The power of the cont case isn't the number od donated dollars into the contribution box, lost to criminal punishments but the tarnish on the WT ivory tower.
Most JW's see the org as pure, white as snow, gods government on earth. Why? Because this is what Watchtower tell them.
Anything that shows people that these uneducated book publishers with there hand out, are no different to everyone else, that is the power of the Conti case.
No longer can they claim that the preaching work will suffice for the judgment of mankind. Anyone knowing about the case and all the other unscriptural activity of WT, can simply state that such things are evidence of the organisation not being sufficintly scriptural or of the spirit of the word.
No longer can WT play the innocent, never been caught being naughty card like all the other FALSE religions. Now Watchtower is no different.
Of course, Watchtower have been here before, be it Russell selling miracle wheat or being divorced for having 'octopus hands', or Rutherford and the physical fight at HQ that required police intervention, as reported in the news. The reality is that these guys have always been VERY human, but over the 80's and 90's they became a little invisible to the real world, and in that nonchelance they painted themselves white, because the only people really looking at them were people who were not allowed to say otherwise, even Gov Body members who left due to consciential crisis.
Anything vocalising the humanity of Watchtower is helpful. As for the finances... Well, scientology is still making a fortune despite all of its negaive attention. It doesn't really mean much, beyond, the disgusting nature of humans SELLING spirituality, be it scientology, the pope or Watchtower, the money is actually useful in understanding the very basic motivations of such movements.
Nothing organised by a sincere deity would ever have the need of involvment of our financial institutions.
God would not need our money! Men do !
