A quick Saturday Morning Survey - To believe or not to believe

by likeabird 54 Replies latest jw friends

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  likeabird

  I don't know about you, but I love Saturday mornings...now that crawling out of bed on a cold November morning to go and knock on doors is no longer on the agenda. Does that sense of being free ever grow old? I hope not any time soon at least.

  This week we've had quite a few atheist vs believer threads along with speculation on what the actual numbers are on JWN :

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/240418/1/Why-are-atheists-so-intent-on-scorning-believers (Started 8 days ago - 554 comments so far)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/240552/1/Atheists-and-Nonatheists-Do-we-really-want-to-understand-each-other (Started 5 days ago - 258 comments so far)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/240584/1/Atheists-V-Creationists-FACE-OFF (Started 4 days ago - 91 comments so far)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/entertainment/240625/1/Lets-stop-beating-around-the-bush-We-all-know-the-REAL-REASON-for-the-tensions-between-Atheists-and-Believers (Started 3 days ago - 74 comments so far)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/241753/1/Are-EXJWs-predominantly-atheist (Started 23 hours ago - 105 comments so far)

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/241657/1/Survey-Who-here-is-an-atheist-Who-here-still-believes-in-God (Started 2 days ago - 284 comments so far)

  Well, this week in class (yes, as soon as I learned the TATT I went straight back to school and it went so well I am now in my second year and counting) we were studying statistics and the teacher showed us how to make our own surveys using Google Drive, as this is something we will probably have to do later in the year as part of the research for our projects. On reading the above threads, in particular the last two, I thought I'd try out what I learnt and write a small survey to get some actual numbers to the above questions.

  The first two questions are based on what was asked in the last two threads in the list, the other questions are purely personal. If you don't like them, just skip them, no offense taken. If you don't mind answering them, thanks in advance for indulging my curiosity.

  Here you go :

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZqcUpGalBiMXFVZE9Dd0RvMmxUaWc6MQ

  And a happy Saturday morning to you all!
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  leavingwt

  Done.
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  Soledad

  likeabird I answered your survey. Good luck in school.

  I studied statistics back "in the old days" -mid to late 90s, imagine that lol. There was no google. It was old fashioned paper surveys, walking around campus asking for other students' inputs and translating them into 20+ page term papers.

  That sense of liberation you feel Saturday mornings never diminishes! I'm out close to 15 years, and with every passing Tuesday night and every passing Saturday morning I feel more and more thankful for having walked away from that mess of a religion.

  Enjoy your day !
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  Phizzy

  Done your survey, but you do not make it clear, are you asking about our belief in God or the JW's ,or both, but if so in which question ?
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  mrsjones5

  Done
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  dazed but not confused

  Done
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  tec

  Done.
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  exwhyzee

  What do you mean in question 5 where one of the options is :

  "learning about mass extinction events" ?
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  tec

  I took that to mean something like asteroids and such. (like the dinosaurs)

  I suppse it could have meant Noah and the flood, and such. But my answer reflected the above.

  Peace,

  tammy
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  Hortensia

  actually, I woke up totally when I learned about black holes in space.