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  cleveland ohio convention results

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  of 3 in cleveland: avg.

  attendance 7500 baptised 27 a robust growth of 0.38%!

  not my convention so no details..

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  freddo

  Shepherdless: You are right that there are three "opportunities" per year to get baptised.

  So if the rate is e.g. 0.5% at any three "opportunities" then obviously there will be 1.5% (0.5% x 3) in the given year.

  So if Exeter at 0.21% were extrapolated the X3 number for all of the circuits in its catchment area would be 0.63% in the year.

  I remember an Exeter R.C. last year (2016) where the baptisms were (from memory,) something like 14 from 3,500 in attendance so 0.4%. This years figures on attendance and baptisms are well down - but bear in mind that although the percentages hold good as being a significant decrease the WT hiked off about 500 publishers from the Avon Circuit (Bristol area) and sent them to a different convention in Cardiff this year.
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  cleveland ohio convention results

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  of 3 in cleveland: avg.

  attendance 7500 baptised 27 a robust growth of 0.38%!

  not my convention so no details..

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  freddo

  Exeter UK last weekend ... drum roll

  2,816 produced 6 baptisms.

  0.21%
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  The Watchtower Database of Child Molesters.

  by WHATSGOINGON in

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  hi everyone.. this is just a thought, while reading bill bowen's silent lambs website i was interested to find out how long ago the figure of 23,000 molesters was published.. well it was in 2002.. in the spring of 2002, silentlambs was contacted by three different sources who claimed to have connected with people inside the headquarters of the watchtower bible & tract society of new york, located in patterson , new york .

  these insiders provided silentlambs contacts with a computer data base number of 23,720 child molesters on file there.

  so as the spring of 2002 was just over 15 years ago i wonder how many more have been added to the list ?.

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  freddo

  Sugar Shane - THAT post deserves its own thread.

  Edited to add: Ooops! - late to the party - someone already has.
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  "Our Lord and Savior" . . . Seriously??

  by neat blue dog in

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  did anybody else notice in the convention drama when they went to the memorial the speaker called jesus "our lord and savior"?

  when have you ever heard jws use that phrase?

  christians, yes; jws, no..

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  freddo

  I've heard it from jw's here in the UK. Occasionally in prayers.

  Also in the nwt bible in 2 Peter 1 v 11 / 2 Peter 3 v 18 and in the literature.
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  Jupiter protects the earth... another example of intellectual dishonesty and an argument against design

  by cognisonance in

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  i'm taking a university astronomy course, and i must say it's really fun to read about this field.

  anyway, i remember the jws used to use jupiter (and probably still do) as an example for how unique and special our solar system is (and thus designed) -- namely, that jupiter protects the earth from astroids, comets, and meteors.

  convincing if one doesn't know any better, especially circa 1994 when jupiter stepped in front of a comet for us... but this isn't the full story!

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  By Jove!
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  How do I delete my posts?

  by The Doc 58 in

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  2. tech-support

  it's been 9 years and it would be nice to get them off the internet.

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  freddo

  You've been here about a year longer than me. And its five years since your last post. Now you've piqued my curiosity and I have had a look back through some of them. Perhaps the best way to have disappeared into the ether would have been to have let sleeping dogs lie?

  Your best chances of getting your posts removed will be to PM Simon who owns and runs this site.

  Best wishes on your journey.
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  we have a laid off bethelite with an engineering degree!

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  this guy have been at bethel for 25 years when he could have been making 75-100 thousand a year as an engineer.

  so they kick him to the curb so they don't have to house him and his wife anymore.

  they run into a problem at warwick and they ask him to come back for 3 weeks.

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  freddo

  Crazy.

  Edited to add ... Ooops. Sorry double post.
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  we have a laid off bethelite with an engineering degree!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
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  this guy have been at bethel for 25 years when he could have been making 75-100 thousand a year as an engineer.

  so they kick him to the curb so they don't have to house him and his wife anymore.

  they run into a problem at warwick and they ask him to come back for 3 weeks.

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  Crazy.
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  Awkward conversations of Governing Body Advisors - "Tony, you might what to take some time off, you're an asshole"

  by jambon1 in

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  is there anyone who will just say it straight in bethel?.

  "governing body members, you're embarrassing us with every broadcast.

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  Semen stains?
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  So now the JW's are setting up carts/stands in our national and public parks!

  by StoneWall in

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  thought i'd share this article i was sent today.

  it's getting to where you can't go and take a leisurely stroll or hike without being bombarded with the stufff we want to get away from.http://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/girls-gone-outdoors/2017/07/06/proselytizing-blue-ridge-parkway/452390001/.

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  freddo

  It's a minor irritation to me if it's legal.

  At least they are offering free water according to the article.

  Not sure what the position is here in the UK. I would imagine the passing sentiment of anything between rolling eyes and "why don't you go and do something useful, idiot?" would be the norm here.