Mary, time for the 2020 predictions!
What will the JW religion be like in 2015?
by JimmyPage 73 Replies latest jw friends
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Listener
Some very good predictions were made.
Sir82 was pretty good too with his comments on rebranding -
"Never underestimate the capacity of a religious group to re-brand itself and begin a fresh round of marketing. People's memories are notoriously short, and oftentimes people also have a shockingly poor grasp of the historical picture at the best of times (who among the current rank and file went through the disappointment of 1914 - or even 1925 for that matter? All dead and gone - or pretty close to it!). We sometimes erroneously conclude that because we have been through a major disappointment that others will also have a similar memory years later. sadly, not true: people re-write or re-construct memories all the time - especially when religiousd beliefs are involved."
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steve2
Five years ago Mary predicted 12,000+ memorial partakers in 2015. In 2014 there were more than 13,000 - so that prediction is well on track to be met this year (2015). -
steve2
Listener, many thanks for quoting Sir82: Wise words - and very true. People's desperate need to be soothed outruns their need to check all things, including especially the history of an organization. The collective memory is conveniently short.