Howdy old friend:-)
You wrote: Wouldn't a reverse Ponzi scheme be where the predecessors gave all the money to the newcomers?
No, that's a regular Ponzi. A reverse spiritual Ponzi would require that the benefits were gone before the newest member joined.
The farther we get away from the payoff for the Watch Tower owner (Rutherford) the more abstract and magical the teachings become.
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Is the Watch Tower a reverse Ponzi scheme?
by garybuss instartfragment .
is the watch tower a reverse ponzi scheme?.
isn't a ponzi an affinity scam?
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Is the Watch Tower a reverse Ponzi scheme?
by garybuss instartfragment .
is the watch tower a reverse ponzi scheme?.
isn't a ponzi an affinity scam?
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Is the Watch Tower a reverse Ponzi scheme?
Isn't a Ponzi an affinity scam? The Watch Tower uses confidence and affinity connections to retain members and grow. The difference is Ponzi took people's money and the Watch Tower takes people's lives. In a Ponzi scam, the new members pay the rewards to the predecessors. In the Watch Tower, the new members accept and build on the losses of their predecessors.
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A morale booster for the witnesses.!!
by edmond dantes inbecause the witnesses reckon on being no part of the world with their policy of not saluting the flag ,disregard for national anthems, playing no part in the defence of their natural nationality and definately no partaking in elections, should the top notches at headquarters issue them with kingdom passports.?
they are commanded to keep seperate from the world and they need to travel to the far corners in order to spread the word but is a dual passport really out of the question,?
think how proud they would be going through passport control into the new world while everyone who isn't a proud holder is fast tracked to oblivion.. with all the printing facilities at hq surely it would would be an easy peasy arrangement to set up and it would be a tremendous morale booster during these long difficult days since 1914 i mean 1975, silly me.. god's kingdom reigns could be on the front cover but what else could they stick on it and any suggestions on passport colour?.
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I actually can't see how the Witness group can claim to be separate from the world when they hold the record for association with the world by their prolific political activity at the judicial branch of government. Something's just not computing here.
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The United States economy is conceptual in nature, largely defined by analyzing negative indicators.
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I would like to purchase the Proclaimers Book...
by cawshun inis there a place on the internet where i can pruchase this book?
is there only one version or have they rewritten the old version?.
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Do you like killing trees or do you just want to read the text? The book, Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of Gods Kingdom, is available free to download on the WT CD.
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Phonecall from a JW witnessing.....
by sweet pea infinally i got my chance to see what a witness was made of on the phone yesterday.. .
her opening line was "we haven't been able to reach you at your door, so that's why we're calling (barefaced lie as we have had witnesses call latey who even came back for a return visit but that's besty's story...).
we had a lively but ultimately very frustrating conversation.
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I once tried to convince a talking skunk that he stunk and he denied it over and over.
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Witnesses increase by 44% in 7 years Study Finds: 2001-2008
by Joker10 ina more detailed look at the just released american religious identification survey (aris) shows witnesses have increased from 1,331,000 in 1991 to 1,914,000in 2008. that is 583,000 more people, or a whopping 43.8 percent growth.
they now make up 0.8 percent of the u.s. population.. who says jws are in the decline?.
(http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/americanreligionsurvey-aris/reports/aris_report_2008.pdf).
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Witnesses increase by 44% in 7 years Study Finds: 2001-2008
by Joker10 ina more detailed look at the just released american religious identification survey (aris) shows witnesses have increased from 1,331,000 in 1991 to 1,914,000in 2008. that is 583,000 more people, or a whopping 43.8 percent growth.
they now make up 0.8 percent of the u.s. population.. who says jws are in the decline?.
(http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/americanreligionsurvey-aris/reports/aris_report_2008.pdf).
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What Biblical Objection is There to Burial Fees?
by jamiebowers ini don't know if the jws are objecting to paying taxes, donating to the families of the bereaved or contributing to development projects.. http://www.modernghana.com/news/205715/1/chief-bans-jehovahs-witnesses-from-local-cemetery.html.
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Here the dead Witnesses are typically toasted in an oven and planted in a post hole. A seemingly passive end to those who would have lived forever and ruled the earth with ghosts and gods.
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Is the WatchtowerTract& Bible Society just a marketing corporation?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmarketingmarketing is seen as a creative industry, which includes advertising, distribution and selling.
it is also concerned with anticipating the customers' future needs and wants, which are often discovered through market research.. .
jehovah's witnesses have been producing a large amount of literature since 1879. bibles,tracts,books,watchtower magazines and awake magazines.
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By definition, the Watch Tower Corporation is a business. They grew from a publishing corporation to a bank, a holding company, an insurance company, a construction company, a real estate speculation company, an event sponsoring company, a travel company, a leasing company, a political advocacy litigation company, and a lobbying business. That's just to name a few of the surface interests.