Mad Sweeney said:
honestly wonder if they really care that people leave.
Which got me to thinking. It's true it seems that the Brass at Bethel
isn't very concerned with the thousands that leave as long as they
have a percentage or two of total increase and the money situation
is in the black.
The whole idea of Watch Tower Sustainability came to mind. They @
Head Quarters look at numbers like most corporate companies. It's all
about the numbers. The WTSociety is rich beyond idea since they keep
a lot of different corporation names and addresses and their holdings
are huge. The assets of such a company must be really enormous for
them to feel confident about a move to hicks ville in Warwick NY. Why
the move to the country? Because they're scared of the situation in
NYC. They learned from 9/11 and know that sooner or later the toxicity
of the city is going to hurt them bigtime. The buildings they're accustomed
to in the city are worth a lot of money, but money that's frozen in brick and
concrete, money that doesn't do them much good. Now that they have
excellent means to build new and the volunteer labor for it, the move to
the country makes a lot of sense, it frees up money, more money than the
new projects are going to cost them. Sustainability demands it.
The contributions will still be coming in, lots of contributions from over seven
million willing enablers. The new pay back method of loan mortification is a hoot.
Every May the congregation takes a survey of pledged contributions. Based on
this figure they adjust the payments for the year to the Society for money
borrowed for Kingdom Hall renovations. A lot of these renovations cost tens
of thousands of dollars on prettifying the KH which is probably owned by the
Society. Also the money they lent to the congregations comes from contributions
to the Worldwide KH building fund. They collect your contribution, get you to
borrow to make repairs and improvements to their buildings, then get you to
pledge a certain amount to pay each month of that specific year. How can
they lose on such a deal.
Every change the Borganization has been implementing lately is based on
cost cutting. The new arrangement on magazine distribution at the KH is
based on cost cutting and maximizing resources. As long as the growth is
a percentage or two overall, the Society doesn't mind if there's thousands
of discontented people leaving every year, as long as the influx of fresh
meat to sacrifice for the Borganization keeps coming in.
Sustainability! They are making long range plans looking to stick around
for a very long time while weekly reminding the R&F JWs to keep their
lives simple, no big expenditures, no owning homes, no having and
raising kids, no college eduction, instead Pioneer and support the
Worldwide Work through contributions and literature placements.
Is there anything new in this whole scam? Only that some Bethelites
must have gone to business school and succeeded in getting the GB
to look at the broad picture of Watch Tower Corporation Sustainability.
That's what the Borganization really cares about, sustainability.