Besty I dont think Britain will be at all pleased with 0.5% increase. It shows they cant even keep their kids in the org. Millions of hours spent knocking on doors and that is the result. It is only slightly higher than the population increase.
Posts by alanv
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20Yearbook Chart Re-posted - Math explained. Top 7 countries account for 50% growth
by Westenddave insorted from high to low.
net increase in publishers2013 ave. pubs2012 ave. pubsincrease/ decrease in publishersincrease in pubs cumulative.
% increase cumulative columnabcde =a-b mexico (g-31)777,429749,58527,84427,84417.47%legend united states of america (e-32)1,167,7231,156,15011,57339,41724.73%red: latin/spanish landscongo, dem.
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2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth
by Westenddave ini thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.
i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.
as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.
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alanv
Excellent chart. There is so much to see under the microscope when looking at the JW religion
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Ministry in God's paradise earth
by mistified inso i'm listening to a talk this week and the speaker was pretty delusional and shouted a lot!
the talk was the usual mumble jumble but then he said something that did not make any sense at all.
he said that after armageddon in the new paradise earth, the witnesses will still be warning people about the end of the new system of things.
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alanv
Although they have an outline to follow there are some elders who think they can make the talk more interesting by putting in their own bits. Obviously this guy did just that
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384 Priests Defrocked Over Abuse in 2 Years
by ShirleyW inthe above is title taken directly from the nytimes.com and below is just a snippet of the article.. i specifically recall when my mother used to do the dial-in when she was sick, i heard a brother mention in the wt study make a comment about the catholic church and all the child molestations going on (knowing damn well that the same thing was going on in the borg) all i have to say is at least they're making an effort to get rid of the problem by getting rid of the offenders, instead of telling them to "study more" or go out the in preaching service to rid themselves of the problem.
"the vatican defrocked 260 priests for the sexual abuse of children in 2011 and 124 more in 2012 after the scandal exploded in europe and beyond and bishops forwarded hundreds of cases to the vatican, according to statistics compiled by the associated press.. the numbers were confirmed by the vatican on friday, and were based on statistics published in its annual reference books.
two vatican officials had the statistics in hand but never cited them when they defended the churchs handling of sexual abuse cases before a united nations panel in geneva on thursday.
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alanv
As no one has replied to you Shirley, I will just say thanks for the imfo.
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Did Jehovah God speak to Adam directly?
by pixel inthis is from genesis' bible highlights:.
wt says:.
3:8did jehovah god speak to adam directly?
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alanv
"Later they heard the voice of Jehovah God as he was walking in the garden about the breezy part of the day.
Now to me reading that, it looks like the writer of Genesis is saying God was walking in the garden. Is it just me or does it look like that to others too?
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Announcement made about me
by KariOtt inhubby informed me that an announcement was made to his congreation not to approach us when we are out together.
this was done at his request.
another way he can control me i guess.
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alanv
My son is a JW and I would love him to talk about the religion but he never does now because I always end up making good points to him that he can't answer. There are many points that a JW has no answer for, so maybe just drop them in now and again. Some topics you just go round and round in circles like the trinity, immortality etc, but some things they just cannot deny.
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Announcement made about me
by KariOtt inhubby informed me that an announcement was made to his congreation not to approach us when we are out together.
this was done at his request.
another way he can control me i guess.
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alanv
And they say they do not break up families lol. It must be horrible for you. But maybe you and your hubby can work round it by just avoiding religious topics. I really hope so for your sake.
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GB are rock stars!!!
by Separation of Powers inquick story to solidfy the current "rock star" status of the gb.. after they announced the congregation's district convention assignment, a couple of brothers were writing down the hotel contacts when one says, "this assembly is gonna be awesome, bro.
the annual meeting was just a taste, i hear the gb is preparing video discourses that can be played on the big screens at the convention.
gonna be awesome!".
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alanv
Theya are forever saying they are just ordinary witnesses and yet they travel thouisands of miles just to give a keynote address, just like a pop star on x fator will fly thousands of miles to appear on the show. Witnesses will flock to any assembly hall where they are appearing.
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"Peace and Security"!!!! JW.ORGs best and last chance for fulfilment.
by scotoma inin the old revelation book there was a section on the cry "peace and security.. "14 in recent years, politicians have used the phrase peace and security to describe various.
human schemes.
or was paul referring only to a specific event of such dramatic proportions.
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alanv
Throughout history there have been times when there is relative peace and security. If your scenario happens it is good but does nothing for other parts of the world that have their own troubles. Religion is still extremenly strong in some countries. Muslims are a good example, where young men line up to be suicide bombers to support their religious beliefs.
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2014 -2015 District Convention Theme - unofficial-
by WatchTower87 inunofficial theme:.
-the end (of watchtower) is near!
- lets kingdom come bis.
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alanv
''Praise Jehovah by printing your own words of truth''