But I am surprised no one that is observing this discussion has the courage to challenge the propaganda. I am referring to the repeated suggestion that IN FACT the little 14 year old boy with the two chickens is a fabrication. SHAME on all of you who made that remark. And EQUALLY - SHAME on all of you who let such blatant hatred go unchecked.
For one thing, you are forgetting where you are. Secondly, this "chorus" is comprised of individuals who have seen with their own eyes that the GB does lie, the publications lie, the elders lie, and it is not a stretch to consider that the entire story is a fabrication.
I will give you this, however . . . I do believe that there are really financially poor people out there with no education who would buy into the WT doctrine so completely that they would sell the fillings in their teeth in order to give money to the Society . . . you know . . . to further the worldwide brainwashing work.
The head office does not need the average JW to send them a dead kid's chicken money.
Good point, Dave, but it is very shrewd to continue exploiting a viable income avenue such as nickel and diming the rank and file. They simply cannot resist.
Best Regards,
Corvin