want to hear despite what they know to be true. Even if they do discover a glimmer of the real dilema they are in, they are now soooooo deep into it that they cannot change course and can only continue the campaign until it is finally over [they die or by some fat chance, The Big A does come]. It is the Yes-Men of the BG that also must continue the farce less they lose their grand position as well. Yes, it's a lot of work managing a circus. But it better than being unemployed.

  Doc
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  Scarred for life

  Very interesting discussion. Thanks to all that have posted.
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  thetrueone

  The GB also know they've reached the very top of the power structure of the Watchtower Kingdom, the most important pivotal

  position of a kingdom of over 7 million people. Thats perceived as real tangible power folks, throw in the availability to have millions of dollars

  at your disposal, to buy and sell what ever comes up. Throw in the elevated privileged personal stature that hangs with this position, not only

  in the confines of the HQ of the WTS., but everywhere around the world and you can see its a pretty neat package.

  One could conclude then that the GB believe in the organization and the position they hold over and above their belief that God is really guiding them

  and no other religious organization and that my friends is " The Truth ".