Posted by proplog2 [proplog2] on November 06, 1999 at 12:16:18 {p8g/8h8r5Q/CPYT8orz2lJ4aSwVkqg}:
I just got through reading GB's posts about 10 times.
My personal oppinion is that they reflect exactly the kind of coherence you would expect of someone who is trying to bridge the gap that they feel separates them from valued "others".
I have not seen a good reason NOT to believe his claim.
He writes "as if" he is an old man who really is not very familiar with the internet. He suggests that he has actually done hard physical work at Bethel.
"While I cannot reveal the work I have done here, I can say that I have exhausted my body with work that you would not believe."
This is a man with excellent communications skills who resents the torture of manual labor. Why would he disclose this information? Would an impostor conjure up such detail?
He also shows respect for the other members of the GB as people he expects to have to deal with and render an account. He is careful not to speak evil of members of the "body". He does however view them as victims of false hopes.
His agenda is open. He wants to shake the "body" up to start with. He wants them to talk to each other. This is a man who is disturbed that his co-workers are themselves walled off from open communication with each other.
The demand for proof of identity is a selfish expression of impatience. Ridicule and calling GB a fake, liar, etc. is totally out of line. Love believes all things. It is no shame to be taken in by a fake. It means you still have the noble trait of openess. After all GB can't harm you. He can't shoot you. He's not asking for your money. He's just asking that you share in the "intrigue" of it all. Let's keep the communication open.
Dear GB:
Feel free to E-Mail any of us you are inclined to trust. I would probably trust Farkel because of his sparkling negativity. It might even teach him a lesson to be a reluctant bearer of your messages.
Now I have a question for YOU. I am very interested in prophecy and was disappointed with the Daniel book released this summer. It appears that since Fred Franz died that no-one has been able to come up with a single picture of what is happening. Is this because no one is crazy enough to take on the responsibility? Basically, I am curious as to how interpretation proceeds now that the principal architect of JW interpretation is gone? Can you at least give names of individual writers who worked on the Daniel book? I'd like to write them personally.
Thanks.