For the sake of anonymity, names will be omitted:
Many years ago, Bethel had a lot of morale problems. You didn't need much of a brain to figure out why - Knorr was an
undisputed monarch, the factory was a sweatshop and no dissent was tolerated. An ex-Circuit Overseer started making noise
about conditions in Bethel and was discreetly 'shafted' for doing so. He was sent to work on the 'gatherer' - a large machine
that collated 'signatures' to prep them for sewing/binding. Ordinarily, this job was only assigned to strong, fit young men,
not anyone pushing fifty. Soon Brother F. had a mild heart attack and was moved somewhere else.
Moral: Don't ever think that the example of Uriah the Hittite is lost on the Society. They are utterly reptilian in dealing
with people, when they think that no one is watching. They booted an elderly Christian like Ed Dunlap out the door
and planned to find a pretext to df Ray Franz before he left. Collectively, they have little or no sense of shame
and no guilt. If you think that offers a pretty good definition of a sociopath, I wouldn't argue with you.
Added to all this background, is the ever-thinning shroud of credible doctrine that guides their actions. The less you
can 'prove' , the more "because we say so" becomes the primary motivation - and 'cult-like' becomes 'cult', period.
The funny thing is, they are pretty much at the point where their literature is so dumbed down - and thereby free
from "suggested" obedience to Watchtower regulations - that dedications and baptisms are difficult to achieve.
The total commitment of someone's life is going to be hard to obtain when the Society needs to save pennies
by printing brief, soft bound brochures - that have been cleared by legal , to avoid trouble. So be it.
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