I'm not sure why... (Comparing presidents of the US to Watchtower presidents)

by slimboyfat 10 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  slimboyfat

  But Lyndon Johnson often reminds me of Rutherford. Is there anything to that comparison? I gather that Johnson had a very fiery temper and was disliked by many around him; drinked heavily too, was a womaniser, no stranger to dirty tricks, and was fond of power more than idealistism. He took over from a popular charismatic leader who he didn't much like, and resented living in his shadow. All that makes me think of Rutherford. I think he looked a bit like Rutherford too.

  Do any presidents remind you of presidents?
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  never a jw

  Hard to think of U.S. presidents resembling WTS presidents. Normal and abnormal are antithetical, not analogous
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  slimboyfat

  I am almost tempted to ask you to clarify which kind of presidents you mean to class as normal and which abnormal.
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  keyser soze

  But Lyndon Johnson often reminds me of Rutherford. Is there anything to that comparison?

  You mean, besides the fact that they were both lying assholes?
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  DogGone

  Fun thought experiment

  Russell > Jefferson - Both prolific writers, out of the box thinkers, and both a bit nutty

  Rutherford > Nixon - drunks, rascists, charming at times, both mired in scandal

  Knorr > Truman - organizational minds, creators / reformers of institutions, dressed the same, both dropped the bomb in WWII (that the end wasn't coming)

  Franz > Andrew Jackson - crazy
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  Athanasius

  The Watchtower presidents seemed to be more like the dictators of the former USSR. Russell was the Lenin of the Watchtower movement. Rutherford was the JW Stalin, who purged the party of the Old Bolsheviks Russellites and created a more militant movement. Knorr was the Borg's Khrushchev, who modified the extremism of the Rutherford era and modernized the movement. Freddy was the Watchtower Brezhnev, whose regime repealed the reforms of the 1970s and ushered in the new repression. Maybe there will be a Watchtower Gorbachev who will preside over the Watchtower's collapse.
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  slimboyfat

  Hey cool comparison Athanasius.
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  Vidiot

  At the moment, I'd almost take George W. Bush over anybody on the GB.
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  frankiespeakin

  Nah! All US presidents were way smarter and less devious than any WT corporation president.
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  Laika

  Can you imagine Rutherford as the President of the US? That would be... Interesting.