by breakfast of champions 11 Replies latest watchtower bible
[This is what happens when the semester ends. . . idle hands. . . . . ]
So I was thinking of how you would categorize the Presidents of the WT, and I came up with this:
Then I thought, How do the current GB stack up? and came up with this:
Your thoughts. .. . .
Russell = Egotistical fanatic
Rutherford = Self appointed fascist prophet and Opportunist
Knorr = Goosestepping inheritor of the status quo
Franz = Delusional Bible reading Watchtower wizard.
Herd = Just happy to join the club with the big white boys.
Jackson = Makes a marsupial look bright.
Splane = Obviously an accountant who found his way to being a WT "yes" man.
Losch = Goebbels evil religious twin.
Sanderson = Girls just want to have fun!
I don't think Russell was necessarily crazy. He was a man of his time, and his beliefs and actions were not terribly out of the norm for his time and place in history. He was successful on many levels, as a businessman, author, and charismatic preacher.
Frederick Franz on the other hand was a bit of an oddball character. Whereas Russell was successful because he could appeal sufficiently to society in general to generate a following, Franz could only thrive among the captive audience of pre-existing believers. The general public flocked to hear Russell in many places. Thousands of the flock were wowed by Franz too, but not including many who were not already JWs.
Good point SMIDDY.
So I might add in:
Conley == FORGETTABLE
and revise Sanderson:
Sanderson == CRAZY/FORGETTABLE
Henschel doesn't even get a mention. The last of the "anointed" presidents. Talk about the forgotten president. One of the only things I "know" about Henschel is that he visited a posh hotel in Malta, because someone wrote a story about it online nearly 20 years ago.
Not to mention Don Adams and Max Larson, the two headed non-anointed presidency.
