free2beme,
I've always found it amazing how similar the Watchtower's techniques are to Amway.
Before and after my ex-wife became a witness, she fell for every multi-level marketing scheme that came along, including Amway.
In a way the Watchtower is running its own multi-level marketing scheme. Instead of becoming wealthy, the goal is to obtain everlasting life. One of the big money makers for Amway is the sell of its training aids. These are pushed upon the participants much like the Watchtower pushes its literature on Witnesses. And of course Amway participants and Witnesses must continuously recruit new ones. All of this is re-enforced with meetings and association with other like-minded individuals.
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