Once again the loosely informed journalist tries to mentally grasp the shifting world of what the WTBTS is all about. Although the writer gives it a go, their emotional and sensationalist diatribe falls short of truly understanding the twisted and nebulous Theocratic ‘doublespeak’ that wraps the corporate object from outsiders prying eyes like some brain numbing protective shield.
For example, although the following quotes technically resemble the religious idealism as taught by the WTBTS Corporate elite, the journalists words completely miss the nuance of a deeper and arguably sinister understanding the rank and file Jehovah’s Witness has of these statements:
They (Jehovah’s Witnesses) believe in Armaggedon: The world will end, the wicked will die, and God will create a paradise on Earth for the righteous. The name refers to members' watchful return of Jehovah, or God.
The Bible is their bedrock. Witnesses live their lives in strict accordance to its teachings and follow a rigid moral code. Stealing, drinking, smoking, premarital sex -- all are forbidden.Those who’ve once lived and believed as Jehovah’s Witnesses but who are now sufficiently quarantined from affecting the current crop of Jehovah’s Witnesses that remain, can quickly recognize the above apparently innocuous doublespeak; hidden definition and application, that means either absolutely nothing or completely different things to anyone, unless you have been taught and lived as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Current Jehovah’s Witnesses in ‘good standing’ or otherwise, who’ve trained their conscience to disconnect and mastered the art of yielding Theocratic Corporate ‘doublespeak’, will easily, mentally and argumentatively deflect troublesome information the journalist attempts to reveal to the undiscerning reader who most likely makes up the majority of readership.
In the case of the journalists article in question, regardless of how serious the nature of a subject that affects the lives of a few million adherents and not always in a good way, the article still misses hitting the mark of explaining the vision of a New York corporation that has usurped a lucrative yet complex paradox of having to market millions of dollars worth of ‘religious’ Tracts each month while maintaining a ‘smoke-screen’ of corporate anonymity for its own sake.