by Watchtower-Free 80 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
It was carefully worded to so as not to slow down contribution from the loyal Jdub. They have kept the Kingdom hall fund in place to keep the contribution coming in while they sell off more real estate including Kingdom Halls.
They want to squeeze every penny out of loyal dubs till they go under.
Outstanding double speak!
We are NOT in financial difficulty, we are doing all this to HELP you keep up with spiritual food!
And you can still renovate your hall, if you pay for it yourself...even though you signed over ownership to us anyway!
Wow!
Gods blessing has left the building! What did CT Russel say about gods blessing and finances in the very first WT??
One thing I'd almost bet the farm on, we won't be seeing them go bankrupt in our lifetime. Not without something very drastic happening. Sad, but I feel true.
Yesterday, I fired my financial advisor for my employees 401K and hired someone new. It was later discovered that the lazy Idiot, with whom I hired in the first place, set the 401k up wrong. Now to move their accounts, they will have to pay a penalty. So today, I called everyone in and gave the bad news. Here's how I handled the situation.
First, I apologized for allowing this to happen in the first place. I took responsibility and said I made a mistake. Secondly, I announced I was covering the cost of everyones penalties out of my own pocket. I didn't blame anyone else or try to pass the buck. I am very proud I did this. I didn't have to, but it is the right thing to do. How do these people sleep at night? They have zero moral direction. In my eyes, they are morally repugnant. "Faithless and Desecrate Slave indeed."
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It's not like armageddon is ever coming to rescue WT Corp from their own stupidity.
After the big cash grab from the congregation accounts earlier, donations probably dropped off really quickly. Congregations were supposed to keep sending in perpetual payments to keep paying a mortgage on the local Hall forever. I've been in enough congregations where "donation fatigue" takes hold. The "friends" make big pledges and pay them for a couple of months, but then the reality of their overstretched budget has them reducing to less than their pledge, and it keeps shrinking.
Probably after Lett went on the broadcast to plead for cash, they got plenty of blowback for looking like money-grabbing TV evangelists. It would make the GB and WT Corporation look bad to constantly be begging for cash. So now Herd is trotted out to announce the cuts and say that it's not because of a lack of financial support.
What can publishers think of this? "Oh good, WT isn't short on cash, and they're cutting expenses on the organization level. Now I don't have to feel obligated to keep donating as much as I have been. Why should I keep paying the same money now that I'm getting less magazines and all this cost-cutting? My family needs a vacation! That's where I'll earmark my money instead."
I think when Herd spoke of the growth and expansion in the organization, he was referring to the ever-increasing number of anointed partakers.
Billy - What can publishers think of this? "Oh good, WT isn't short on cash, and they're cutting expenses on the organization level. Now I don't have to feel obligated to keep donating as much as I have been. Why should I keep paying the same money now that I'm getting less magazines and all this cost-cutting? My family needs a vacation! That's where I'll earmark my money instead."
I was thinking the same. That is what happens when you're not transparent. You would think that they learnt their lesson the first time when they announced that their loans were forgiven and many took that to mean they didn't need the money.
Then they'll come out again and beg for money. The organization has always been full of mixed messages.
