My apologies Morpheus - I didn't make myself clear - I meant average numbers country by country.
Thanks.
Posts by freddo
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110If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!
by nowwhat? ini have to make a token appearance at the k.h.
once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.
and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.
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Is there evidence about Jaracz?
by Gorbatchov inread some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.
g..
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freddo
"IF there is something to these allegations in regard a minor, obviously the Branch saw to it it didn't make it into the records that were at the Australian Royal Commission."
Or because both the accused and the victim are dead meant that they couldn't use it or refer to it?
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If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!
by nowwhat? ini have to make a token appearance at the k.h.
once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.
and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.
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freddo
I do not think there will be a relatively quick demise of JW numbers.
BUT I think that dropping the yearbook (especially as it could so easily be produced on line) is an obvious sign that the numbers are flat lining.
Dropping the average figure of publishers for 2017 and only retaining the peak figure can only have been done because the average figure looked worse. (maybe a decline) There is no other explanation that I can think of.
IF next year all we get is "highlights" then you will KNOW that even by JW "Peak" counting methods that they have gone into decline.
IF next year we get only the worldwide figure with a slight increase and no country by country measure you can be sure that the USA has gone into decline which - after this year's (2017) increase posted of +684 out of 1,232,293 = a "massive" 0.05% increase over 2016 - would not surprise me.
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Another flip flop
by blownaway inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8hzakyfazc this is a talk this year about how to stay loyal to the cult.
it talks about not blaming yourself when your child is dfed.
but wait, when i was in the cult the elders told the parents of dfed children that it was their fault.
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freddo
Yet according to the Beat ... err ... Shepherd the Flock book then an appointed man ALWAYS has his privileges "reviewed" when junior gets judicially reproved let alone DF'd.
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jw dad invited me to the KingHall next Sunday!
by JunkYardDog ini said i'll go, just bring me the wt study for next week.
i'll study and test it.
and every time there is a lie, i'll stand up speak up and expose the lie in the wt study.
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JYD
Just look up next Sunday's WT article on jborg.
You'll love it - it's all about discipline - specifically "Graham" who got df'd, reinstated then went inactive but PRAISE JAH! he's been reactivated, got rid of his sinful pride and is now a microphone handler!
Joy and Rapture and blessings at this PATRONISING LOAD OF CRAP!
Tell us how your visit to the KH went ...
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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?
by dubstepped inso, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.
this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.
i love this guy.
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freddo
Excellent work dubstepped.
I think he is on the way out - eventually. He wants to be his own man but he's trapped and loves his mummy who was there for him when his father walked out and he doesn't want her to be hurt. He can't (yet) cope with losing his family.
He's a canny one and I think he will eventually fade. It might take years but here is my prediction.
Now. Carry on trying to be a good kind elder, circumnavigating/dodging organisational crap.
Soon. Feel so embarrassed/wretched/shit about himself as he is trapped between promoting Tight Pants Rants, Overcrapping Generalisations, crazy cart work and his authentic beliefs.
Later. Step aside from being an elder.
Later again. Fade.
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Scary Effectiveness of Assembly Videos
by Captain Schmideo2 inwell, i got to see the final day of this years regional convention.and i saw something that disturbs me.. the final, "summing up review" video.
it disturbs me because it was so well done.
(i wish i could remember the title of the song), to the strains of a solo vocalist singing in a fine "irish tenor", we see the actors from the previous videos of the last few days all assembling together in a clearing.
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freddo
Joseph Goebbels was clever at gilding and polishing a turd ...
On May 1st 1945, in the ruins of the Nazi Germany he helped create he and his wife Magda killed themselves after murdering their six children as the Russians closed in.
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freddo
Ban guns for under 21's. Hey - it rhymes.
Then under 21's who need a gun for work (farms, pest control etc) or want to use them on a range can do so under supervision or at a club.
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Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?
by minimus ini don’t get it.
who really cares?
in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.
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freddo
Actually - putting my mean head on - I can use this wedding service as a bit of ammunition because I know a few elders' wives got together to watch it. Service and all.
So if I choose to watch Harry Potter or Saving Private Ryan or listen to some "music that debases" then I get counsel ...
But sisters snooty and righteous can watch five different clergy share in giving a wedding service in a church the size of a cathedral with "worldly hymns" ?
OKKKAAAAAAAAYYYYYY ...
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Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?
by minimus ini don’t get it.
who really cares?
in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.
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freddo
We Brits know how to put on a show don't we? And for me the American Bishop was brilliant. If you are going to preach "Christian Love" then do it with passion and style.
I enjoyed watching William and Kate's marriage - she's lovely too - but he is the future King and it had to be a bit more formal and "British stiff upper lip" - this one was more human which I think reflected the personalities of the couple and because Harry is very unlikely to become King he can throw himself into charitable good stuff. Meghan Markle is lovely as well!
The two lads - having lost their mother at tender ages and who actually have done good things - are much more normal, connected, accepted and real than Charles (Old duffer who talks to plants), Anne (two legged horse) and Andrew (Buffoon).