I always understood that apart from falling in relation to its hold on the WTS, that it had also fallen in regard to its hold on the ordinary person. Churches closing down and people not respecting priests in the way they did at one time.
The thing that they didn't seem to harp on about as much though, was the decline in other religions apart from Christendom.
I know they have produced articles attempting to say that Eastern religion is on the decline too but ( although i don't have the figures) that really doesn't seem to be the case.
Islam is HUGE!
Hinduism is still very prevalent and powerful in the East, as is Bhuddism.
The list could go on.
Just because Christendom appears not to hold sway anymore in the Western world doesn't mean Babylon has fallen!!
To say that 'Babylon has fallen' because some American blokes from a tiny, tiny religion got out of jail is not only hilarious but also extremely pompous and arrogant. But what's new.
Peace
Lowden