Maybe one day all the lawyers will divide and conquer....
I believe a lawyer fancying himself as a judge once did something similar.
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Breaking the Watchtower into Two Opossing Camps, Possible?
by Scott77 29 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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Chariklo
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00DAD
moggy lover: [What if] ... the actual WTS system collapses into itself! What then will happen to the legal instrumentality that once constituted this unified belief system?
Point, since it's essentially a legal corporation, SOMEONE would rise up and take the reins. However such a "hostile takeover" shakes out, whatever is left would loudly be proclaimed as the True and Authentic group.
This is what Rutherford did. It worked then, it'll work again.
BTW, the only reason this this belief system is "unified" is because any one that disagrees is thrown out. The leadership can and has and will continue to change the beliefs of the "system" whenever they want.
You may want to read up on the 1954 Walsh Trail. It is very revealing on the subject of WT "unity."
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Gayle
Two opposing groups, claiming they are 'the' "faithful and discreet slave?"
Both saying they believe in: Jehovah, no trinity, no immortal soul.
From there, where will the line be drawn? At headquarters, TO level, elders
Each claiming they are to be obeyed now and not questioned? Yet, JWs would have to 'think' from there to decide 'who's who' in JW land.
Who will rule/control the Internet?
7 million people beginning to think all at the same time,,yikes,,bedlam, chaos, babelism.
Can you imagine what would even happen to 'this JWN' site?
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thetrueone
but also one breakaway group or groups claiming a stake on all those assets of the Watchtower.
Highly unlikely Scott77 since there is an established board of directors appointed to the WTS. Corporation, even if it is
recognized as non-profit organization. So even if a couple of the GB members wanted to depart with the organization and take some
of the assets with them they couldn't do it.
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Dogpatch
moggy lover says,
This is not so fanciful an idea to believe, since it has happened before. When HW Armstrong, inventor and Superintent of the World Wide Church of God died, His doctrinal and financial empire was split, like a mutated atomic explosion, and its operating structure was divided into various groups each claiming to be the true inheritor of the HWA legacy.
Actually, for those who receive Randy Watters [Dogpatch] monthly E-Newsletter, he did discuss something like this some months ago. It was speculated that the groups would initially be split more along personal lines than theological. The doctrinal differences would emerge over time as this division evolved. Finding it impossible to get along with each other, the various members of the secretive leadership, mutually agree to divide the lucrative pie among themselves, each then going their separate ways.
It is unlikely it would just split in two. Considering the primal nature of man to need attention and power and full control, there will likely be a lot of competition. :-)) In ten years you will have the original organization with its retarded leaders, and 20 different sects of a sect, some conservative, and some more radical than Rutherford's WT.
Look, there are 7 million plus Witnesses out there. How many of them are ambitious alpha males who love to write about theology? Plus there are MANY charismatic Witnesses who could EASILY draw a crowd. Doctrinal differrences are not necessarily the main issue. Who gets into a cult because of doctrine alone?
For years I received manuscripts to look over from ex-JWs who were dying to publish books on the end times, Revelation, etc. Much more important to them is gaining importance and a following. It takes no money, and the WT's money is useless to stop it. They will just be more comfy in Patterson, and mock and deride the dissenters - just another new hobby to them.
Just look at the number of various breakoffs from Russelism! Can anyone list them?
Seize the opportunity rules much harder than a polite separation. :-))
It's inherent in the human race.
Quit burying your head in the Bible and understand REAL human nature. Survival of the fittest.
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Zordino
Yes they may break into 2 opposing Groups. Cult Group Dumb and Cult Group Dumberer.
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thetrueone
I wonder if a majority of the directors of the WTS. banned together in a move to dismantle the WTS. and reform
into a different organization with different doctrines would that ever be a possibility ??
