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Most Jehovah’s Witnesses consider the Watch Tower Society to be almost synonymous with “God’s organization.” As such, they are to be obedient to all instructions passed down from it as though they are receiving these words from Jehovah himself.
But at least one prominent Jehovah’s Witness now claims he does “not answer to Watchtower,” and has even declared that Watchtower “does not, and never has had, any authority over me.” Who is this bold man? None other than Governing Body member Gerrit Lösch!
Regular visitors to this site will recall the recent lawsuit in which Watchtower received a $13.5 million judgment for its part in the abuse suffered by Jose Lopez at the hands of Gonzalo Campos, who was allowed to molest multiple victims in San Diego in the 80s and 90s without the organization’s intervention.
One of the reasons why the lawsuit went so badly for Watchtower was due to its failure to comply with court orders requesting, among other things, the organization to produce the most senior Governing Body member, Gerrit Lösch, for a deposition.
When this and other reasonable requests of the court were flatly refused by Watchtower, they had restrictions placed on them barring them from responding to the evidence put forward by Irwin Zalkin on Lopez’s behalf.
Now, the personal “declaration” of Gerrit Lösch, in which he gives his reasons for refusing the court order, have been made available online. The signed three-page document is viewable below…
It is more than likely that Lösch’s comments about Watchtower were a means of distancing the Governing Body from Watchtower, and insulating Governing Body members against any court action incurred by the organization.
Even so, at best Lösch is splitting hairs by suggesting he is ONLY answerable to the Governing Body, of which he is a member. At worst, he is seriously misrepresenting his personal relationship with the organization, and that of Jehovah’s Witnesses in general.
One can only imagine what fate would befall an ordinary Jehovah’s Witness who stood up before a packed kingdom hall and uttered the words “I do not answer to Watchtower,” and “Watchtower does not have, and never has had, any authority over me.” Undoubtedly, the back room would beckon! And yet such an individual could point out that he is only repeating the words of an exemplary Governing Body member.
Lösch’s statements about his power over the organization are similarly evasive and disingenuous. While it may be true that he does not have “any authorityas an individual to make or determine corporate policy for Watchtower,” the statement is worded in such a way as to distract from the fact that Lösch is very much a decision-maker for Watchtower provided these decisions are met with the approval of his fellow Governing Body members.
All things considered, sincere Jehovah’s Witnesses will be dismayed at the lengths one of their leaders (a member of their “highest ecclesiastical authority”) has gone to in order to avoid taking a stand in defense of the organization.
It was Jesus who purportedly said, “People will hand you over to local courts, and you will be beaten in synagogues and be put on the stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a witness to them” (Mark 13:9, New World Translation) – and yet rather than take his place on the stand to give a “witness,” Lösch has done everything in his power to distance himself from ‘God’s organization’ – denying almost any affiliation with Watchtower.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that, in order for a Jehovah’s Witness to respect the Governing Body members, and give them the reverence they crave, they must know as little as possible about their words and actions.
첫댓글 이사람 예전 자료보니 어떠분이 연설하는거 올린적 있었던거 같네요. 카페 날라리회원말고 카페를 위해 조금이라도 생각하는 오래되신분은 다 알거 같네요. 고등교육을 총살에 비유한사람 맞죠?
네...맞읍니다. 고등교육을 권총을 입에 물고 방아쇠를 당기는것과 같다고 연설한 인물입니다. 비유자체도 천박스럽지만, 인간의 기본 인문소양 교육의 중요성에 대해서도, 전혀 인식조차 못하는 인물이 이끌고 있는 이 조직에 많은 인생들이 끌려들어왔음이 한탄스럽읍니다.
엄청 많이 늙었네요....그도 5년을 못가고 그가 외쳤던 신세계로 향하는 열차타고 이땅을 떠날겁니다.
@맞서라 몇년전 통치체로 임명된 샌디에고 순감출산의 64년생 마크 샌더슨이라는 자 빼고는 모두 80대에 가깝읍니다. 이들이 5년내 모두 이땅에서 사라지기를 진심으로 바랍니다.
삭제된 댓글 입니다.
같은 심정입니다. 최소한의 책임있는 답변도 하지 않는자들에게 충성과 복종을 하고 있는 전세계의 증인들은 과연 이런 조직에게 무엇을 기대해야 할지...너무나도 어이상실입니다
워타는 이러겟죠. 저런사람은 나중에 적은무리에서 탈락할것이며 인간이기에 실수할수 있고 적은무리도 아직 부랄전한 인간이며 큰환란때 다 여호와께서 다 판단하실거라고 하겟죠. 근데 통치체는 성령으로 인도한다면서요? 불완전한 인간을 뭐하러 성령으로 인도할까요? 성령도 불완전한걸까요? 그럼 완전한 여호와가 하지 그랬나요?
정답입니다..분명 그렇게 말할 것입니다
역사적으로 종교 지도자들 정치지도자들보면 소시오패스 사이코패스 같습니다 인류보편적인 양심이 없어요
여증 수뇌부들 양심이라고는눈꼽만큼도 없네요 무섭습니다
거짓 목자의 전형적인 모습이라는 것을 확인 할 수 있습니다.
양떼를 돌보라고 그렇게도 가르치더니..정작 자신에게 문제가 닥치면 놔두고 도망가는 거짓 목자의 모습이지요
테클이 아니라, 궁금한 것이 이 문서의 출처가 어떻게 되나요?? 누군가에 의해서 유출된 문서인가요??
원문 첫번째 페이지 우측상단을 보시면 출처를 알수 있습니다.
아래는 사건번호, 담당 판사이름 다 나옵니다.
원쪽 상단에는 워치타워를 대신한 로펌주소도 나오고요..
그러니 출처는 미국 법원이란게 확인되고요
누가 공개하였는가는 간단합니다
정보공개 요청하면 누구나 관련서류 입수할수 있습니다.
*한국도 정보공개 요청은 요청하면 법으로도 하게되어 있습니다.
중요한 것은 누가 유출하였는가가 아니고 우리가 성역처럼 여겻던 보이는 지상조직의 통로라고 여겻던 통치체 리더의 진솔한? 모습을 확실히 알게 되었다는게 중요하다 생각합니다.
@한울타리 아~ 그렇군요. 저는 개인적으로 인터넷에 나오는 자료들을 잘 믿지 않는 편이라, 이런게 있으면 적어도 출처 정도는 알아야 될거 같아서요. 그런 설명을 듣고 보니 이해가 되는군요. 자세한 답변 감사합니다.