'..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines... (page 3)

MidwichCuckoo

Vernon - you trying to raise my blood pressure? Lol. Makes me angry - and they seem to be able to 'boot' people easily, knowing that no Dub will believe what they're saying, as they're NOW apostates. He ought sell his story to a newspaper.

Gill

Vernon! Thank you for that information! Now I feel more 'ripped off' than I did before. But then what do can you expect from a big business masquerading as a religion?

Clam

Thanks Vernon - very interesting and not at all surprising.

It's so similar to Multi Level Marketing that you wonder whether the WTS was used as a business model and inspiration by the original MLMers!

All they had to do was incentivise the people at the base of the geometric progression pyramid by offering them cash incentives instead of the rather tenuous incentive of life in Paradise Earth.

fullofdoubtnow

Thanks for that Vernon.

The level of profits they make out of the mags annoys me, but doesn't surprise me.

jwfacts

When i was working in the Aust branch I was told that the cost of printing a mag was 21cents, at that time we were selling them for 40cents.

The WTS is a non profit corporation because it does not distribute profits to shareholders. This does not mean it does not make a profit.

Gill

It seems as if France knew what it was dealing with when it refused to give the WTBTS a tax exempt status, not only from the aspect of it being a controlling cult, but also, it is a business making a profit. As JWfacts pointed out, though it isn't paying out to shareholders, it is keeping its profits. Unlike the Catholic Church which is seeks to deride at every opportunity, it has no significant or notable charitable works that it supports.

Clam

. . . it has no significant or notable charitable works that it supports.

Gill possibly the Paedophile Benevolence Fund.

R.F.

'..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines...

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