What "message" does the J.W Org. have to offer that will attract new members ?

by Phizzy 10 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Phizzy

  The message they have been pushing for 150 years or so is "The End is near !".

  In the educated, civilised world, people think " Yea ? maybe because of economic meltdown exacerbated by climate change, but not from some intervention by a non-existent god".

  "Would you like a Free Bible Study ? ", " No thanks, that is just a book of fairy stories, myths, lies and legends. "

  That is the reaction of all young people in the educated free world, which excludes the USA of course, which is neither free nor educated, and is stuck in some 19th Century time warp, and is a virtual Theocracy.

  But elsewhere in the world, respect for the religion, and the Bible, is gone.

  In the third world, which has little education or Internet access, they have some success, but only usually with very poor people over 40.

  So as well as dwindling numbers, they have at present a Cash Flow problem, which can only get larger.

  The J.W Org. days are numbered, and they will soon be an even more insignificant little cult, that is withering away fast.
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  Ugot2bekiddingme1

  I have to laugh when the GB get on their program an talk.
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  AnnaNana

  "What "message" does the J.W Org. have to offer that will attract new members ?"

  
  

  Promotion of:

  
  

  Misogyny

  Pharisaical business practices

  Degree work

  Child abuse

  Practice of spiritism

  
  

  You know, the typical masonic stuff. Putting on a show of "chivalry" for the public, but then doing all kinds of debased deeds in private in order to climb the corporate ladder.
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  Jensus

  They are a real estate company now, but to keep the system going they need a base of volunteers.

  I expect them to open a new specific date to have some short-term momentum and would assume 2034, 120 years from 1914.

  Especially, in times of crisis, people are vulnerable for conspiracies and strange cults. We see it all around, also in the western world.
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  Balaamsass2

  Phizzy... 19th-century time warp. lol I have to agree.
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  BoogerMan

  2033 = 2000 years (2 days) since Christ redeemed what Adam lost 4000 years (4 days) prior. 😮
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  r51785

  Phizzy, As an American I take exception with your characterization of our country. But on the other hand I must admit I fully agree with it!
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  Phizzy

  I understand r51785, when my Country, the U.K, is criticised in any way my immediate reaction is to bristle, and yet I have never been nationalistic or even proud of my Country, but I then consider what the criticism is saying, and if valid, will smile ruefully and move on.

  What strikes me about the lack of any "message" is that the G.B and their advisors have run out of ideas.

  What this does is leave ordinary J.W's " marking time", literally to satisfy their Elders, but metaphorically, they must be aware on some level that the D to D work, and more so the Cart Work, are a Total Waste of Time, that they are merely doing what they do to be "seen" in public.

  It is the equivalent of the False Policeman , a figure or image of a Policeman, to make people think, but there is no real Policeman for miles, and the "work" they do is as soul destroying as peeling piles of potatoes day after day.

  Combine that pointless, stultifying work with boring Meetings, and they have no way of attracting new members in any significant number, and J.W's will either die waiting for "The End", or more likely die before that .......... of Frustration and Boredom.
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  TonusOH

  The JW message is a form of Pascal's Wager, which has a time-limit attached. They will explain that they are the only path to salvation and that the end is imminent, which creates a sense of urgency. Join now and submit, or risk losing out.

  Without the 'imminent end' part, the message is unappealing. Lately, they have been making changes so that being a JW doesn't feel so onerous, but that also must make you wonder why you are still a JW. The more mainstream the WTS becomes, the less reason there is to be a member, as opposed to joining a much more relaxed church that doesn't require such fine control of your life and provides a more human (and humane) social experience.
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  Vanderhoven7

  Their life saving message

  Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christians on earth as defined by Jehovah’s Witnesses. As the Bible teaches, if you don't trust in 11 men in New York you don't trust Jehovah and therefore cannot be approved by God. Only these men understand the Bible. The Bible itself is not capable of leading you or making you wise to salvation independent of the Faithful Slave organization. Read your Bible for goodness sake.

  All other so called Christians of Christendom are dupes of Satan and will be destroyed either at Armageddon or during the Great Tribulation. But if they kill themselves before the GT starts, they will get an automatic resurrection pass to paradise where they will learn Jehovah’s Witnesses were right all along.