What amazes me is the lavish lifestyle these guys are able to afford and the fact that they experience very little shame associated with it
when you stop and think about it - one can really understand, consider that the wt took the exact opposite veiw on money-
we TALKED DOWN so much we all knew that any bro who was flashy was dogged- while we secretly wanted his cash we all knew that Sustance and covering was the wt way-
THE word materialistic is some well ingrained in the avg jw head it ain't funny
consider what we consider a blessing from god- not a better job, promotion, new home, college education - O NO we consider a guy who quits a powerful 70 hour a week job for $120,000 a yr take a parttime job working nights and pioneering as being SUCCESSFUL that is the concept of a successful jw, while we personally may have thought he was foolish rarely would any jw during lunch at the convention make that comment instead we would commend him for being like MARY HE CHOSE THE BEST PORTION
on the otherhand these belief systems like Fred Price they do the opposite
they TALK UP MONEY
in fact they consider ones doing well as a sign of god hooking you up - smile
one lady here at work told me - she would not want to belong to a church were the misnistry didn't live and drive a fancy car and home, cause he is showing me what god will give me by being a good christain like he gave to the pastor
it is all about CONDITIONING FOLKS MINDS