That's the latest I heard at the current convention I'm attending now. It came straight from the Bethel Representative. I was in the administration department when I heard him say it.
Part of the reason for this according to him will be to reduce distribution cost as it would be virtually eliminated in countries like the U.S, Canada. He also said that it would also be to further promote the new website which is supposedly going to have a dedicated children's section. Yikes!
He also stated that DVD copies would still be available for countries where the Internet is not as accessible.
He said that they really want to push the Internet as it has proven to be very effective "when kept under control".
With all of the changes that the organization has been making in the recent years -the public and study editions of the watchtower, the simplified versions, the new songs whose vocal renditions have a faint touch of modern Christendom, getting heavily into the real estate business, having plans to build and expand up to at least the year 2020 despite their claim of the end being "very soon", the recent change of heart for the Internet, the credit card machine donations, the new arrangement of giving the brothers the "great" opportunity to give all of their money, homes, personal possessions to the organization upon death (basically putting them in their will), the confidetial letters about every little thing, etc.- it really makes it all look more like a business than a religion.
Not that it wasn't in the past but I feel like they are no longer trying to hide it.
It feels, at least to me, like the religion is slowly evolving into something else entirely.
Only time will tell but I just have that feeling.
It just makes me so sad that none of the witnesses seem to notice the changes.
What do you all (ex-jws, faders, current members, newcomers, old timers) believe about all these changes the organization is making?
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...OUTLAW