INCREASE OR DECREASE???

by MacHislopp 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  MacHislopp

  Hello everyone,

  Many of you are aware
  of the statement published in the w. 1.06.2001
  page 19 § 8:

  "Jehovah’s Witnesses have been blessed with increase because they have continued “seeking first the kingdom and [God’s] righ-eousness.” (Matthew 6:33) In a literal way, Isaiah’s prophecy has already seen fulfill-ment: “The little one himself will become a thousand, and the small one a mighty nation. I myself, Jehovah, shall speed it up in its own time.” (Isaiah 60:22)
  And the end is not yet. Just during the past decade, the number of active proponents of Kingdom rule increased by over 1,750,000 persons. "

  "8.What has been the result of Jehovah’s blessing on his people,…"

  What the WTS editors failed to remind all the readers, is that during
  that same decade i.e. 1991 -2000 (figures published in the yearbooks
  and the watchtowers ) there have been a TOTAL of BAPTISMS,
  that added to the AVERAGE PUBLISHERS for the
  Year 1990, do make a GRAND TOTAL OF - POSSIBLE -
  " ACTIVE PROPONENTS of Kingdom rule" (btw, please notice the
  new denomination for the brothers and sisters) of:

  ***year 1990 average publishers……………………….3.846.311
  ***Tot. Baptisms 1991 -2000………………………….3.222.201
  ***Tot. of POSSIBLE ACT. PROP. K.R…………7.068.512
  *** year 2000 average ACT. PROP. K.R. …………5.783.003 (-)

  ***Difference……………………1.285.509

  Question:
  Where have they gone? All dead?
  disfellowshipped, disassociated or
  simply disappeared??
  If mention is made, of the 1.750.000
  Why NOTHING is said ,in the same
  paragraph about the " missing " 1.285.509 ?

  Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp
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  TheApostleAK

  I say huge increases in 3rd world - huge decreases in western countries.

  The Apostle AK
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  ozziepost

  G'day Mac,

  It's called 'putting a spin' in journalistic circles I believe. The politicians are experts at it. Probably learned it from the Borg!

  Cheers,
  Ozzie

  "You can know the law by heart, without knowing the heart of it"
  Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace?
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  fodeja

  Hey Mac,

  Where have they gone? All dead? disfellowshipped, disassociated or simply disappeared??

  who cares? Individuals just don't count, as long as the movement prospers in some way. Never mind those who fall by the wayside, they were just too weak to live up to Jehovah's high standards...

  Or so they say. You just have to love the Watchtower's obsession with numbers - 198348735 magazines placed, 873410123 return visits, 46663419783 hours spent in service, yadda, yadda, yadda, bla bla bla.

  In the Watchtower world, the shepherd doesn't give a damn about one lost sheep out of 100.

  "99 sheep saved - what mountainous evidence of Jehovah's blessings!".

  f.

  p.s.: Of course, one should take mortality into account when asking about "missing publishers". But that doesn't change the fact that MANY just disappear from the publisher scene. In Europe, this "exit rate" has been growing steadily over the past decade, it's most probably the same in Canada and Australia. Not sure about the USA, though.
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  MacHislopp

  Hello everyone,

  thanks for the comments. I do agree with Fodeja's comment:

  "...who cares? Individuals just don't count, as long as the movement prospers in some way. Never mind those who fall by the wayside, they were just too weak to live up to Jehovah's high standards..."

  Money has become more important than human lives...!

  Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp