Nov 1, 1987 Watchtower (p20) - "Since our Lord has used the Faithful and Discreet Slave to convey to us the saying of everlasting life, why should we look elsewhere?".
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GB will do your research for you, just sit back and absorb
by irondork ini know a statement like this has appeared in the literature but i cannot find it.
searching this forum, i am unable to find a conversation on it.. .
it's out there somewhere.
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Mexico. JWs up 42% in 10 Years
by Joker10 inaccording to the recent 2010 mexico census, people 5 and older who identified themselves as jehovah's witness grew by 42%.. .
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year 20002010% total 1,057,7361,500,98441.9% population 84,794,454106,427,63625.5% ratio, one jw to:8071 .
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"The sustained annual growth of 4% in Mexico is fairly consistent with a population that has only 30% internet penetration"
Exactly. Per the study done by Cedars......70% of the growth of JWs comes from lands that have 30% or less internet penetration. In other words......the society is preying on the ignorant and uneducated. What wonderful proof of Jehovah's blessing!
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My 401k is up 100% in 20 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by outsmartthesystem inhey joker.. ever heard of the rule of 72?
it is a fairly reliable guideline as to how long it will take for an investment to double.
if i have $100,000 and i have a steady 8% interest rate.....i divide 72 by 8 and come up with an answer of 9. it will take approximately 9 years for my $100,000 to become $200,000 at a steady 8%.
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Hey Joker.
Ever heard of the rule of 72? It is a fairly reliable guideline as to how long it will take for an investment to double. If I have $100,000 and I have a steady 8% interest rate.....I divide 72 by 8 and come up with an answer of 9. It will take approximately 9 years for my $100,000 to become $200,000 at a steady 8%. Conversely, you can divide 72 by 9 (the length of time it took my investment to double) and you'll come up with a corresponding interest rate of 8% during that time period.
Now then.......let's apply that to the title of this thread. 72 divided by 20 = 3.6%. NOT an impressive number. That means that in the last 20 years.....I've averaged a 3.6% return on my investments. Although the stock market has not been favorable for the past decade.....3.6% is still PALTRY when compared with the S&P over the last 20 years. What I am saying is that at a glance, the title of my thread may look impressive. I mean.....I've gained 100%! But when looked at in relation to other investments over the same period of time......it is pathetic.
Finally......let's apply this rule to Mexico. 42% in 10 years, right? Just being assumptive......we could expect 84% in 20 years then no? So.....Mexico would finally double the amount of publishers after about 24 years. It will take them 24 years to double! 72 divided by 24 = 3% annually. That.....Mr. Joker is their real growth percentage. How impressive!
Yet another misuse of statistics by a JW. You're reasoning shows your inability to analyze and think critically. You can thank your fearless leaders at the WT Society for that.
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ABOUT TERRY
by Quentin interry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.
his face and neck are very swollen.
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I send you my best as well Terry! hang in there
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My own story.
by JoelCW ini'm a long time lurker, first time poster.
i think i have a similar story to others who were brought up in the so called "truth" but after reading so many stories i thought i'd finally get around to writing mine:.
like i said, i was raised into it and almost my entire immediate family where (and for the most part still are) serious members.
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Welcome!
"That whole baptism thing was entirely against my will by the way. I can remember it like it was yesterday. The congregation I was in had a lot of teenagers around the same age, and one year almost all of them were baptized at the same convention. A few weeks after that particular convention, the next thing I know my grandmother is telling everyone that at the next convention I would be dedicating my life to Jehovah. Needless to say that was quite a surprise for me. I knew I couldn’t say no so I just went through with it. "
That is sickening. And JWs like to comment at meetings on how hard the peer pressure is for Jehovah's lovely little ones at school. I was pressured into getting baptized too. But I went in willingly because the pressure had convinced me that baptism was the right thing to do and that I must have had a "bad attitude" for not wanting to get dunked.
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Religious extremism at its worst - the Taliban behead 17 people for having a party
by cedars ina truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.
it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .
cedars.
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"Given how much they hate anything happy, you have to wonder if theres any point to life, being a Taliban. Everything is wrong!"
Extremist muslims are on the same playing field as extremist JWs (in terms of how they view life). THIS life is basically a curse in their minds. In a sense.....they WANT this life to be over so they can enjoy their pet tigers and 72 virgins.
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Feel the Goddamned Love
by AK - Jeff inmy mil of 38 years - who has not spoken to me for the 9 years since i left her cult - died on sunday.. today, as a favor to my sil who has spoken to me very rarely, for the same reasons, over the same period of time, i was moving some personal items to her home from the nursing home.
in this instance i guess it is ok to speak with me - if i have a strong back and a conveyance that aids her needs at the moment.. anyway, in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she lives, while we are moving in those items, guess who shows up?
five or six of my old 'best friends'.
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"WHO yells a greeting to a man's wife and ignores the husband as if he is not there?"
Those who are under the mind control of a cult that tells them that it is GOD'S WILL that they do so
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New to the site.
by ?evrything infinally opened my eyes about a month ago.. born in male from texas.
mid 20's.
suffered/suffer from general anxiety which i feel is a direct result from my childhood and teenage years in the org.
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Welcome.....and please......continue to do exactly what you moniker says
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a MONSTER in the room
by Marvin Shilmer ina monster in the room .
today i published a new article addressing in simple terms the problem of watchtowers policy regarding known child molesters.
as it turns out, jehovahs witnesses have monsters in the room with their children, and no one is telling them the monster is in the room!
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"they will only get it when it hurts their pocket"
Isn't that the sad truth? No amount of logic, reasoning, or human suffering can get them to change a policy. Only financial distress can get them to change.
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Jehovah's Witness DC in Buckingham, Pa and the societies user friendly Hotel Arrangement
by DaCheech inthis past sunday, i was browsing in the kingdom hall bulletin board.. i noticed that the list of "approved" hotels for the dc was up there.. noticed that in the assembly to take place in pennsylvania, only 2 hotels were in pennsylvania................ #3 on --> were in nj.
so, i get on my smart phone and gps a route from hotel #3 in princeton, nj to buckingham, pa.. my little gadget tells me that there is 27.9 miles of driving and 46 minutes of traffic.................... do these sheeples have the stupidity of driving this far to an "approved" hotel?.
are they blinded enough to not look for the 300 or more hotels in the county?.
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Yet if you try to explain to a dub that the WT is getting a kickback for filling these hotels up......they'd tell you that you're crazy. And when you tell them "well.....there are over 100 hotels that are CLOSER to the convention site than this one.......why did they have to pick one that is so far away instead of going with one of these other ones that are closer? Wouldn't that be taking care of the sheep?".......you'll be met with "we don't know the details as to why certain hotels were picked. It is best not to develop a Korah like attitude."
Have I mentioned lately that I hate this cult?