The difference was the "oracle", Fred Franz.
In 1973 was a period of greatest energy. The Viet Nam war the greatest pioneering motivator there ever was. In 1973 everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats awaiting the latest info as to 1975 through the official pipeline where Franz &Co. orally transmitted to D.O.'s and C.O.'s at NY and it was disseminated as inspired from God to the rank and file. Hence not much in writing about 1975.
Fred Franz was the man! There has not been anyone with a fertile mind to replace him.
It was 1984 when the Wt. made the statement that we would be preaching to the sons and daughters of those "sighing and groaning" of Ezk. ch9 when I knew Matt.24:34 was headed down the tube. That was also the beginning of the "obedience to the organization mantra". It wasn't until the church had to forgive the K.H. loans that I truly realized the organization came full circle and became what Rutherford said it was "a snare and a racket". The snare being the 'judicial system' having to be strengthened in order to met the emerging threat of the "apostate"! To where I need not comment where that has gone as to having complete control over life. The "racket" was the cash flow source being derived from construction loan interest, replacing income from literature sales.
So from 1984 on there was no "new light", the only thing new was "two day K.H.'s" and "obedience to the organization mantra".
Personally I think we will see great change when the court house doors are opened and "Anderson & Zalkin Co." rock the very foundations of mental bondage.
Change topic. Today I had something interesting happen as my truck mechanic service truck was parked at NAPA. A old man rolled down his window and asked about my name painted on the door. Said he knew a Tom Covert my dead brother, he gave me his name and I remembered him from circuit assembles in the early 1960's here in Northern Calif., he being from Eureka. The predictable small talk. I did give him my card with the Sept. 1 1987 Wt. article "A Time to Speak When?". He said he would read the article but was antsy about Googling my name that would of taken him to this web site. It would be interesting if his curiosity gets the best of him as it was a friend of his that moved to Redding who was the elder I gave a heart attack to over the article "A Time to Speak When?" that I wrote about in my introductory post.
