If this organization is going to survive, they MUST get
dumber and dumber. Otherwise, people will catch on and leave.
With this truth in mind, I listened to the special talk.
It's so amusing to hear how self referenced the organization
is. Whenever proof of some outrageous assertion is needed,
a Watchtower publication is quickly quoted by the speaker.
I don't think circular reasoning needs any better example.
What really strikes me as funny is the way Watchtower quotations
of scriptures are so badly ripped out of context, that the
resulting interpretation is created out of pure fantasy.
Considering that poor confused brothers like Aulicino write
this stuff, I guess I shouldn't be surprized.
Example: the brother quotes from 2 Peter 3 about how the
"heavens and earth" are reserved for fire and how they will
pass "away with a hissing noise".
He then quotes from the Watchtower that this hissing sound may
be the present system being quickly 'whisked away' (whoosh!).
Even a child could understand the immediate context of
being "intensely hot" causing sizzling sounds like frying.
Not a major point, but you have to marvel at how sloppy
and careless these old men are when you teach them how to
use a 'cut and paste' function on a PC. Why bother actually
reading what Peter said?
On a related note, over at freeminds.org, they have some old
internal letters (1979) from Bethel detailing the need to
change printing methods. One reason noted is "turnover" and
"inexperienced brothers" reducing productivity - imagine
how this situation has gotten worse over twenty years!
Yes, the Society is testing the validity of the saying:
"too stupid to live"
metatron