r51785 - I love that quote! Can I keep it? All those BILLIONS of hours logged in...
WT's Worldwide Increase. What Does It Mean ?
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Maverick
Folks there are a lot of ways to "cook" the books. This obsession with numbers that people have is just a smokescreen. The Governing Body uses it to validate their stated claim of being Gods Earthly Channel. It is meaningless! Does God want quantity or quality? By way of an example let me use the Societys Headquarters. The buildings and facilities are quite impressive, and the GB use this as proof of Gods blessing on His Organization. But if I was a Catholic and wanted to show Gods blessing on my Church I would just have to take the person I want to impress to the Vatican and that person would be blown away! All this proves nothing! It is not surprising to me that authoritarian countries have good increases after they open up. These poor people have nothing to compare against. The WatchTower is mild by contrast to the governments they lived under! We who are free thinkers, who pride ourselves on independence are the ones who see the rigid unloving pharisees for what they are. FYI Check out the Baptism Nullification letter in this forum.Yours, Maverick
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larc
For my take on this, see the thread I started, JW growth.