Notice how perception of this cult is changing. I daresay that if us enlightened folks are in agreement as to their financial straits, then the publishers won't be far behind. My feeling, from a recent Witness 'get together' is that they know it but no one will say it out loud.
I think they are way, way, way behind on making doctrinal changes and they have no one like Fred Franz with the gravitas to assert the changes anyway. As a result, they must maintain the status quo no matter how stupid it all gets. They must expel anyone from Bethel who thinks differently and must avoid any depth of thought.
The net result is that the magazines are written by whatever hacks remain - and even then whatever they write has to be vetted by the Legal Dept. to avoid trouble. Thus, as to subjects.....
Homosexuals? Careful there, brother. I know we hate fags but we gotta avoid 'hate speech'.
Poverty? Careful there, too. We don't do a damn thing for the poor. Jehovah will kill nearly all of them at Armageddon
Chronology? Number juggling? Just repeat whatever we said before. Nobody really understands this stuff anyway.
Depression? Don't 'let on' that we have a depression epidemic.
Child Abuse? Ok, but don't make us gag with the hypocrisy.
I have little doubt that there's a lot of self censoring in Writing these days , apart from the vtting.
I continue to hope that the Watchtower is coming to an end , not because of any obvious rebellion by publishers but rather because the leadership realizes that their 'empire' is worthless. The more they grow, the more they cut back.
So, you're the Grand Poobah of an ignorant cult that won't open their wallets. What's the point, Brothers?
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