Posts by ILoveTTATT2

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Are there stats for this site?

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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wondering if simon or anyone else have statistics for this site?i.e.

how many users are there?

how many posts have ever been made?perhaps a graph showing how many users there were at a given time?

ILoveTTATT2

Hi,

Wondering if Simon or anyone else have statistics for this site?

I.e. How many users are there? How many posts have ever been made?

Perhaps a graph showing how many users there were at a given time? That would be nice.

The reason I ask is because there is a group on Facebook called exJW Recovery Group 3 which just reached 9 thousand members.

They started in 2006 and it took them until 2010 to reach 1000 members, until 2013 to reach 2000, and in 2014 they exploded in numbers.

Wondering if there is something like that for this site. It would be very revealing.

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Baumgartner - Dr. Mark Morehart: State of Washington Appeal Court - aborted use of cell saver machine

by darkspilver in

for information:.

court of appeals of the state of washingtondivision iidocket number: 48070-1file date: 01/24/2017.

keisha baumgartner appeals the summary judgment dismissal of her medical malpractice wrongful death claim against anesthesiologist dr. mark morehart and columbia anesthesia group, p.s.

ILoveTTATT2

"A Jehovah’s Witness who receives a blood transfusion in violation of this belief will be excommunicated from the church and will not go to heaven."

FFS... why doesn't anyone ever report accurately on JW's?

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New movie by Mel Gibson 'Hacksaw ridge'

by barry in

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i just went to a pre screening of this movie about an adventist guy who didn't want to kill but joined the army as a medic on the front line.

desmond doss saved 75 men in one operation singlehanded on the island of okinawa where desmond worked lowering men down a 400ft cliff to safety.. i thought this may be of interest to jws because of the pacifist stand they also have.. the movie comes out on the 4 th november..

ILoveTTATT2

I just watched it yesterday. It left me with a weird feeling. Although I DO admire the incredible bravery of Desmond Doss, I cannot bring myself to admiring the reasons that put him in that situation, however. SDA's can be cult-like (see http://leavingsda.com/seventh-day-adventist-cult/), and so I felt odd, feeling that it felt too much like a movie about a JW "staying faithful to his beliefs" on blood, on shunning, on... whatever... despite pressure to give in.

What if Doss had stopped being so religious, even atheist? The movie said that he did the "no gun" thing because of a promise to God, and because of particular viewpoints of SDA's.

If Doss had later become atheist, he would probably have deeply regretted the sheer stupidity of his actions. Perhaps he was incredibly lucky that he didn't die there, but maybe in that case, having a gun would have increased his survival chances!!

Few movies have left me feeling so ambivalent.

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Jehovah hates zombies... except for the ones he created! - Satire

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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children's activity:.

zombies.. zombies are an invention of satan, and we know that jehovah hates satan, right?

(let the child respond.

ILoveTTATT2

Children's Activity:

Zombies.

Zombies are an invention of Satan, and we know that Jehovah hates Satan, right?

(Let the child respond. If he gives a wrong answer, tell him he'll die at Armageddon).

But, did you know that there are some zombies that Jehovah created?

Let's see.

Jehovah created everything.

Including the cordyceps fungi. It is a very special fungus, because there are many species of cordyceps, and each one specializes in one different species of insect.

In the picture, we see an ant whose brain has exploded. This is what happens when you become apostate. NEVER READ jwfacts.com!

A cordyceps fungus infects an ant's brain and takes control, turning it into a zombie.

The ant then goes to a high place and there the fungus eats its brain and the rest of its body, and then explodes, releasing its spores, to infect other ants.

Now, do you think this came about by evolution or creation?

(Allow the child to respond. If he gives a wrong answer, take him to the elders, allow them to disfellowship him, and then tell him he's dead to you).

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Bill introduced to remove the US from all participation in the UN

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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apparently there was a bill introduced to congress asking for the removal of the us from the participation on the un.. you can read about it here:https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/textwhat do you think jw's will make out of this?.

ILoveTTATT2

Apparently, not the first time it's been done:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1205

But with a president who wants to remove himself from NATO...

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Bill introduced to remove the US from all participation in the UN

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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apparently there was a bill introduced to congress asking for the removal of the us from the participation on the un.. you can read about it here:https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/textwhat do you think jw's will make out of this?.

ILoveTTATT2

Apparently there was a bill introduced to Congress asking for the removal of the US from the participation on the UN.

You can read about it here:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text

What do you think JW's will make out of this?

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The Results Are In: On average, for the past 90 years, 1/3 of the world has been banned

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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so using some amazing features of excel and the starting data here, i managed to get the average, the maximum, and the minimum percentage of the inhabited landmass of the earth where jehovah's witnesses have been either active (reported) or "not banned".the average is 66.10%!!

that means that for 90 years, ever since there is data, 1/3 of the world's area has not been preached in or been fully able to preach in!the minimum occurred in 1943, when only 26.77% of the world's inhabited area made a full yearly report and/or wasn't banned.the maximum occurred in 1991 because the yearbook said that the ussr was included.

the maximum was 82.47%.

ILoveTTATT2

Well... doing the "area" analysis is easy since area of a country doesn't really change much. I want to do "% of the world population", which would be much more interesting. Possibly similar results, though.

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The Results Are In: On average, for the past 90 years, 1/3 of the world has been banned

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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so using some amazing features of excel and the starting data here, i managed to get the average, the maximum, and the minimum percentage of the inhabited landmass of the earth where jehovah's witnesses have been either active (reported) or "not banned".the average is 66.10%!!

that means that for 90 years, ever since there is data, 1/3 of the world's area has not been preached in or been fully able to preach in!the minimum occurred in 1943, when only 26.77% of the world's inhabited area made a full yearly report and/or wasn't banned.the maximum occurred in 1991 because the yearbook said that the ussr was included.

the maximum was 82.47%.

ILoveTTATT2

So using some amazing features of Excel and the starting data HERE, I managed to get the average, the maximum, and the minimum percentage of the inhabited landmass of the Earth where Jehovah's Witnesses have been either active (reported) or "not banned".

The average is 66.10%!! That means that for 90 years, ever since there is data, 1/3 of the world's area has NOT been preached in or been fully able to preach in!

The MINIMUM occurred in 1943, when only 26.77% of the world's inhabited area made a full yearly report and/or wasn't banned.

The MAXIMUM occurred in 1991 because the yearbook said that the USSR was included. The maximum was 82.47%. So even in their best year ever, that left 17.53% of the world where the JW's were banned.

For all intents and purposes, they have NOT "preached to all nations".

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Video Showing Where in the World Jehovah's Witnesses Have been Active, 1926-2016

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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after many, many days of learning how to write macros in excel and cleaning up a lot of data, i finally have the desired result: a timeline of where jehovah's witnesses have been active since 1926.there are some notes:1) "korea" was assumed to be both north and south korea up until 1950.

(i chose 1950 because that is the same year russia and other communist countries went "banned").2) morocco and western sahara are considered as one.3) in the years previous to 1947, i had to read the yearbook reports and make an educated guess as to whether i should include in the report or not.

my requirements were: not banned, report was for an entire year if there was more than one witness in the land, reports were official and not second hand.

ILoveTTATT2

It appears like this map reflects where the JWs were legally able to have a presence, rather than where they were actually "active".

That is correct. I should change the video title to reflect that. Essentially it includes places where there was a full report for the year and places where the witnesses had legal presence.

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Video Showing Where in the World Jehovah's Witnesses Have been Active, 1926-2016

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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after many, many days of learning how to write macros in excel and cleaning up a lot of data, i finally have the desired result: a timeline of where jehovah's witnesses have been active since 1926.there are some notes:1) "korea" was assumed to be both north and south korea up until 1950.

(i chose 1950 because that is the same year russia and other communist countries went "banned").2) morocco and western sahara are considered as one.3) in the years previous to 1947, i had to read the yearbook reports and make an educated guess as to whether i should include in the report or not.

my requirements were: not banned, report was for an entire year if there was more than one witness in the land, reports were official and not second hand.

ILoveTTATT2

I hope you will share the excel once you're done as well, this could be the basis for many such analyses.

Most definitely! The Excel sheet for country names is already up! Find it HERE.