If you could be WTS President, would you?

by freedom96 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  freedom96

  Englishman posted a humorous question regarding who would make a good WTS President.

  I would like to take this one step further, on a more serious note.

  If you had the chance, would you step in as President, and make the appropriate changes? Lets just say for aruguements sake, that as President, you alone could make all the changes.

  You could change the blood issue, df'ing, all sorts of stuff. Would you take the time, lets say a few years even, to make those changes, for the benefits of millions involved? Would you take the time to make it more mainstream? Or, as far as you are concerned, are the rank and file all on their own?
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  JH

  Any change has to come from God, not men. No, I wouldn't want to hold that job. Even if better laws and conditions reigned, what good would it do if it isn't inspired.

  Afterall if God doesn't exist, what would even a perfect relgion give?
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  freedom96

  I understand what you are saying, but what if you had the power to remove all the hurt, and family destruction that is now prevelent amongst the WTS?

  I am all for letting people believe what they want to. If they want to believe in paradise on earth, fine. But it should not be a religion that destroys family and friends ties, or die because of a wrong understanding about blood.
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  Nosferatu

  Sure! I'd send money to all the child abuse victims, donate money to charities, declare all the publications free, put the WTS in debt, then declare bankruptcy.
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  Valis

  Only if I could pick the rest of the GB...They would all have to be current NFL cheerleaders (Preferably DCBCL's) with very ahem ....high standards...

  Hmmm--- maybe blondie, cruzanheart, Big Tex and concerned lawyer in the Legal Dept.

  minimus would be shackled to a desk and made to handle incoming QFRs

  Farkel could make us real melodies fit for a kingdom.

  Trucker could be in the duh! Trucking Department!

  Simon, iiz2cool, xjw_b12, elsewhere could be our IT Dept

  Thunder and onanism could be our Building Dept

  Lady Lee in the Printing Dept

  mouthy in the Grandma Dept

  ozziepost in the Wine Dept

  so many Depts....so little time before Barmageddon..

  Sincerely,

  District Overbeer
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  ApagaLaLuz

  Hey Valis, I would like very much to be in the "grows tomatoes department." I'm not really sure why, but I bet I'm really great at growing tomatoes. Besides, sure beats house keeping.
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  SanFranciscoJim

  If I were to become Watchtower president, the first thing I would do would be to hire outside consultants on cult deprogramming. Much as I would love to instantly dismantle the JW religion, it would leave countless thousands emotionally destitute. There are many in this world who are unable or unwilling to think for themselves, and religions such as the JWs are tailor-made for them. To suddenly demolish their entire religious support system would likely do far more emotional damage than the time they spent as JWs.

  Rather, I would slowly introduce "new light", gradually transforming the Organization into one of love and tolerance, not demands and threats of annihilation and/or shunning. While this transformation was occurring, I would publicly apologize to all the victims of pedophilia, and order the Legal Department to work on financial reparations to each single victim. The same would go for those who lost loved ones for refusing blood.

  Eventually, I would ban reproof and disfellowshipping, and issue written apologies to the reproved and disfellowshipped for their mistreatment. I would publicly retract the lies about 1914 and 1975, and come clean on issues such as Beth Sarim and the UN-NGO scandal.

  Finally, I would devote an issue of the Watchtower to those brave "apostates" who blazed the trail of freedom from oppression by speaking out publicly and exposing the faults of the WTBTS.
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  stillajwexelder

  Yes I would -- I would make a huge number of changes and devote an entire WT magazine to making apologies -- and saying well done to all the brothers and sisters -- they need a few pats on the back not MORE, MORE, MORE -- DO YET MORE
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  SadElder

  Nope.

  The President of the WTS is now little more than a puppet of a shell corporation. He has no influence in setting policy or doctrine. The other corporations that exist are as far as I can see just part of a shell game to hide money and limit liability. The GB and the "helpers" are the ones who are responsible for what policy decisions are made.

  Ted Jaracz has great influence in what happens inside the congregations and the spirit of the traveling men. He is known among other GB members as "The Boss" The general leaning is one of a "benevolent dictatorship", words that have been actually uttered by some in high positions.

  Jesus is head of man not other men.
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  Country_Woman

  Yes - I 've got a vision, I would everybody tell to follow there own conscience and no man-made orders.
  And then I would wind up the organistion.
  
  Presuming I had the power to do so.