Why do Jehovah's Witnesses grow so rapidly?

by slimboyback 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  SirNose586

  That was an okay essay; I don't agree with every point they made (and the pdf could've been a bit more professionally produced), but most things I could, especially the "strictness factor" which keeps the less committed persons out of the organization.

  Unfortunately, there wasn't a followup. The "generation" screwup was just beginning to hit the numbers in '97. Though there was a bump in '02 due to 9/11, there was a slump from then until now.

  I think sir82's pegged it: with the new hardline stance, they're going to become perhaps a little too strict. With the generation returned to old light, perhaps there might be more disillusionment. With the new members-only WT, they're going to have an exclusive platform to hammer down on the witnesses like never before. They're also hammering down on college.

  My dad came and told me after the Revision study that the overseer was ashamed that he went to college. If the guy ever corners me, I would really like to probe his "shame."

  Here's why they grew so rapidly in the U.S. JW's breed like rabbits, Latin Americans hate tithing and American witnesses just see the org as a social club, not something real. They move from the JW's, and they don't have anything to do on Friday nights.

  Very true. When the SD dubs had to clean up Qualcomm, there were more Spanish-speaking dubs there than English. The social club aspect is quite true for the younger set. They grew up mistrustful of outsiders, so even though there are aspects about the dubs that they don't like, where else are they going to go?
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  WTWizard

  They are growing because they are initiating force, coercion, threat of force, and fraud among people in the territory. Every magazine and piece of littera-trash has a graphic description of people getting destroyed for no more than not joining the organization, based on out of context Bible snippets, and they are threatened that it is coming immediately.

  And, just wait until we get closer to 2014. I see another push ahead for that year as Armageddon, which will be preceded by intense hounding campaigns. Some will fall for it. Some inactives will be recaptured by force and/or fraud, and will be taken off-guard. Some worldly people will see it as being real (fewer than for 1975 because it can be researched with a click of a mouse, but some will still fall for it). And there is going to be another major sellout campaign, which is already in progress. Then 2015 is going to come, and people are going to be pxxxed off and walk out before the next targeted date (2034).

  Also, fake reports make up a percentage of the volume. People do dummy service, or no service at all, and still hand in a slip with 1 or more hours (and in some cases, 15 minutes). Or, the service hounder fills out a fake slip for those who are not turning in the damn things anymore to appease the hounder-hounder. Either way, you have more slips being counted than there are people going out. The crackdowns on missing boasting sessions is only going to increase this pressure, as will the beatings about publishers being down. Those service hounders that get beat up for declines are more inclined to turn in fake reports for those who are inactive to get the hounder-hounders off their backs.

  If you were to take out the fake reports, I would like to see how much the religion is still growing.
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  avengers

  Don't fear!

  The End is near.

  2012.

  Come on come all. Preach the word.

  Long live the carrot.