The figures in the OP are the 2011 figures from the last yearbook.
Duh! Note to self: READ carefully first.
Thanks Cedars.
2011 preaching results:.
hours preached: 1.7b.
new baptized: 263k.
The figures in the OP are the 2011 figures from the last yearbook.
Duh! Note to self: READ carefully first.
Thanks Cedars.
thank you for this forum.
thank you for your stories which helped wake me up from my delusion.
thank you for letting me join you.
Welcome here! Take it very slow.
Also, read Steve Hassan's books on cults and mind control if you want to better apply your skills when getting hubby out.
The best of luck and come back here to ask any questions you may have.
-Yan
2011 preaching results:.
hours preached: 1.7b.
new baptized: 263k.
...and they're suddenly age 25 with no skills, no work ethic, and no money
..and have absolutely no clue how to be in a relationship, because, you know, from the first peck on the lips to the sack is what a 3-4 hour wait (or until the wedding is over)....
2011 preaching results:.
hours preached: 1.7b.
new baptized: 263k.
I am probably behind on this, but where is the preaching data coming from? Do we have the entire report with partakers, or this is a partial release?
" [revelation 12:1-12] .
[revelation 16:13-16; 17:14].
" [revelation 18: 22-24] [nlt] [matthew 23:33-36].
A side question:
Do you believe mental illness of various kinds has only been occurring in the last several hundred years?
What do we do with someone who claims to be Napoleon today (hint - psych ward).....
new light on the fds :.
http://www.jw.org/en/news/events-activities/annual-meeting-report-2012/.
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this is doing the rounds on facebook.
google earth--reference.
47.110579 9.227568 ( i copied it and pasted the number in the g-earth search bar ).
One of the comments on YouTube provides an explanation
No, that's what Satan wants you to think...
logic prohibits self-reference.
it is a convention like not multiplying by zero.
live with it!.
Unless God is not bound by time and exists outside of the physical universe where past and future are present to Him.
Well then why not take it a step further and say that god simply can not prevent atrocities because the uber-god, which exists outside of god's existence outside of our time and space, is preventing him.
See, sounds just as plausible...
there's probably a lot of people here who don't remember me.
the short of it is i was dragged into the cult at the age of five, left at age 18 and have never looked back.. .
there really isn't much for jw issues affecting my life, although i had to give my mother shit for trying to indoctrate my child.
by doing this the elders have to contact hq to get further instructions.
in many cases they will think it just not worth the red tape to proceed any further.
unless they concider you a real bad apple or threat that needs to be delt with in which case it should hold them off for a couple of months till they get direction from hq.. the wt is being threatened with law suits, they have to deal with big legal concideration of child molestation and other areas as the public is become less and less tollerant of wacko religions with abusive behavior.
In my opinion, the threat of suing individually would have the greatest impact. The hell with merits or if it will stick in court. Having to lawyer up (at individual expense, nevertheless) is a prospect that can't be appealing to any elder.
All for what - a d!ck measuring contest? Palease...