The fact that many of us still stuck associating feel obliged to "submit a report" (even though it is completely made up) shows how the figures cant be trusted!
They lie about everything, why don’t they lie about annual publisher growth?
by John Aquila 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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careful
Don't you think that the bizarre "door step Bible study" and the push for child baptism are also indications of how desperate the are to inflate the statistics? -
Oubliette
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LisaRose
It might seem like they could get away with that, but they really can't. It would work for a year or two, but it would quickly become very obvious due to compounding, the effect of percentage increases over many years.
For example, if a country had 500k publishers and they reported growth of ten percent a year, they would have 978k publishers in only seven years, almost double. People in that country would probably be aware that no congregation they know of doubled in the last seven years. They would also wonder why they didn't need more kingdom halls, more magazines, books, etc. It also wouldn't match data from people like the Pew research center. I think most people in the organization are basically honest, and something like this would raise concerns among too many people.
It's like companies that fudge the numbers to prop up stock prices. Creative accounting can only get you so far. This actually happened in a company I worked for. They lied, hoping the market would go back up, but it didn't, they got caught out and people went to jail. I think they would do this if they could, but it's just not something they can get away with.
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Vidiot
John Aquila - "They lie about everything, why don’t they lie about annual publisher growth?"
I think a better phrased question might be, "They lie about everything else, why wouldn't they lie about annual publisher growth?" :wink:
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John Aquila
I think a better phrased question might be, "They lie about everything else, why wouldn't they lie about annual publisher growth?"
That makes absolute sense Vidiot.
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Crazyguy
I think the writing was on the wall maybe after 1995, because after that I believe is when they started simplifying their publications saying they were growing so fast but in reality they knew at that point that they needed to change because people were leaving faster then joining.
