<div>My very first visit to this website several years ago, was because I wanted to find out what the “few surprises” were going to be at the Sydney 2003 convention. (I have family that are Jehovah’s Witnesses but I am not)
It took a few months to sink in, but I gradually came to accept the “real truth” that these surprises are nothing of the sort. There is nothing surprising, shocking and in most cases, nothing new at all.
Here’s some things that have stuck in my mind these past few years.
They are a publishing company.
Their members are called publishers.
Non-publishers aspire to become publishers.
They have territories and quotas.
Members are kept very busy attending meetings to read books and magazines.
Without regular printing of magazines, the members would have nothing to do.
They perform no charity work of any kind. You can only contact them to arrange for a sales person to contact you regarding the possibility of becoming a sales person yourself.
Detailed statistics are kept on all areas relating to business. The number of people fed, clothed, or helped in any material way is not kept. It has no bearing on the business at all.
Members learn how to sell magazines and their stories.
I was surprised to hear at a baptism that new members must pledge allegiance to Jehovah AND the publishing company. Without doing both, you cannot get baptised.
Initially, they do not introduce themselves as Jehovah’s Witnesses when at the door, but instead engage in some kind of banter inside the latest issue.
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