by Black Man 33 Replies latest jw friends
It's a very short term "win-win" because (starting in the developed world) the baptisms will fall and the publisher numbers will fall too. As one erudite poster put it "however much lipstick you put on on a pig - it is still a pig."
I predict "simplified" year book reports to mask decreases "very soon".
The steam is leaving the cart work as well. They're no where near as persistent with it as they were when it first started.
I almost started a thread about this. Balboa park in San Diego on baseball all star weekend. Three.....count THREE people sitting 20 ft from a table......not a cart.....where the signs werent even up (due to a light and wonderful breeze), and magazines were under an elastic band. I was in the area for an hour. Kids playing i the fountain.
Nobody even NOTICED then.....much less took anything.
There was an athiest booth down the way......it was jumpin.
It's busywork, designed to keep people occupied. People accept it because it's more pleasant than door to door work. People know they are never going to convert anyone, they are just happy to "get their hours in" and get on with their lives.
