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  recent statistics

  by Azalo in

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  does anyone have any recent statistics for how many jw's there are today and their rate of growth?

  i thought i heard recnetly that they actually lost people on year recently?

  can anyone verify?.

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  qwerty

  This interesting comment from the site Gopher linked us to............

  Commentary

  What is common among those countries with zero growth or negative growth (most European, North American countries and Japan) compared to those countries with steady and rapid growth (former Soviet Union, most African and South and Central American countries)? This has been my question for the past several years since I started this statistics site. Economical, political and social instability of the countries seems to be related to the growth of the Watchtower religion. It prospers where the society is poor and unstable. It also prospers where public information sources are limited or restricted. In this regard, "epidemiology" of the Watchtower religion is very similar to that of contagious infectious diseases. Where the public awareness of disease propagation is limited, the disease spread rapidly. Is it totally a coincidence that the countries of rapid growth of JW population are also the countries of rapid growth in AIDS population?

  The confounding factor in 2002 is, I think, the world-wide fear of war and terrorism since September 11th, 2001. As long as the crisis mentality prevails, the Watchtower religion will continue to prosper.

  Sounds logical to me.............

  Qwerty
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  Another abuse case!

  by qwerty in

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  i was two years old when i was adopted into a jw family.

  my adopted family put me into home schooling from first grade to twelve grade i graduated.

  but, i taught myself basically because anytime i would even get on problem wrong i would get beat and sometimes put in a corner.

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  qwerty

  My name is Ja****** and This is my Testimony:

  I was two years old when i was adopted into a JW family. My adopted family put me into home schooling from first grade to twelve grade i graduated. but, i taught myself basically because anytime i would even get on problem wrong i would get beat and sometimes put in a corner. so i just continued teaching myself. as i grew older i was being molested by my sister and there were times she would even hold me down and have sex with me, so i was being raped to. for ten years this went on i even told my mother and they would say that im lying. so i just gave up in even trying and let her do this to me. i would get beat for little things there was one time where we went door to door and i could barely walk or move my arms because i had black and blue marks all over me.

  There were times that i couldnt walk so i would pretend that i was sick so i could stay home from their meetings and recuperate. when i was finally 14 i went to the elders and they told me if i said anything that i would be kicked out of the congregation. my dad was an elder and he covered it up because he was part of the judicial committee. then when i turned 18 i tried to move out and they wouldn't let me so what i did was go to pg movies and different stupid things where i got beat up a lot. during that time i fought back about my sister molesting me and they went and made me look like a liar and they also made me apologize to the congregation for the supposed lies. and so i went a couple of months later and tried to try again and this time they went and publicly reproved me which i thought was bull. so i disassociated myself.

  I deal with nightmares every night of my life. i go through pain because of this. my family disowned me because i left the religion. the only thing that helps me survive is my 2 boys and watching them grow up in a loving home and with happiness and love. anybody tries to hurt them ill hurt that person but i love my family and my wife.

  You have my permission to use this at your own judgment to help.

  SORRY! Everyone it is not my story............I feel soooooo silly. It was an abuse case I was reading on a site I found. The topic was "Another" abuse case, i did not make this plain.

  It brought a lump to my throut, I just had to share!.............EDITED on 5 March
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  This board like a headache

  by Bhagavad in

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  this board has become very painful.

  i've given it many chances.

  so many posters do not know what the apostrophe is for or is not for.

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  Bhagavad

  I hope your comments don't put 2 to too two many new visitors off from posting!

  Maybe the headache is more to do with something else?................

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/41719/579433/post.ashx#579433

  Qwerty......(the worlds useless smeller)
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  A Few Days Away.

  by Englishman in

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  just reporting back after a few days away with her ladyship.. we've been swanning around the derbyshire dales having great fun going to so-far un-visited places.

  2 places that stick out as being really interesting was this working tram museum at crich where we indulged in a spot of nostalgia for days gone by:.

  this next place has to be the coldest place in england at this time of year.

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  qwerty

  Did my pics work?

  Eman I thought you were a very accomplished photographer till you said that!

  Qwerty
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  upcoming elder visit, need help

  by greven in

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  i have been inactive for quite a while since i started to do research on the society.

  the elders knew about this and even encouraged it, until i started to ask the wrong type of questions, mostly of the kind: "can you provide verifyable evidence for that?".

  anyway, they wanted to meet to discuss my current position towards the religion and towards the bible.

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  Greven,

  Try only answering a question without giving a direct answer. Only answer questions with a question..........

  For example if they ask......"do you view yourself still as a JW"?

  Answer........ "Well how do you view me"?

  Or they could ask........."Do you still believe that the Gov body of JW's is the faithfull and descreet slave"?

  Answer............"Well I've been a JW for ........years so I must believe they know how to explain the scriptures. You say that I am spiritualy weak, have you ever had a point in your life when you doubted"?

  Some people would be better at attempting this than others! As you can see I am not a master!!!!!!!

  But I hope this helps,

  Qwerty.
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  A Few Days Away.

  by Englishman in

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  just reporting back after a few days away with her ladyship.. we've been swanning around the derbyshire dales having great fun going to so-far un-visited places.

  2 places that stick out as being really interesting was this working tram museum at crich where we indulged in a spot of nostalgia for days gone by:.

  this next place has to be the coldest place in england at this time of year.

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  qwerty

  Some I took at Chatsworth House.............

  Qwerty.............The weather was a bit warmer than when you went Eman.
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  A Few Days Away.

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  just reporting back after a few days away with her ladyship.. we've been swanning around the derbyshire dales having great fun going to so-far un-visited places.

  2 places that stick out as being really interesting was this working tram museum at crich where we indulged in a spot of nostalgia for days gone by:.

  this next place has to be the coldest place in england at this time of year.

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  Hi Eman

  Not far from where I live, we go to Chatsworth quite alot in the summer.

  I could have met up with you both.

  Qwerty
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  Can you believe what?

  by qwerty in

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  qwerty

  A nasty man did it!

  Gumby........You'll get um for me, won't yu?!
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  Please advise!

  by yesidid in

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  if my husband and i were to shuffle off this mortal coil anytime soon there would be a fair amount of money to be divided between our witness relatives.

  what do you think about this idea?.

  we give everyone between $50,000 and $100,000 each on the condition that they read both of ray franz's books.

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  qwerty

  I think Skully's idea is a good one.................

  consider doing something else with it. Like setting up educational trust funds for grandchildren/nieces/nephews so that they can attend college instead of becoming window washers and janitors.

  I could do with a little extra cash, also!

  Qwerty .............Oh go on!
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  Can you believe what?

  by qwerty in

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  qwerty

  Oh right............

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/47621/1.ashx