Do you think the Watchtower will ever fall ????????

by run dont walk 24 Replies latest jw friends

  • asleif_dufansdottir
    asleif_dufansdottir

    I don't know.

    Part of me thinks they will always be able to do enough damage control on people who want to believe anyway or who, for family or employment reasons, don't want to be 'outside', to keep the org going. And, although I wasn't a "full fledged apostate" back in the day...when Franz left or during the 1975 mess, I know that there were no doubt lots of people who thought, "YES! This is it! This time they're going down!" and they didn't. As a matter of fact, my husband and I came in after both those events...and heard the dub spin (without, of course, ever hearing the whole story) and accepted it.

    On the other hand, the massive amount of information available out on the internet, can keep people from getting that first hook sunk in them. And, with the advent of internet news and links, "isolated" cases of things like child abuse can be linked to show it is a wide-reaching organizational problem. And, the key (in my opinion)...JWs with doubts can look stuff up and connect with others who are questioning or plain out, and do it in anonymity. A combination of these 3 things will gut the org, if anything can. Or at least make it change.

  • Phil
    Phil

    Mulan:

    Right on. There is a sucker born every minute. If the number of suckers exceeds the number of enlightened, the Watchtower will survive. That is more likely if the structure is changed with time. You will notice how they are slowly lightning up in some areas.

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    In a sense, I wonder if it really matters if the Watchtower stands or falls. Isn't it what the individual does and believes that matters? In other words, we get on with our lives, irrespective of what the WTS does. Much like ignoring Amway!! I kinda like applying this text, which the WTS so often spouts, to those R&F in the borg: "Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins."

    So, I'm with Mulan on this one. Trouble is, the evil dealing borg empire so often makes it impossible to ignore.

    Cheers, Ozzie

  • DIM
    DIM

    HA! The WTS will never fall. My mom and dad are in their late 40's and will never leave. There are many many many more like that and younger people with the same mindset are coming in every day. Get real! I'm w/ Mulan!

  • Phil
    Phil

    Mulan:

    But how many are leaving?

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