I think it's simply amazing the way the Watchtower has shot itself in the foot by bringing Bill Bowen, Barbara Anderson, and the Pandelos before judicial committees. It has really blown up in their collective face. The issue is on the front page of my local paper, and scores of other newspapers all over the country.
Remember, when we were JW's, how we were taught that Jehovah used the angels to maneuver events so as to expose wrongdoing in the congregation? That's what this reminds me of. It's almost as if God's time has come for exposing this corrupt organization. Like Gog of Magog, He has put 'hooks in their jaws' and is drawing them to their own destruction. The matter is beyond their control at this point.
If they hadn't attacked the whistleblowers, Dateline might have been a small issue for them, a single program that some would see and others would miss. Their spin department could easily have generated enough lies to cover whatever problems arose among the faithful. But now, the information is everywhere!! The consequences to the organization will be massive, financially, and in terms of member retention.
I can't think of an organization that deserves it more...
Tom
"Gentlemen, he said, I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes, I've moved your mountains and marked your cards. But Eden is burning"
--Bob Dylan