Greetings all, particularly those who've replied to the thread "Do you know the real purpose of the Society?"
I appreciate all the replies made to that thread but was struck particularly between the eyes - where else would a strike be so effective? - by that of civici00. I hope he doesn't mind my basing a thread on his succinct and cogent analysis of what position the Governing Body appears to be occupying today.
If the GB aspires to the office of The Holy See, whether by design or a confluence of inevitable processes, do you see as reality the following words?:
Now that he's [Fred Franz] gone, the current leadership has no "oracle" and they're truly lost. I think there's an underlying fear of losing the whole flock, that's why there's been such an emphasis on deifying the GB. Without something to work towards, like an end date, the current GB is appealing to fear and tyranny to keep it together. Without that fear of the GB, every JW would be lost. They don't know how to have a real, spiritual, private relationship with their Creator.