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anderson posted this link,on face book, see how far down j.w org is !.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/12/23/americans-views-religious-groups-yougov-poll?fbclid=iwar0-i-ju-nmskoh2yvbnfacipc_vptwmjzrsjn58if3jxicq41vv2ke0lu0.
Statistically, 1000 people give you a margin of error of +/-3%. 1000 people is plenty assuming they are truly a random sampling of the population.
Another way to think about that- We've all see FDR holding the paper that says Dewey wins. That polls was done by telephone and was a random sample. The problem was that telephones were not ubiquitous and there for calling people did not result in a random sample. It was actually a sample of the wealthier segment of society.
bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.
that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.
keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.
I look at the sun but the sun in not actually there because I am looking at the sun in the past. If the sun suddenly disappeared from the sky, I would still see it and experience its physical effects from its past existence. —So it is observed vis-à-vis reality.
Only for 8 minutes or so, then you have the empirical evidence that the sun is indeed gone.
i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.
instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .
they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
- Ha Ha . None of the above contains a verse -70 years of Babylon's domination as requested.
- scholar JW
Astounding.
bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.
that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.
keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.
There's a calculator for this-
https://calculator.academy/population-growth-calculator/
Using this calculator i used the following criteria
initial population of 6, assuming Noah and wife are past child bearing
3% growth rate. World population growth has historically been 2%, i boosted it 50%
Span of 200 years. Check me on this.
Yields 2,200 by the time Nimrod appears Doesnt seem like enough for him to be king over multiple "cities".
For today's population, I'm not smart enough to read the number it spits out.
Of course nobody knows. The numbers can be spun many different ways.
there is going to be a hole new system of blood cards this march .
the congregation won’t hold any information as they did before from march it will be all put on the pub.
i think it’s to do with vaccines and they are worried now they got everyone vaxed and they want to distance themselves from medical responsibilities and say own personal decisions.
We had the Blood Card / DPA part last night. New card, same as the old card. It was specifically mentioned that our card, just recieved, did not change and is still 2016 issuance other (US) States had been revised.
I don’t know how to reconcile the Watchtower statement that GB helpers are from the other sheep, with the fact that the two new appointees, who are described in the announcement as anointed, (plus Paul Gillies, also rumoured to partake) are listed as helpers in the Watchtower article. It appears to be a contradiction
I had someone explain it to me as, your appointment to the governing body IS your ANNOINTING. I don't know if this idea comes from Crisis of Conscience. As i recall the person saying this to me may have referred to it.
Ken Cook + these new guys = Start of GB 3.0
Franz dies 1992
Fleegle arrives 1991
Winder arrives 1990
Cook arrives 1984
Possbily. Cook at least has a chance of having been annointed prior to Franz death. He could have been around 27 years old. The other two- no fecking way.
They are of the anointed, because they say they are!
True Enough!
another forum i am a part of reports that Fleegle was NOT annointed until recently. Within the last 10 years.
there is a huge problem now in all congregations as the gb stubbornly will not do the u turn on staying fully vaccinated that many hoped they would do.. all congregations around the world the cobe has to ask all ministerial servants and elders if they are fully vaccinated (meaning no more than six months since last shot).
there is a massive problem now with many many jdubs not getting their latest boosters and not wanting to stay fully vaccinated .
but more serious than that is how the gb painted themselves into a corner with these vaccine mandates.. most governments did a u turn on the vax mandates but the gb can’t get out of this one so easily .
The vaccine requirements are for “theocratic schools” only. Things like the pioneer school, elders school (5 day and 1 day), etc.
if it doesn’t have “school” in the title, a vaccine is not required.
This is true, but CoBE were indeed told to inquire of all appointed men. Like all things, they probably didnt understand that this pertained to the limited scope of theocratic schools
