Posts by insidetheKH

there is a net increase every year of active witnesses in the U.S (in 2014 the net increase of average publishers was about 20,000 and 36,064 were baptised)

So just explain how you get the 40,000+ figure of people being disfellowshipped,.. leaving.. fading etc etc.?

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May KM Highlight 1/Cong baptized

by Gayle in

jw
friends

at 2014 conventions (regional?

) 14,039 baptized.

outstanding for 13,871 congs!

there are about 14000 congregations in the U.S. At the meeting about the 1000 new Kingdom Halls the reason was discussed. It was because in certain area's growth was much higher than in the rest of the US and because of many Kingdom Halls that are shared between 4-6 congregations.

Furthermore there are Kingdom Halls that do not meet the modern day standard and criteria anymore and therefor will be replaced by a new one.

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Nigerian scammers are getting hilariously sloppy - read this

by sir82 in

here is part of a scam e-mail delivered to my junk folder (i glance thru it every so often for kicks).

i highlighted the parts i found especially goofy:.

we found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, and we are happy to announce to you that every necessary legalarrangement regarding to your compensation has been signed and sealed.

insidetheKH

tell them it is okay... let them transfer the 5.6 million to the him-woman.

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jw.org cart days numbered?

by jookbeard in

reading a report of an elder in a friends cong has been hiding and spying on the pioneers who seem to have a practise of dumping the cart and finding a local coffee shop, i've noticed that they do this in my local high street as well but this week they seemed to be all huddled around the cart, they've clearly been warned, a vast percentage of the time i see they seem to be more interested in fiddling with their mobile phones and gossiping, is just seems these carts are a means for the pioneers to turn in "easy time" i wonder what sort of figures show how much literature is being taken by the public?

i bet its very minimal.

naturally the gb would say they are a phenomenal success , we clearly know they are not.

insidetheKH

FayeDunaway 4 hours ago
Inside the KH, I wonder why you come here. I'm very curious. Is it to represent the viewpoints of a true witness? Defend the Truth? You are never confrontational like some other witnesses that come here. Do you come here to see what 'the other side' is saying? You never say anything negative against the society, do you not feel anything negative, or can you just not bring yourself to say anything negative. Why do you go against the policy of not going on apostate sites?

@Faye i did already come here on this forum long before i became a JW and the one thing that i learned over the years is that what is being said and discussed here on this forum is always the same.

The same kind of topics, the same mantra's , the same kind of views and thoughts etc. etc. Its just an endless repetition.

If you look at the topics from 12 years ago till now its always about... the WT is in decline,... the WT will collapse,.. the WT is desperate,.. the Internet will kill the WT,... the WT has cash flow problems. Still 12 years later the WT is still here,.. is still growing,.. is still alive and kicking,.. is still spending hundreds of millions a year on all kind of projects and stuff,.. is just doing fine and to me it seems they will continue to do so.

I am here for personal reasons that i would like to keep private. However 90% of the topics on here are ignored by me. I dont read them and i don't post in them. I only post in certain topics like those on strategies, statistics, rebranding etc etc.

I'll never discuss doctrines or beliefs

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May KM Highlight 1/Cong baptized

by Gayle in

jw
friends

at 2014 conventions (regional?

) 14,039 baptized.

outstanding for 13,871 congs!

insidetheKH

@Village i mentioned this earlier today. Sociologists and national surveys conclude that the WT counts are very conservative and therefor credible

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May KM Highlight 1/Cong baptized

by Gayle in

jw
friends

at 2014 conventions (regional?

) 14,039 baptized.

outstanding for 13,871 congs!

insidetheKH

@Gonebad please start thinking,... you are comparing apples and peaches

The 36,064 baptisms were in the U.S alone. Your 40,000+ figure (which is a guess) is not a U.S alone figure.

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May KM Highlight 1/Cong baptized

by Gayle in

jw
friends

at 2014 conventions (regional?

) 14,039 baptized.

outstanding for 13,871 congs!

insidetheKH

@Gayle during the serviceyear 2014 36,064 persons were baptised in the United States

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Mormon view of JW.ORG

by konceptual99 in

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does anyone have any links to how the mormons (or ex mormons for that matter) view the changes that the wts has made over recent years, especially the growth of jw.org and characters like caleb & sophia?.

have they noticed?

do they see similarities?

insidetheKH

@orphancrow as you wish.

however national surveys and researchers like Rodney Stark state that the numbers published by the Watchtower society are pretty conservative and very reliable.