@sir82 countries in Latin and South America are not third world countries. Ever been there?, cause i have
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm
I have visited a number of third world countries as well
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Just returned from South America
by StarTrekAngel ini just came back from visiting family in south america (will keep the name of the country out for now) and i was shocked by the amount of jws i saw on the street.
keep in mind that most countries in sa have been under military rule until the early 80s, with the general fear and mindset sticking around until the late 90s, even when the military was gone and democracy re established.
jw were not around when i lived there.
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Just Released:2014 Worldwide Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses
by steve2 inin the last day or so, the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses has been available on jw.org.
broadly speaking, results are pretty ho-hum - except to note a huge increase in memorial attendances for 2014, but still shy of 20 million.
this is a big increase over the previous all-time-high year of 2011 by several hundred thousand.
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@banana the population of japan is aging & the total population is shrinking since 2007 and will continue to do so for the next century. a drop of 1 milliion a year is expected for the next decades
One can only expect the same kind of problems for a religous group like the Jehovah's witnesses since they represent the demographics of the society. You agree with me that Japan has the largest percentage of ageing people right? Well, the same goes for the Japanese Witness group.
After 2005 things started to change and will result in an ultimate free fall
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Vital_statistics
The decline in Japanese Witnesses is a normal reflection of the overall decline in the population.
For example :
Nr of Average publishers in 2009 217,530
Nr of Average publishers in 2014 215 294
Net decline 2236 publishers over a period of 5 years that is a decline of only about 0.2 percent per year
It has nothing to do with technology, being fashionable, or beliefs that answer peoples needs or not. The decline can be simply explained by looking at the demographic information of the country and the demographic behaviour in groups like the witnesses (for example within JW's less people decide to get kids because of this system/kingdom interests)
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Just Released:2014 Worldwide Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses
by steve2 inin the last day or so, the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses has been available on jw.org.
broadly speaking, results are pretty ho-hum - except to note a huge increase in memorial attendances for 2014, but still shy of 20 million.
this is a big increase over the previous all-time-high year of 2011 by several hundred thousand.
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@banana
Based on the latest data from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan's population will keep declining by about one million people every year in the coming decades, which will leave Japan with a population of 86 million in 2060.[5] By that time, more than 40% of the population is expected to be over age 65.[6] In 2012, the population had for six consecutive years declined by 212,000, the largest drop on record since 1947 and also a record low of 1.03 million births.[7] In 2014, a new record of population drop happened with 268,000 people.[8] In 2013, more than 20 percent of the population are age 65 and over.[9]
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Just Released:2014 Worldwide Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses
by steve2 inin the last day or so, the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses has been available on jw.org.
broadly speaking, results are pretty ho-hum - except to note a huge increase in memorial attendances for 2014, but still shy of 20 million.
this is a big increase over the previous all-time-high year of 2011 by several hundred thousand.
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@banana what are you trying to tell me?
the population of Japan is shrinking rapidly (since 2007) and so is the number of JW's since the group is a reflection of the demographics seen in society
see this chart that shows the decline of the japanese population and future projection
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I can't send any PM's thru this site.....
by Newly Enlightened inhi simon, i can't send any pm's thru the sites email system.. please help!.
kim.
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@Billy Cuba a large decrease? a decrease of 64 publishers on a total of more than 95,000 is less than 0,08 percent -
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the decrease of poland is because people from that country migrate to other european countries in large numbers.
The Japanese decrease simply has to do with demographic causes the population of Japan is shrinking rapidly since 2007. The number of Jehovahs witnesses is decreasing there because they are, as any other group, a reflection of their society.
The majority of japanese people are aging now.
see here the development of the total population of Japan and future projection
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Is Watchtower's stance against education only for North American witnesses
by wannaexit ini was reading on a european ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for north america issue.
this is due that many in usa and canada leave home to leave on campus.
it was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.. i found this odd because i heard what morris and losch said about education in italy.
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@Chaserious i was talking about long term planning. In my country it has been like that for the last 3 decades.. people need higher education here in order to get a decent job. -
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Is Watchtower's stance against education only for North American witnesses
by wannaexit ini was reading on a european ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for north america issue.
this is due that many in usa and canada leave home to leave on campus.
it was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.. i found this odd because i heard what morris and losch said about education in italy.
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@Eye the revised translation is already avaiable in some other languages too and the nr is growing. Anyway it has always been like that... first english ,.. after that the rest of the world. -
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Is Watchtower's stance against education only for North American witnesses
by wannaexit ini was reading on a european ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for north america issue.
this is due that many in usa and canada leave home to leave on campus.
it was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.. i found this odd because i heard what morris and losch said about education in italy.
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Educational systems and job opportunities differ per country. So local circumstances play a role in the decisions whether it is wise to follow higher education or not.
For example in europe there are no job offers in the building and construction business, since they have a real estate crisis since 2008. In some countries there are no job offers for low skilled people.
In the country where i live a lot of the JW's go to universities or other forms of higher education
