Remember early 1990 when they made a sudden change to voluntary donations.To protect their assets. This(new light is a) sudden change when as recently as of Jan.2012 wt.They said "In the parable,Jesus indicated that from the first century onward,there would always be some geniune anointed Christians on the earth." A post here indicated all GB members said"they research,read,reread.prey,etc, before they publish an article. It makes me wonder,to make a change in the same year if they are in some financial difficulty or are afraid of losing their assets,lawsuit,etc.
Sorry for another post on new light
by bobld 3 Replies latest jw friends
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Gayle
I agree, they do have a fear factor, paranoia, heading toward a panic mode. They are taking on a mammoth moving effort, selling properties and plans of rebuilding like crazy as they near scream out the end is coming soon, the end is coming very soon now.
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whathappened
That decision regarding voluntary donations was because of the jimmy swaggert lawsuit. The government was going to be able to tax us if we asked a certain price for the literature. They escaped by going to voluntary donations. More details can be found by searching this site.
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braincleaned
As for selling their rich properties in NY, Jehovah - who is omniscient, has blessed them with his spirit by inspiring them to sell at the worse possible time to do that, financially. Maybe God in giving them a hint. :D