There has been major declines in european countries.
Will one of these be the first to have a catastrophic decline.
I predict Britian and France falling quickly maybe under 100,000 in a year or two.
When one country fall significantly say Britian going under 100,000 will this set off bigger falls here and else where when people start to jump the sinking ship?
Which major country of JW"s will fall first?
by sleepy 18 Replies latest jw friends
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sleepy
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Englishman
Sleepy,
You may well be right. Experts are expecting that the UK will escape the forthcoming world recession and are predicting growth at 2.5%. This will undoubtedly minimise the impact of the UK's "Prepare to meet thy doomists" with the result that JW membership will decline. JW's thrive only where there is despondency, which they quickly latch on to.
Englishmanm
Bring on the dancing girls!
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You Know
Your predictions are much too conservative. Jehovah's predictions are for "the love of the greater number to cool off." Also, through Zechariah the prophet, Jehovah gets specific saying that only a third will be allowed to remain after the judgment is concluded. So, what that means is that apostates can expect their ranks to swell before Jehovah annihilates completely all the faithless ones. I suppose you can take some encouragment in that. / You Know
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LovesDubs
You know has pointed out the major strength of the JWs...an answer for ALL occasions :)
If the numbers go DOWN then the love of the greater number is cooling off...
If the numbers go UP then Jehovah is BLESSING THE WORK !!!! How can you possibly argue with that reasoning?If you start a bible study with a JW and your life turns to shit it means that Satan is after you and that you have the truth and he doesnt want you to have it!!
If you start a bible study with a JW and you suddenly GET that new job and that great apartment, it means that Jehovah is BLESSING your STUDIES and that you have indeed found the truth!bwah hahahahahhaaaaa...Its like that computer in "War Games" programmed to play bingo against itself repeatedly...there can be NO WINNERS!
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duped
Lovesdubs,
You hit the nail on the head. That's why when people like me start questioning the validity of the organization our Mother tells us that it is Satan trying to influence our thinking. Which in turn makes us question whether Satan really is influencing our thinking. Which in turn makes us really screwed up in the head. Thanks WTBS!!! :)
Basically you can't reason with unreasonableness.
Duped
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug." Mary Chapin-Carpentar
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borgfree
Sleepy,
AT the ex-jw convention in Penn., there have been several ex-jws from Japan coming for the past few years. They are working hard and successfully. They seem to be determined to help the JWs there to see the falseness of the WT. I think Japan is a likely candidate.
Borgfree
"You can fool some of the people all of the time" especially if you are a member of the WT GB
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ballistic
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the third of the people leaving the org that YOU KNOW refers to at the END of the 1000 year reign?
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Yadirf
Sleepy
the sinking ship?
You need to awaken, Sleepy! The Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses are here for the long haul. Prophecy says that they will be the survivors of the end of your world, not evaporate like a "sunk ship".Wake up, wake up, all ye 'postates! You're wishes shall turn to disappointment. It's the days of YOUR world that is numbered, not the days of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Daniel 11:35 ... a KEY prophecy that must be fulfilled before the "time of the end" gets underway.
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Farkel
You Know,
: Also, through Zechariah the prophet, Jehovah gets specific saying that only a third will be allowed to remain after the judgment is concluded.
So you're basically saying that instead of slaughtering 99.9% of the world's population, Jehovah is going to slaughter 99.999% of the world's population. Six billion people less a paltry two million dubs slaughtered.
Nice guy, that there Jehovah. Kinda makes you feel all warm and fuzzy about him, hum?
Farkel
"I didn't mean what I meant."
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borgfree
Yadirf,
Sorry to disappoint you, but the Watchtower is not important enough to even be referred to in the Bible.
Borgfree
"You can fool some of the people all of the time" especially if you are a member of the WT GB