Posts by proplog2

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Countdown to Armageddon

by Sasha in

on the history channel, right now...hummmmmm

proplog2

Great tribulation starts March 7 2008.

That would be 302 days.

That pretty much means nothing will happen on March 7 2008

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Relative to the Population at large on a 1-10 how do you rate.....

by new boy in

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1.your physical attractiveness.. 2.your intelligence.. 3.your personality.. with 5 being average.. i don't think many will answer these tough questions.

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proplog2

If 5 is average you are talking about a scale of 9 not 10

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So that observation makes me a 10 on intelligence.

Physical attractiveness? At what age? And to whom? Women who are attracted to me are usally psychotic.

Personality? I can bs my way out of trouble.

Where is the creativity ranking? I am creative enough to make sure I am always in trouble.

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that's about how many key strokes i've entered posting close to 2000 times.. that comes to almost 900 full type written pages.. i type around 150 characters per minute so just the job of typing my posts took me about 165 hours.

that comes to 30 minutes of typing per week for the last 6 years.. of course there is "thinking" time connected to the process which would probably bring it to at least 2 hrs.

per week thinking and typing.

proplog2

I tend to think that the time I have spent on this forum probably would have been wasted on TV.

I would be interested in hearing from Simon, just how much memory the archives take up.

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1.5 million letters

by proplog2 in

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that's about how many key strokes i've entered posting close to 2000 times.. that comes to almost 900 full type written pages.. i type around 150 characters per minute so just the job of typing my posts took me about 165 hours.

that comes to 30 minutes of typing per week for the last 6 years.. of course there is "thinking" time connected to the process which would probably bring it to at least 2 hrs.

per week thinking and typing.

proplog2

That's about how many key strokes I've entered posting close to 2000 times.

That comes to almost 900 full type written pages.

I type around 150 characters per minute so just the job of typing my posts took me about 165 hours. That comes to 30 minutes of typing per week for the last 6 years.

Of course there is "thinking" time connected to the process which would probably bring it to at least 2 hrs. per week thinking and typing. I would guess I spend another 3 hours reading other posts per week.

Total estimated time on this forum about 5 hours per week.

Is this another consequence of spending 55 years attending meetings, assemblies, personal study, field service, talk preparation.

Is this throwing good time after bad? Could I have written a couple of books in the last 6 years? Or maybe an extra hour of sleep?

And I'm not even a heavy poster on this forum.

Do we all appreciate the combined investment of all the posters on this forum?

Could you even put a dollar value on the time and labor let alone content?

I hate to tell you how much time it took to figure this out.

Copy and paste a substantial sample of your archives and run a word count in your word processor. What do YOU come up with?

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IS IT WRONG TO SAY SOMEONE ACTS WHITE?

by nvrgnbk in

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is it wrong to say someone acts white?

proplog2

My ex-wife said I smelled like a white person.

And did she say if that was a good thing or a bad thing proplog2 ?

I guess it was just a "thing".

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IS IT WRONG TO SAY SOMEONE ACTS WHITE?

by nvrgnbk in

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is it wrong to say someone acts white?

proplog2

My ex-wife said I smelled like a white person.

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WHILE STILL A WITNESS, DID YOU POSTPONE YOUR LIFE UNTIL THE NEW ORDER?

by nvrgnbk in

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did you, even in subtle ways, stop living now, "putting all of your eggs" in one basket- the paradise earth?

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were you so busy with "theocratic activities" that you planned to actually enjoy life once the new system arrived..

proplog2

I have used this lament myself until I realized that you can't postpone your life.

Whatever hapens the meter is running. So what. People put off all sorts of things its call priorities:

After I grow up

After I get married

After I get divorced

After I change jobs

After The kids leave home

After I retire

After armageddon just happened to be a fantasy.

For most people a few milestones are passed and prove to be uneventful.

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Death Knell -- the Internet for the WTS

by Francophile in

i'm new here -- i confidently disassociated in 1994 (but really left the organization in 1992).

i was a ministerial servant and gave talks at conventions.

i'm not bragging, but just giving you an idea of my involvement.

proplog2

Liberal and conservative are NOT just political orientations. The reflect deep thinking styles and temperament. Like any organization there are conservatives and liberals among JW's. And in the same proportions as you will find in any organization. So you can safely assume that at least half of JW's take a regular excursion into the internet and satisfy their curiosity about everything including their beliefs.

Look at this chart.

Activity, %	12-17	18-28	29-40	41-50	51-59	60-69	70+	Avg
Go online	87	84	87	79	75	54	21	72
Online games	81	54	37	29	25	25	32	36
School research		73	60	61	48	33	14	57
Instant message	75	66	52	38	42	33	25	47
Text message		60	44	29	15	11	8	35
Get info about a school	57	59	42	50	40	30	14	45
Download music	51	45	28	16	14	8	5	25
Read blogs	38	41	30	20	21	19	16	27
Download video	31	27	22	14	8	8	1	18
Create a blog	19	20	9	3	9	3	4	9
Get health info		73	84	80	84	68	72	79
Travel reservations		50	72	64	64	59	60	63
Job research		44	59	59	54	31	13	51
Use gov sites		41	56	64	60	55	45	54
Bank online		38	50	44	37	35	22	41
Religious info	26	30	38	24	28	28	28	30
Use email	89	88	92	90	94	90	89	91
Get news	76	72	76	75	70	74	68	73
Product research		79	80	83	79	74	60	78
Online purchase	43	68	69	68	67	65	41	67
Job hunting	30	62	51	40	36	17	2	44
Use a photo service		39	38	31	32	31	30	34
Rate a person or product		36	34	27	31	24	8	30
Search for a person		31	31	23	23	24	29	27
Participate in an online auction		26	29	25	20	18	6	24
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project

It would seem that in the parts of the world where large populations have access to the internet that 72% of JW's go on line. The big drop off point is the over 60 population - baby boomers.

If they use the internet at all its probably for E-Mailing. That represents the generational change in the organization. Assuming JW's reflect the national demographics then the over age 60 members = about 46% of total membership. The low-internet users are the past. The high internet users are the future. It is interesting that those who visit religious pages are close to the same accross all age groups around 30% So you can figure that about 15% of JW's that live in countries with easy internet access are checking out religious issues on a regular basis. In another 10 years that will probably increase to around 30% and internet accessibility is growing world-wide at a rapid pace. So it appears any high informational control group whether religious or governmental is going to have serious problems. The age-group that has the highest "religious" activity on the internet is the 29-40 age group. This is the group that usually become new converts. They are vulnerable to joining a church of some sort because they are now committed to raising a family. This is the age-group that is trying to clean up bad marriages and rebuild their lives. And it is the age group of most new elders in the congregation.

Here is another thing to consider. There are multiple effects of the internet. While information accelerates the departure of some it slows down the departure for others.

Because of groups like this forum, people don't have to feel the full pressure of alienation. They don't experience the "crisis" in isolation. They can plan their exit by fading and they get to swap support experiences with others who are "stuck" due to family situations. Being informed allows the JW experience to become more of a shared culture rather than a dogmatic religion.

The waning influence of the baby-boomers is in parallel with the centenial of 1914. The sky IS falling.

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