I think the current posturing, and angry bluster by the Watchtower is a positive sign. Why would they devote so much time and use such vitriolic language to demonizing dissent and independent thinking if it were not a real threat to their claims of “God’s channel of communication”?
The internet has, and is doing enormous damage to their ability to hide the past and keep secrets. I can think of just a few examples of ex-JWs posting the entire Elder’s manual online, or one person I knew of who posted up years’ worth of letters sent from the branch office to the Elder bodies. This would not be an issue if it were not for the organization trying to keep so much secret from the rank and file, and continuously playing “3 Card Monte” with their doctrines.
Take the internet out of the equation, and how many modern ex-JWs would have heard of Ray Franz and read his books, for example?
The current chest-beating and venom spewing by the organization is purely and simply a sign of weakness, vulnerability, and a plain old lack of imagination. The vast majority of the general public just isn’t buying the bullshit anymore. And neither are more and more of the rank and file.
The internet is now a safe haven for discouraged and skeptical faders to now anonymously seek answers. The Watchtower is just trying to control the bleeding . . . . . . of their own self-inflicted stab wounds!
