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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

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  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  Lieu, the real estate fraud is awful. They take and take and don't give anything in return but false hope and maybe bragging rights in a few cases.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  Freddo, it's sick how they get people to leave their assets to WT when they die. Those assets should go to family and people around them whoare needy.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  Level, that's $13 per publisher. They should put the story about this major real estate sale on there website and give everyone a free day pass to an Assembly Hall.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  I wonder if WT gets more revenue from real estate sales than from donations in Scandinavia, maybe UK too? The Brooklyn real estate sales generate huge revenues, for now. Maybe they'll buy more stocks in munitions companies, like the ones driving force mentions, if they have money left over from lawsuits.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  Wizard, I got wise like you and stopped donating too. I don't have much silver yet, by I do enjoy ice cream.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  CooKiemaster, thanks for the information from Romania. I wonder how many countries are self sufficient like Romania. Maybe they reinvest the money within the country and send some of the profit to HQ to be used by poor countries where they have a deficit.
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  JWTV May Broadcast is up. hosted by an old burnt hot dog

  by Dreamerdude in

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  what's up with jw parents taking their minor children to such desolate places?

  like the english family that took their little kids to the jungles of ecuador, and the australians that took their little ones to norfolk island where hardly anyone lives, and they are the only children in a congregation of 11 publishers?

  is this a new form of child abuse?

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  Dreamerdude

  Dan and Hippie, I definitely see some positive aspects to traveling with children. My family and I love traveling. Traveling to unassigned territory for a week at a time was nice too, enjoying the mountains, or beaches and the local foods and such. I would like to travel to Norfolk Island. The Norfolk Island Pine is one of my favorite trees, with their beautiful symmetry. The Ecuador rainforest seems like a fascinating place. Even camping and fishing at Lake Baikal in Siberia, featured in the May broadcast, would be fun for a week or two. And if I could afford it, extended travel for a few months or maybe a year might be good for the kids.

  Safe and Dubstepped picked up on the abusive aspects that I was thinking about. They read my mind.

  In the case of the trip to Lake Baikal, I am sure it was fun to enjoy nature and eat those delicious fish. But asking the boy to try to recruit the locals is abusive. There is more productive work they could have done, like perhaps building latrines, or picking up trash.

  In the earlier example of the English family that moved to Ecuador, It appeared to me that the parents were uprooting the kids permanently. Maybe they were happy to leave dead end jobs to spend their savings or inheritance, but how will the kids socialize and get needed education?

  in the magazine article about Norfolk Island I felt bad for the two little boys, because the only friends they would be allowed to have are the 11 JWs that live on the island. If I read the article right, checking the YB, they are the only two kids. And the parents knew that going it this. But I have the admit it, Swiss Family Robinson catches my imagination.
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  Where does WT get their money?

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.

  there may also be some income from invested assets.

  i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.

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  Dreamerdude

  Yes, that's quite a racket. Get other people to build it, then sell it for 100% profit.
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  Waking People Up With Well Thought Out Comments

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. experiences

  is it possible to have an effect from the inside?

  with well thought comments that reveal more of the history of the organization?

  the next book we study will be "god's kingdom rules!

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  Dreamerdude

  Extremely cultish comments have the same effect. Like saying a guy that's 23 and still not a MS is not marriage material, or worthy of getting laid.
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  Waking People Up With Well Thought Out Comments

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  is it possible to have an effect from the inside?

  with well thought comments that reveal more of the history of the organization?

  the next book we study will be "god's kingdom rules!

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  Dreamerdude

  Maybe I'm idealistic, but I thing some comments with a tinge of TTATT can add some CD to get people thinking, maybe in combination with other things going around. In my case I found the CD to be cumulative, until I reached the tipping point during a particularly ridiculous talk by a GB member.