oh my god!.
this morning the front page headline on my newspaper was this:.
"victim hung on to faith".
Oh my God!
This morning the front page headline on my newspaper was this:
"Victim hung on to faith"
If you saw my post yesterday, four young JW's were killed in a car
accident. Well, it appears that one of them hung on till the next day
before he passed away - all the while steadfastly hanging on to his
insane belief, while the vultures from the HLC looked on.
What a tragedy and embarassment. Here's the link:
http://www.leaderpost.com/cgi-bin/LiveIque.acgi$sch=frontpage?frontpage
last friday night (actually 1:30 am, saturday), a carload of 4 young witnesses.
were killed in a car accident.
they were on the way back from a graduation.
Last Friday night (actually 1:30 am, Saturday), a carload of 4 young witnesses
were killed in a car accident. They were on the way back from a graduation
party. According to the article in the paper, speed was a factor.
If anyone is interested, the links to the article, and obituaries are below:
http://www.leaderpost.com/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=4699?frontpage
I knew two of them. A group funeral will be held at the assembly hall
tomorrow.
the first survey i asked how you were brought into the non-truth.
my next survey is along the same line, however what i would like to find out is on the average how many hours you spent in the field service and were you ever able to bring anyone into the non-truth via field service or via incidental witnessing.. and how long you were associated with the borg?.
thank you in advance for your input.
Reported: 3300 hours
actually put in: 2000 hours
response: never even got a sniff of interest
this, today, in the times, london:.
slowdown turns out to be the recession that never was.
economic view by anatole kaletsky .
Up until this spring, Nortel was the largest Canadian corporation, according
to market capitalization. As quoted above, it lost $19 Billion last quarter.
What was not stated, was that $17 Billion of this loss consisted of one time
write downs.
Another noteworthy fact that was not mentioned is this: Nortel's market
capitalization has dropped from $385 Billion to $45 Billion. In spite of this,
the Canadian economy is performing remarkably well. Tech stocks have
reverted to market rates that more accurately reflect their real worth. The
market is quite well situated, overall. - By the way, Nortel stock is probably
a pretty good buy right now (you heard it here first).
A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. In
Canada, we have not even had one quarter of negative growth. The name
"the recession that never was" is truly accurate.
some thoughts on statistical projections of the wtbts membership count:.
1) extrapolation (projection beyond known statistics) is hazardous for any measurement that does not derive from a simple model.
an accurate model of the wtbts membership count would have to include demographics for each of the countries, and this would have to combine population age distribution data, educational attainment data, economic data, current wtbts coverage, and (of course!
I would also like to add a couple of other factors into this evaluation:
1. Little is known about the life cycle of the WTBS. In western countries
it appears to reach a saturation level arount 1:250 of population. This
differs by culture. Also I suspect that the demographics of JW's in
western countries are starting to pull away from national averages - most
conversions occurred a few decades ago, with most new conversions coming
from reproduction. Therefore JW's are aging faster than the rest of the
population, due to not refilling with young converts.
2. There is a global waxing and waning of apocalyptic thinking that affects
their growth. During the cold war, nuclear war scared years, the "end of the
world" scenario had broader appeal. Unknown future world developments will
be another wildcard.
3. As already mentioned, no one knows what the Society will mutate into
over the coming years.
Overall, I believe that thier numbers in western nations will continue to erode
and age, being offset by growth in the third world. Unless they go mainstream,
they will be on a perpetual decline - they are basically near their peak, now. They
will plateau around 7,500,000 members worldwide and then start a slide.
i posted this in response to patio's thread called jw kids, but thought i'd post it here for any who hadn't read that thread.. i'd like to share an experience that i haven't shared so far (don't worry there's lots more, lol!).
when i was 24, i decided that the young people had no one to hang out with.
i decided to host a rollerskating party at the rollerskating rink in my hometown.
Your elders must have been pretty lenient.
Going to roller skating rinks was banned by my congregation. Back
in the early 80's, it was common for Witness kids to go to the roller
rink, but then one of the elders discovered that loud rock music
was played. This was in the middle of one of the debasing music
purges of the day.
So, no more roller skating.
just thought i'd share this.
ran into it by chance while surfing.
nothing new to those familiar with the wt, but another point of view and another sad tale from dubville.. http://www.thehappyheretic.com/11-98.htm.
Thanks for the link. I always love to read articles from the perspective
of someone who is not, and has never been a Witness. We really are
odd balls.
i was just thinking about this.
having been raised "in the truth" post-1975, i didn't grow up with any specific year in mind.
yes, there was the notion of "this generation will by no means pass away," but by the time i was old enough to think about that concept, the people who were born in 1914 (to stretch it out as far as possible, as the society ultimately did) were still only in their 60's.
My mother used to say that she would never see the day when I would go to
school in this system. Well, my son starts high school next year.
Actually, in the late 70's, Jimmy Carter signed an historic peace initiative
with Isreal and Egypt. Battlestar Gallactica was interrupted on TV to bring
the news and ceremonial handshake. They called it the "Peace and Security"
accord. Wow, I thought that was it.
Oops. Double oops for my mom.
"a man had two sons.. he went up to the first son and asked him, "son, go please and bring in my sheep from the pasture.
for it is getting dark and it would be dangerous to leave them out at night.".
so the son goes out and brings in the flock, because his heart was on obeying his father and he wanted to care about the same things his father cared about.
Sorry, but,
I don't read the National Inquirer,
I don't see aliens, and
I don't hear the holy spirit.
Although, I do smell something fishy.
hey all!!
i got to see prince, last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he was totally and .
Prince's conversion may be the worst thing that has ever happened to JW's.
Many Witnesses, like the one quoted, have now been opened up to his music
and influence. If he ever leaves the organization, it can be a jolt to persons
like this, causing them to take a look at his reasons.
High profile people are more likely to leave the JW's than others. They face
more temptations, opportunities, and exposure than the average person. Also,
Prince will have more worldly association than most people.
I believe that it is just a matter of time before he leaves, and takes a few
people with him.
