Using the population normalised @ 1969 then dividing the average publishers by the normalization factor from then on gives a graphic example of the actual growth compared to the growth with the world population growth factored out.
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Projected Stats
by Moxy injust thought for the helluvit, id play around with stats a bit more.
i wanted to see if i could come up with some reasonable reliable projected growth numbers.
let me get right to it and show you what ive got.
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Projected Stats
by Moxy injust thought for the helluvit, id play around with stats a bit more.
i wanted to see if i could come up with some reasonable reliable projected growth numbers.
let me get right to it and show you what ive got.
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BugEye
I just did a spline curve in sigmaplot 2000 to see if it looked any clearer in colours rather than dots and lines
dave
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Advertising the Kingdom Hall??
by betweenworlds indon't think i ever saw a kh with it's own webpage before.
* http://members.tripod.com/~marionkykingdomhall/kingdomhall.html.
wow!
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BugEye
And riz, I have got to agree with you, disturbing. And creepy.
I don't think even the Great Riz could upbeat that place. The party
would flop.Dave
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Advertising the Kingdom Hall??
by betweenworlds indon't think i ever saw a kh with it's own webpage before.
* http://members.tripod.com/~marionkykingdomhall/kingdomhall.html.
wow!
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Maybe this Marion lady is a real well known lady prostitute.
Sort of a landmark in her own right.
Dave
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Is the WTBTS racist?
by esther inin australia there are separate congregations for aboriginal witnesses.
the official line is that the nonwitness aboriginals are more responsive to other aboriginals.
that may be so, but that doesn't mean that they should be kept separate for meetings.
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JanG
Two points to note here.
First of all, in congregations you are "allowed" to go out of your territory and attend a different meeting, but that does not mean that you are free to attend the other because of the pressure applied. Similarly, the aboriginal congregation is "encouraged" to support itself and help each other. Whilst someone with your intestinal fortitude may indeed have no problem ignoring peer pressure, many people do not have the same ability.
Secondly, even if aboriginal people want to be segregated, that does not mean that it is not racism. Indeed it is then racism from the other side.
To discriminate means:
be, set up, or act on the basis of, a difference between, on the grounds of race, colour, sex etc.
(Little Oxford Dictionary]Whether there are benefits to anyone by a policy of discrimination is irrelevant, as it is still discrimination.
If a white person only feels comfortable being with a white person and acts accordingly, it is racism. If a coloured person only feels comfortable being with a coloured person and acts accordingly then that too is racism. Being comfortable only with your own "kind" IS racism.
To claim to have a racially united organisation is to claim integration and a "blindness" to colour. That is, from within, the members would tend to not notice colour or race. Separating into race does not allow that to occur.
Also, you make out that Aboriginies have an "aboriginal" language. There is no common "aboriginal" language and the language you are talking about is simply a way of using english. That is like saying that because we have different phrases and word usage, Americans and Australians speak a "different" language. I can speak American, English and Australian and I can even understand Scotts, so in your definitions, that would make me multi-lingual.
Whether someone has a culture and/or is in a minority, is not relevant to unification.
Aborigines distrusting white Australians is no different to white Australians distrusting Aborigines.
Dave
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For VSecret
by BugEye inhi vs. i read your da letter with keen interest and it is an excellent.
if you intend to do this, then i have one suggestion.. about halfway down, just after the baptism questions, you have the.
phrase bible says we should question everything.. .
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Hi VS
I read your DA Letter with keen interest and it is an excellent
one. If you intend to do this, then I have one suggestion.About halfway down, just after the baptism questions, you have the
phraseBible says we should question everything.
But this is not quite correct. If anyone actually reads this
letter, and I seriously doubt that they will, then this will
give them a loophole with which to discard everything you
have said.My suggestion is to say something like "The bible instructs us to
test out what we are taught to make sure of our faith" instead.Absolutly brilliant letter though, you are indeed intellegent and
wise in many ways.Seriously however, I believe that you could do more good while you
still have contacts in the Borg than by cutting yourself off.With a mind as obviously sharp as yours is, you may find yourself
in the position to help someone who is seeking clarity from within
the Borg. This is something you cannot do if you get an "Apostate"
label.Just some thoughts.
Dave
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Is the WTBTS racist?
by esther inin australia there are separate congregations for aboriginal witnesses.
the official line is that the nonwitness aboriginals are more responsive to other aboriginals.
that may be so, but that doesn't mean that they should be kept separate for meetings.
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BugEye
Aparthaid was not racist, it was simply a method to keep the black and white
culture of South Africa alive.The blacks simply related better to each other in work and social environs.
As did the white South Africans. It was obvious to everyone that the
blacks simply distrusted the whites and it was just better for them to be
in their own comunity with ones they trusted.I dont understand how anyone could misconstrue this as racism, nor the loving
way that the brothers keep the blacks in their own comfortable places.[8>]
Dave
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IfYouHaventSeenThis.....
by sf in...maybe you would like to > http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/jodrellbank/hyperdrive/479/.
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scally
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BugEye
I went I saw and was Bored Again
Sorry, but I thought it was a load of tedium
Dave
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Are there any JWs in here?
by natred inbeing bought up in this sick twisted orginization for many years i sypmathize for all of you who are brainwashed into believing it is the truth.its not!
its an organization full of scared helpless people,social outcasts,freaks,weirdos,power seeking old men,hypocrites and desperate charmless middle aged men attracted purely by the women.
i hear also a large number of peaodaphiles and now murderers?
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Natred:
Welcome aboard. Hope the spleen venting helps.
Unfortunatly, the reason many in the Borg cannot see the deception is that it
is an incredibly scary proposition that they are going to die after all when for
their entire conversion and life as a JW, the fear of death is effectively lifted
from their shoulders.Even most animals fight death with all they have, and in the indoctrination
program of the Borg, they are slowly convinced that they need never die at all
barring accidents and sickness.This is different than most other religions which teach that you must die to
get any reward and it is this difference that makes it incomprehensible to most
JW's that death is real.Camay:
I feel for you in your attempt, but as an ex drone, I suggest that the cross idea
is rather mute and not likely to reap any rewards. Although they seem to make
a big deal out of the cross stake matter, it would not actually help even if he
were convinced you were right. First of all, anything in the NWT about the cross
will be relatively easy to explain away. And second if Christ did die on a cross, he
will simply suggest to you that Christendom should not worship that which took
away the life of Jesus. Thereby convincing himself that he is still in the "truth"Dave
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Ten Good Reasons to Attend the Sydney BBQ
by ozziepost inreason # 10: you might meet the three toms !.
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details of time and place, etc from [email protected]
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BugEye
Sorry peeps
I would love to come, but unfortunately we cant make the trip at
the moment.Dave