IslandWoman:
While I have great admiration for Ray Franz and Dunlap, I don't think either of them considered themselves to be scholars, nor were they
recognized as such by academia. I think obviously they are very bright men, but the term scholar denotes an achievement of expertise and letters in a particular field. The WTS so bastardizes the orginal Bible texts in order to support their doctrines, that no "scholar" would dare be associated with them.
Perhaps you are correct about some well meaning, bright people waiting at HQ for an opportunity to set the ship aright, but a really smart person, knowing the truth about the WTS would most likely leave and either join another group of likeminded people or form his/her own group of likeminded people.
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son." Dean Vernon Wormer, Faber College