Dubs want to believe in a fantasy. - Data-Dog
Totally agree. The WT takes advantage of the human tendency to want to be included in an elite group with inside information - a special class set aside from the masses with a secret key to wealth or eternal youth. Throw in a little - "you're a good little boy or girl - God approves of you" from people that claim authority - and you have a recipe to scam people out of billions.
It's a sick ploy.
It's no different from somebody like Madoff. He took advantage of similar human tendencies in his billion dollar scam.
Think about it. Why would a woman in her sixties or seventies - 100+ lbs overweight - bad health - of little means - drag herself to an assembly where she will have to walk 20 times as much as she normally does, probably ache through the whole program, and suffer for several days recovering from the experience? (I just recently went to a CA and saw plenty of these types)
Are the talks that good? No not really. Is the association enjoyable? So so.... it's a mixed bag for most. There are more people you don't want to see than those you do want to see. So what's the motivation? Why would she go through so much pain and struggle?
My answer - to get her prize money. She thinks she might miss out on the payout. Eternal youth, beauty, wealth in the new world.
I know it sounds cynical, but there's a lot of truth to it.
Shame on the WTS for letting these poor, uneducated people line up to worship them. The GB are con-artist crooks. I hope they are publicly exposed and humiliated for what they've done and continue to do.
....To answer the OP, I don't think they would ever try the Jonah thing. Too many JW's would give up.
-TE
