For the very short stint I did the accounts, there was a bit of an increase on that night in actual amounts donated. But if you compare (contributions)/(# of people) on that night with the average for the month, it was more often than not the same or even a little less.
Does the Memorial generate BIG $ for the WTS?
by Scully 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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greendawn
Given that this is at its heart a commercial rather than a religious enterprise it wouldn't be surprising if they view the memorial as a means to make that little extra income from the donations of those attending, if their figures are to be believed they record three times more people at their memorial than there are baptised JWs.
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Pole
Even if the Memorial does generate more income for the WTS, so what? Are you saying it's one of the reasons why they organize it?
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greendawn
They are working extra hard to promote it so they may well be trying to profit out of it. This ceremony is in itself totally pointless since virtually all JWs do not participate in it and the ones that do, the so called anointed, are nothing in this org round of the few GB members in Brooklyn, and heavens forbid that they should be something special to God.
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Pole
They are working extra hard to promote it so they may well be trying to profit out of it. This ceremony is in itself totally pointless since virtually all JWs do not participate in it and the ones that do, the so called anointed, are nothing in this org round of the few GB members in Brooklyn, and heavens forbid that they should be something special to God.
All rituals are pointless if you think about it. But they do serve to accomplish various community-level "objectives". Of course the Memorial is a good oportunity to try and flog the dead horse a little more, but let's be fair: there is no reason to come up with conspiracy theories about the "real" reasons for organizing the Memorial. There may be a financial spin-off, but the main of point of the ritual is to enhance long-term brainwashing and not to pull it off with a one time scam. The WTS is not all about money. It's all about itself ;-). Money's just a means to achieve that. Pole