What's Your Opinion of the Governing Body???

by minimus 22 Replies latest jw friends

  • Hamas
    Hamas

    Ray Franz would be the best person to ask, and he actually gives an answer in Crises of Conscience.

    He mentions that he is positive that the Governing Body members truly feel they are doing their best, and that they truly believe they are Gods chosen channel.

    However, It is thanks to them that thousands of families have broken up, peadophiles have been on the loose with our children and excuse my french on this one but it is thanks to them that ORAL SEX got banned in peoples bedrooms ! Personally, for these reasons, I think they are scumbags.

  • frogit
    frogit

    I have an opinion

    Not bothered. I'm a free man! (Now)

    I used to be bothered, but now I am free....

    thanks be to Simon

    frogit

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    They are stubborn power tripped older men who have no concept of reality and thus hurt millions and millions of people.

    They simply have no reason to be in the position they are to control so many people.

  • minimus
    minimus

    I have to wonder if the GB, after 23 years, could still be classified as Ray Franz suggested:That they truly did their best and actually believed they were God's sole channnel. C'mon, after nearly another quarter of a century of failed realizations?

  • Mary
    Mary
    He mentions that he is positive that the Governing Body members truly feel they are doing their best, and that they truly believe they are Gods chosen channel.

    I really have to wonder if they still think this. After their witch-hunt in Bethel in the early 1980s, trying to destroy anyone who even THOUGHT some of the doctrines might need to be re-evaluated, and after their complete destruction of Ray Franz' life and reputation, I seriously doubt whether these men might still actually believe all that they teach. They know without a doubt that their chronology of 607 BCE is completely without any basis, either biblical, historically, or archeologically yet they still are forcing the R&F Witness to believe this false doctrine on pain of being disfellowshipped for apostasy, and being cut off from all family and friends.

    They are also well aware that their pedophile policies have created a monster: they protect criminals, they abuse victims and they split families apart, not in the name of Jesus or Jehovah, but to protect themselves. They KNOW what they're doing is wrong, yet, like the Pharisees, they are too stubborn to admit it. No one is going to tell THEM how to run their show.........I mean, religion. Unfortunately, like Dr. Frankenstein, they've overestimated their own intelligence and underestimated the monster they've created and it's gotten completely out of hand. And now they have to face the consequences of their actions, and of the people whose lives they've ruined.

    Their actions speak louder than words and I think that deep down, at least some of the GB must realize that they are no more being channelled by God than any other religion on earth.

  • wannaexit
    wannaexit

    I think that they are a group of very narrow-minded old men. They have destroyed the lives of many people by their rules and regulations.

    Are some sincere? Maybe. But in my eyes that does not excuse them. They have to be held accountable.

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    I don't think they actually exist. I think the last living member of the GB died out shortly after 1975, which explains the lack of genuine spiritual input from them. I think the Watchtower's directors currently fake the existence of the GB, ala the Iraqi Information Minister's tactics about Saddam's whereabouts. The new president is actually an AI program written by a hopped up Bethelite who was later "removed" for computer porn when trace amounts of semen were discovered on his mouse.

    CZAR

  • minimus
    minimus

    The GB is directly responsible before God and men for what they have sponsored.

  • unclebruce
    unclebruce

    In many ways the WTBTS GB are just like directors appointed to any board. Even though they may have high ideals and even a reform agenda when they join, eventually the culture washes over and through them until they become blended to the prevailing view of the world. No doubt there are scientific studies into board culture. Being recently appointed to several State and one National board is certainly opening my eyes to the way things are run. I

    In my limited experience, if a board member wants change he/she must be loud and be proud, kick hard and get out before the rot over takes ones principles (not to mention ones soul) Of course Watchtower Governing Bodies lost their souls long before taking a seat).

    unclebruce

  • minimus
    minimus

    UncleBruce, nice to see ya posting again!!!

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