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  25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

  by 88JM in

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  hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

  some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

  others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

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  besty

  "Something's fishy with the numbers for the Faroe Islands"

  I see what you did there :-)
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  25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

  by 88JM in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

  some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

  others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

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  besty

  did you spot anything interesting?
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  Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?

  by KateWild in

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  i do not think god is a'morphic.

  god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.

  there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.

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  besty

  somebody send Kate her pink atheist certificate

  http://www.latimes.com/nation/shareitnow/la-sh-hell-freezes-over-20140109,0,2861853.story#axzz2pzF1q5nv

  
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  2013 Report - difference in av. pubs compared to % of baptisms

  by likeabird in

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  i just took the first page of the 2013 report and added two new columns to look at alternative ways of calculating the 'increase'.

  first column: 2013 av.

  pubs minus 2012 av.

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  besty

  @88jm - I think the 80/20 rule will see you through

  when i looked at the languages WTS were boasting about printing, seemed that the first 20 languages covered over 75% of their publishers...
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  How would you answer these questions that came to me in an email through my website? ...

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  many emails are sent to me through my website, watchtowerdocuments.com.

  all are answered.

  remember 1corinthians 6: 1-2 (i'll answer this question.

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  besty

  send him a link to this thread ;-)
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  Sign this petition - Investigation On Jehovahs Witnesses Religious Policy That Violates Human Rights and Abuses Religious Freedom

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  launch an investigation on jehovahs witnesses religious policy that violates human rights and abuses religious freedom.

  link.

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  besty

  Please post a disclaimer that I am not involved.

  BOTR - how does that work? Do the petitioners have to state on the petition 'Band On The Run' is not involved?
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  jw.org slipping down the search engine rankings?

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if anybody else has noticed this but when i search for jehovah's witness i would expect jw.org to be the 1st result.

  until now.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50714155@n07/11824103644/.

  seems they are down to 3rd position behind wikipedia and beliefnet..... this is great news if true - seems that their shiny new jw.org might not be quite seo'd enough....

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  besty

  I was using google.com and also Verbatim activated

  https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1734130

  google.co.uk - jw.org is still 1st result...
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  jw.org slipping down the search engine rankings?

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if anybody else has noticed this but when i search for jehovah's witness i would expect jw.org to be the 1st result.

  until now.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50714155@n07/11824103644/.

  seems they are down to 3rd position behind wikipedia and beliefnet..... this is great news if true - seems that their shiny new jw.org might not be quite seo'd enough....

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  besty

  turn on Verbatim search results - its one of the search tools options that allows you to see 'native' results without personalization
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  jw.org slipping down the search engine rankings?

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if anybody else has noticed this but when i search for jehovah's witness i would expect jw.org to be the 1st result.

  until now.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50714155@n07/11824103644/.

  seems they are down to 3rd position behind wikipedia and beliefnet..... this is great news if true - seems that their shiny new jw.org might not be quite seo'd enough....

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  besty

  not sure if anybody else has noticed this but when i search for Jehovah's Witness I would expect jw.org to be the 1st result. Until now.

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/50714155@N07/11824103644/

  seems they are down to 3rd position behind wikipedia and beliefnet....

  this is great news if true - seems that their shiny new jw.org might not be quite SEO'd enough...
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  Sign this petition - Investigation On Jehovahs Witnesses Religious Policy That Violates Human Rights and Abuses Religious Freedom

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  launch an investigation on jehovahs witnesses religious policy that violates human rights and abuses religious freedom.

  link.

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  besty

  Okay - I want to explore other topics, outside of this one. I really have nothing else to contribute, since anything I comment on - seems to go into debate here.

  somehow you managed to open your account at JWN in the middle of a fairly controversial topic - its a bit like barging into a private party and loudly joining the conversation - a lot of new people open with a thread about themselves and what brought them here...

  anyways - it will be nice to get you know better on other threads :-) please keep posting