by breakfast of champions 11 Replies latest watchtower bible
[This is what happens when the semester ends. . . idle hands. . . . . ]
So I was thinking of how you would categorize the Presidents of the WT, and I came up with this:
Then I thought, How do the current GB stack up? and came up with this:
Your thoughts. .. . .
I think you're on the money, BOC.
Russell = Egotistical fanatic
Rutherford = Self appointed fascist prophet and Opportunist
Knorr = Goosestepping inheritor of the status quo
Franz = Delusional Bible reading Watchtower wizard.
Herd = Just happy to join the club with the big white boys.
Jackson = Makes a marsupial look bright.
Splane = Obviously an accountant who found his way to being a WT "yes" man.
Losch = Goebbels evil religious twin.
Sanderson = Girls just want to have fun!
What about William H.Conley ? where does he fit in ? the first president ? O.K. he wasn`t president for very long but he was the first .
I don't think Russell was necessarily crazy. He was a man of his time, and his beliefs and actions were not terribly out of the norm for his time and place in history. He was successful on many levels, as a businessman, author, and charismatic preacher.
Frederick Franz on the other hand was a bit of an oddball character. Whereas Russell was successful because he could appeal sufficiently to society in general to generate a following, Franz could only thrive among the captive audience of pre-existing believers. The general public flocked to hear Russell in many places. Thousands of the flock were wowed by Franz too, but not including many who were not already JWs.
@ breakfast of champions...
Evil crazy assholes...
...jeezus, it sounds like the Republican presidential candidates of the last couple decades... :smirk:
Good point SMIDDY.
So I might add in:
Conley == FORGETTABLE
and revise Sanderson:
Sanderson == CRAZY/FORGETTABLE
I was trying to come up with a witty 4th category and then I realized that no, this is probably about it!.
Russell = Crazy
Rutherford = really crazy
Knorr = really, really crazy
Franz = craziest
Herd = deluded fool
Jackson = more deluded fool
Splane = idiot
Losch = crazy
Morris= craziest of them all
Henschel doesn't even get a mention. The last of the "anointed" presidents. Talk about the forgotten president. One of the only things I "know" about Henschel is that he visited a posh hotel in Malta, because someone wrote a story about it online nearly 20 years ago.
Not to mention Don Adams and Max Larson, the two headed non-anointed presidency.
