the FDS is unorganized and have no power or say in what goes on at the watchtower society.

the governing body is mostly old men who no longer function in any capacity. the few governing body members who are young enough to function are also young enough not to have any power.

who has the power? who runs the watchtower? ted jacarz? his posse? lawyers and financiers ?.

OK, if the somebody steals this idea an announces it anytime after 17:40 PST 26 November 2007 I'm going to show up at the meeting and take credit for it.

The one thing that might really get their butts out of a sling would be to declare that a meeting of all 8000 members of the F&DS slave needs to take place, either with all present, tele-conferencing in, or certifying a proxy.  The purpose would be to actually put the F&DS in charge of all God's belongings.  The WTBS can be what it is: a publishing company which can print what it wants, which may include (but not limited to)items written by the anointed, comments from Blondie, questions from Minimus, recipes from your aunt Sally whatever.  The F&DS would appoint a new GB to run day to day affairs, just like a board of directors but they'd be responsible to the somebody, ie the other 8000 (at minimum).  

This would inable them to deal with new light/old light, pedophiles, taxes and lawsuits etc from an arm's length position.  It would give them a logical reason to completely clean house and start over. 

How's that for big ideas?  

I'm trying to follow what you're saying, but I don't understand your designations. Here's what I understand them to be. Please tell me if you understand something different.

FDS - Faithful and Discreet Slave. The remnant of the anointed here on Earth today.

WTBTS - The Watchtower and Bible Tract Society. The main legal corporation that the Jehovah's Witnesses use to publish and distribute their literature as well as organize their religious activity.

GB - Governing Body. Currently nine men in New York who oversee the Jehovah's Witness religious organization. This is the highest level in the Jehovah's Witness hierarchy. They, as a committee, have final say on organizational and doctrinal matters.

I disagree with your prediction if you mean that the FDS, all of those that profess to be anointed and partake of the emblems, will rise up and take power away from the governing body. The partakers have no authority in the Jehovah's Witness hierarchy. They've been marginalized. If they spoke out against the governing body, they would be disfellowshipped. The society doesn't recognize their authroity over anything. That much was made clear in a recent QFR which said they don't have any more insight than your regular publisher. Also, they don't have any legal control over anything. They don't sit on the boards or committees of any of the legal corporations that the JWs use.

Am I misunderstanding you? If there is to be a coup in Bethel, it'll be be higher ups (but not necessarily partakers) in the religious organization that wrestle control away from the GB, people in position of control over their legal corporations and who are able to amass a following of other Bethelites to support them.

It's not a radical idea to suggest that the governing body will look to protect their financial assets as much as possible. In fact, that's what they should do and it's what they have been doing. Rather than doing away with the WTBTS as their primary legal corporation, what I see in the future is further diversification. I think they will sell off more and more high-price Brooklyn real estate and use the proceeds from those sales to build newer properties oversees so as to protect those assets from coming under the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts. If they spread their assets out throughout the world, it will help protect them in the event of a huge wave of lawsuits in the U.S., or any other country, for that matter. I see them trying to divy up their assets as much as possible between several corporations in an attempt to shield at least part of those assets from lawsuits. I think they will enact policies to further distance themselves from what the local elders do. They will try to shift as much of the legal liability as possible on the local body of elders and the local congregations. I don't think they have to necessarily do away with the WTBTS as a legal corporation in order to protect their finances.