Hi Phoebe
I am from the U.K too (but in Canada now) I remember when the donation arrangement came into effect my father who was the congregation secretary at the time announced from the platform
"how wonderful the org is because by not asking for money we are separating ourselves from the commercialisation of Babylon The Great.
The Society knows we are so so close to the end.
We want to be fully out of Babylon The Great, fulfilling the scripture "Get out of her my people etc."
Apparently he thought that the last tie to Christendom was asking for money and that by changing to a donation arrangement we would be totally clean. (we know otherwise now)
We all thought it was great, less pressure when out on the ministry by not having to ask for money which I hated and it seemed that we were the true religion, lol.
Its amazing like you I cant share this with family they have already kind of cut me off as i was sending them info on the ARC.
Its so fascinating how every week I seem to find out something new about the religion I was born in and was in for 38 years.
Crazy, and disgusting.
WGO.