Why does the WBTS always stress "free" in free home Bible study?

by easyreader1970 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • easyreader1970
    easyreader1970

    Is the WBTS under the assumption that householders will suspect that Witnesses charge money for their Bible studies? As often as the WBTS prints that the world is fully aware of the Witnesses and what they do and teach, I can't imagine that anybody would think that the JWs ask for payment for services when it comes to Bible studies.

    It was in the Watchtower study yesterday, I think in the very first paragraph.

    er

  • DoomVoyager
    DoomVoyager

    Yes it was discussed in the COMMENTS... thread. They just throw it out there in the hopes that maybe, out of the 6 billion people in the world, 1 or 2 will be interested in something free. Can't do any harm.

  • james_woods
    james_woods

    And to think that they had this brilliant idea long before the "Video Professor"...you know - the one where the first CD is free (plus shipping and handling), but that they will never stop hounding you to buy more and more if you take the first free bite.

    Come to think of it, street drug pushers may be in on this concept as well...

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!..When has any JW,ever had a Bible Study?..Question Mark 3..NEVER!!................JW`s study literature about the Bible,Written by the WBT$..There is no Bible Study!..Bait and Switch!..Laughing Mutley...OUTLAW

  • M.J.
    M.J.

    It's just another one of their ploys to instil and project the sense that they are "oh so much better" than everyone else who dare to pose as teachers of the Bible.

    The unspoken sentiment that goes hand in hand with this is: "We don't charge like Christendom does!"

    (whether or not all Bible teaching outside of JW-dom charges or not is irrelevant. A sweeping generalization based on anectode is good enough)

  • BluesBrother
    BluesBrother

    They charge no money, but they demand your soul.........

  • Number1Anarchist
    Number1Anarchist
    Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!..When has any JW,ever had a Bible Study?..Question Mark 3..NEVER!!................JW`s study literature about the Bible,Written by the WBT$..There is no Bible Study!..Bait and Switch!..Laughing Mutley...OUTLAW

    My thoughts exactly!

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    phsycology

  • M.J.
    M.J.

    Like the local drug pusher. First one is "free"!

  • Billy the Ex-Bethelite
    Billy the Ex-Bethelite

    Sometimes, even "free" is overpriced.

    Anybody want to spend an hour each week having a janitor explain a story about a dead carpenter from 2000 years ago... free?

    B the X

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