We were encouraged to say we were bible students in the service meeting when I was a JW. For the reason that saying we were JWs, people would not give us a chance to say our piece.
Posts by alanv
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26Why don't Jehovah's Witnesses introduce themselves when knocking on doors?
by Randomthoughts inmost random people who knock on the door politely introduce themselves when you open the door.. for example "hello, i'm derick from unicef and i'm looking for donations blah blah blah".
now annoying as it may be for some at least he had the courtesy to introduce himself.. why don't jw's do this?
is it because they are embarressed or perhaps they know you won't take their literature if they do?.
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JW.Org And The Folks Who Vote With Their Feet
by metatron inthere is great enthusiasm in many congregations in regard to the wonderful new way to sit around wasting time in the "ministry".
so much easier than trotting from door to door.
however, some who set up the literature/jw.org carts have noticed a disturbing phenomena:.
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alanv
I know certainly in UK, folks will take a wide path away from anybody who wants to impede their progress. There are plenty like JWs hanging around street corners so we are well used to avoiding them.
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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alanv
The thread is about the attendance figures for the 2014 memorial. Nostromo gave us the figures for Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania/Finland. So it would be good if there are any others that have the attendance for their own country.
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The long weekend of B.S begins - UK.
by quellycatface inisn't going to be wonderful??.
not being there..
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alanv
My son and his wife are there for three days. I must send them my condolances.
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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alanv
I think it is certainly true that many immigrants are more vulnerable to conversion by JWs. Of course this only makes a difference to the countries they emigrate to in their end of year service reports. The overall worldwide report would still give the correct worldwide percentage increase figure. So yes it may be that many of the more developed countries would show less publishers if it were not for the immigrants that accept the JW religion.
Certainly over the years the UK have had more than their fair share of immigrants, so it would be interesting to hear from JWs if the 1% increase most years is made up of many immigrants joining the faith.
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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alanv
ozbrad, there are always going to be ups and downs of average publishers over a number of years. Their service report for those years you mention agree with the census. But since then it has gone up slightly, but overall it is less than 1% per year over the last 20 years. You can see the figures in the link
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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alanv
UK figure for memorial attendance in 2013 was 223845, which is actually 3000 less than the all time high of 226924 in 1993.
Also peak publishers last year for UK were 136993
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Not on JW.org: New Jehovah's Witness employee refuses to work Sundays or Thursday night and sues employer.
by Balaamsass2 infood lion hit with eeoc suit over jehovahs witness firingshare us on: by brandon lowrey.
law360, los angeles (august 20, 2014, 2:07 pm et) -- the equal employment opportunity commission on wednesday slapped food lion llc with a federal employment discrimination suit alleging the north carolina-based grocery retailer fired an employee because he was unavailable to work on days he had to attend jehovah's witness services and meetings.. .
the complaint alleges food lion hired victaurius l. bailey as a meat cutter in june 2011 and violated the civil rights act when it fired him weeks later over his faith-based refusal to work on sundays or on thursday evenings.
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alanv
Just had a look at the article and apparantly the guy was an elder who told his employer he needed those two times off when he started his employment. He was later transferred to another branch where the manager told him he had to work Sunday. He would not work Sunday so he was fired.
So I think in this instance the elder did nothing wrong. Here is a link to the story
http://www.counton2.com/story/26328925/eeoc-files-lawsuit-against-food-lion-over-firing
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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alanv
Thanks for the update konceptual99. Lets hope the fact they didnt report memorial was because there was no increase. I would say looking at those figures, that Britain is on course to have a less than 1% increase again this year. Considering that most witnesses just give everything away now and mainly pay for it themselves, those figures are not at all impresive.
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How do BACs and JWs explain animals that practice "homosexual" activities?
by booker-t ini absolutely love watching the animal channel and just observing the animal kingdom has really brought up some serious questions for any devout anti-gay religions such as born-again christians(bacs) and jws.
some animals such as deers practice lesbianism when there is no male deer around.
i almost fell out of my chair when watching this.
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alanv
Take a look at this video. It is part of a one hour program on animal homosexual behaviour. Other portions of it are also available on youtube