Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

so the 'morning star' is christ himself and he has guided my thinking and studies to uncover where exactly the wtb&ts went off track, offending jehovah greatly and causing him to 'abandon his sanctuary'.

i've posted the information on reddit jwexwatchtower - please study the articles carefully and put them to the test versus scripture.

dropoffyourkeylee

I wish I could get a key to the abyss. Sounds like fun

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Watchtower has fallen from 700k words/year to now to just 170k words/year

by ComingOutaMyCage in

this is one of the many charts on my jw lib analytics.. i have also attached the top 500 scriptures from 1950-2022. https://comingoutamycage.github.io/jw_lib_analytics/viewwordsperyear.html?publication=watchtower&normal=1.

https://i.postimg.cc/503yg1f7/word-count-watchtower.png.

https://i.postimg.cc/gdmskjv-lib-analytics-view-top-scriptures-html.png.

dropoffyourkeylee

I was particularly interested in the flat area from '50 to '70. I think I see now. The data source he is using apparently has Watchtower magazine from 1950 to 2020, but all the other publication types, Awake, books, etc, are only from 1970 to 2020. So the area I circled below in the graph really doesn't mean anything except a limitation in the data used.

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Watchtower has fallen from 700k words/year to now to just 170k words/year

by ComingOutaMyCage in

this is one of the many charts on my jw lib analytics.. i have also attached the top 500 scriptures from 1950-2022. https://comingoutamycage.github.io/jw_lib_analytics/viewwordsperyear.html?publication=watchtower&normal=1.

https://i.postimg.cc/503yg1f7/word-count-watchtower.png.

https://i.postimg.cc/gdmskjv-lib-analytics-view-top-scriptures-html.png.

dropoffyourkeylee

I've been puzzling over these graphs for a couple of days now, and I just noticed that the graph in the OP here is for the Watchtower magazine only. Here is the graph for 'All' publications, honestly I don't know what to make of it.

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Researching published JW content is now hindered

by neat blue dog in

the recent topic by comingoutamycage about the amount of words published by jws decreasing reminded me:.

jws are now publishing more video content than printed content.

all the printed content up until now has either officially or unofficially been made available in digital format with the ability to search for keywords, which removed a layer of control and allows us to instantly find any references to, say, 1975 or "this generation".

dropoffyourkeylee

I think it would be technologically possible to have a transcription of videos which could be included in search results, but I doubt anyone would take the trouble to do that.

The video production vs printed production is a big reason the graph (which I have copied below) from COMC's previous post at https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5722021653118976/watchtower-has-fallen-from-700k-words-year-now-just-170k-words-year shows such a decline in the last 8-10 years. Honestly, you would probably see a similar pattern in news items, as newspapers and news magazines have slimmed down or discontinued entirely and everything has gone to video or online.

I'm a little more curious as to why the graph shows such a great decline in the years '76 to '84, and then levelled off until about 2010. I was around at that time, and all I can think of is that they quit producing the 384 page books about then.

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Randall Watters our old friend

by new boy in

jw
friends

does anyone here know his where about or have any updates on him?

he hasn't been active his face book in over a year.

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dropoffyourkeylee

Randy's story linked elsewhere on this post bring back a lot of memories to me. I was never in Bethel, but had a family member who was there about that time. He probably knew Randy, though I don't remember him ever mentioning his name. Curious that Randy mentions 34 Orange. I actually stayed all night one night there. It was a no-no to allow non-Bethelites to stay in the rooms, but 34 Orange was well out of the way and nobody noticed. I think I slept on the floor, but it was only one night and I don't recall exactly.

34 Orange was a separate house with an apartment on each of its floors (I think 4 floors, maybe 5). The Society had a few of the floors, but not all. The worldly residents would complain when the Bethel boys made a lot of noise, or grilled food on an outside balcony.

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Randall Watters our old friend

by new boy in

jw
friends

does anyone here know his where about or have any updates on him?

he hasn't been active his face book in over a year.

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dropoffyourkeylee

I tried a google search for any obit, but didn't come up with anything. He would be about 70 now.

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I made a Website to examine the scriptures/words usage in every JW publication since 1950/1970

by ComingOutaMyCage in

hi everyone!i'm new here, but have been active on the reddit r\exjw community.

i have just published a website where i analysed the last 50-70 years worth of watchtowers, awake, books, brochures, and kingdom ministries/work books.. i have collected all the data and published it at the link below.

you can also see below an example of genesis.

dropoffyourkeylee

Wonderful work! Thanks so much.

I am a little uncertain about what I am looking at when selecting 2 word phrases. I entered child,molester (no spaces) and it shows for 1997, 444 instances of child and 8 instances of molester. Does that mean the complete phrase occurs 8 times?

ps: check spelling: separate

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Allegheny Pyramid Desecrated

by RolRod in

sometime within the last 2 weeks, someone took a sledgehammer to the pyramid monument in allegheny.

they stole the topstone, smashed the cross and crown emblem and removed the seal.. personally i'm surprised it lasted this long untouched.

although through the years russell's grave has been vandalized, it was always repaired by the bible students..

dropoffyourkeylee

Aww, what a shame. I was hoping to see the pyramid back again. I think the pyramid had some names like this on it, so I presume these are the same names.

I have to say that this is a very unimaginative use of space to simply lay out the names like that.