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  How many partook in 1935?--BIG discrepancy in the WTS numbers

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in a 1996 questions from readers, the watchtower reported the following regarding the number of partakers in 1935: .

  w96 8/15 p. 31 questions from readers ***.

  the facts over the decades reflect both the completion of the calling of the anointed and jehovahs blessing on the growing "great crowd," who hope to survive "the great tribulation.

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  How many partook in 1935?--BIG discrepancy in the WTS numbers

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in a 1996 questions from readers, the watchtower reported the following regarding the number of partakers in 1935: .

  w96 8/15 p. 31 questions from readers ***.

  the facts over the decades reflect both the completion of the calling of the anointed and jehovahs blessing on the growing "great crowd," who hope to survive "the great tribulation.

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  RunningMan

  I have it in a spreadsheet. It could easily be graphed to show the expected mortality vs actual population since 1970. I can email it over if you like.
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  How many partook in 1935?--BIG discrepancy in the WTS numbers

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in a 1996 questions from readers, the watchtower reported the following regarding the number of partakers in 1935: .

  w96 8/15 p. 31 questions from readers ***.

  the facts over the decades reflect both the completion of the calling of the anointed and jehovahs blessing on the growing "great crowd," who hope to survive "the great tribulation.

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  RunningMan

  Many years ago, I was sitting in a book study when the discussion of the anointed arose. That very day, I had been doing some insurance calculations for my employer, and I thought "Man, I wish I had sold insurance to the remnant. Those suckers have a zero mortality rate. The residuals would be out of sight." And, that's when it dawned on me that it wasn't a joke. Something was wrong. So, I pulled out an actuarial table and plugged in the number of anointed, beginning in 1970, since that was where the numbers started deviating from normal. I assumed that all anointed had been selected by 1935, and that they must have been at least 30 when selected (Jesus age when baptized). By 2005, there should only be 100 left. That means that 98.8% of the anointed are bogus, fakes. Either that, or not a single one of them has died faithfully. I also ran the numbers, assuming that they had been selected at age 13 - which is ridiculously low for being selected as an eternal king and priest. Even so, 55.5% of them must be fakes. If anyone would like a copy of the calculation, just let me know.
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  How many partook in 1935?--BIG discrepancy in the WTS numbers

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in a 1996 questions from readers, the watchtower reported the following regarding the number of partakers in 1935: .

  w96 8/15 p. 31 questions from readers ***.

  the facts over the decades reflect both the completion of the calling of the anointed and jehovahs blessing on the growing "great crowd," who hope to survive "the great tribulation.

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  RunningMan

  I have a chart, which I found somewhere on the internet a few years ago, listing all of the stats over many years. It is pretty complete back to 1938, and patchy back as far as 1881. The number of partakers runs in the 20 thousands from 1952 back to 1939, and is much higher in the 30s, with 1935 lsited as 52,465.
  
  There was also a huge drop off in the late 1920s, droping from 90,434 in 1925, down to 17,380 in 1928, then rising again by 1935. The big drop of around 1925 was caused by the failure of the saints to come back to life, the "millions now living" who suddenly realized they were going to die, and the reworking of all the old chronology.
  
  I doubt that even the society knows what the real numbers were back then, with any degree of accuracy.
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  Strange question...

  by Tez in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sorry for this but my partner has been trying to find the answer to this question.... what do american children call the tooth fairy??

  he is convinced you have a different term for it, could anyone please tell him and put me out of my misery!!!.

  cheers!.

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  RunningMan

  In my family, he was known as Mike Duffy.
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  Beware the Ides of March & My Last Memorial -

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was going to save this for memorial day (the jw date) but then i realized a lot of other posters may want to do that topic then.

  also, my post # two hundred just came up by chance today.

  also my jw ex-wife's birthday is today.

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  RunningMan

  It's too bad a person can only resign once.
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  Isaac Hayes quits South Park, apparently over Scientology episode

  by DanTheMan in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  story here.

  lol, all the hell that that show has given to xtians and jews over the years, and he never batted an eye.

  cultists are a sensitive lot ain't they?

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  RunningMan

  Perhaps badly impersonated messages could be smuggled out of the Scientology Gulag. Man, they just handed South Park a wad of new jokes.
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  Isaac Hayes quits South Park, apparently over Scientology episode

  by DanTheMan in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  story here.

  lol, all the hell that that show has given to xtians and jews over the years, and he never batted an eye.

  cultists are a sensitive lot ain't they?

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  RunningMan

  What a joke - did it just occur to him that South Park is offensive? Didn't he notice anything prior to this?
  
  I can hardly wait to see how they handle his absense. I suspect they will use it to mock Scientology even more - perhaps having the scientology secret police take him away in the middle of the night. This could be a running joke for years.
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  Tastes like chicken

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have we heard the true story?

  my exhaustive research has revealed an unthinkable chapter in jesus ministry.....cannibalism.. john 12:2.

  1(a)jesus, therefore, six days before (b)the passover, came to (c)bethany where lazarus was, whom jesus had raised from the dead.

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  RunningMan

  Lazarus, we'd love to have you for dinner.
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  Recently Revoked JW Charitable Status in Canada

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  search results

  recently revoked - search results

  charities listing: recently revoked.

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  RunningMan

  Sorry Oroborus, but I can personally vouch for sloppy filing of the charitable organization return. Besides, when a charity is disbanded in Canada, it should notify CCRA and fill in the appropriate winding-up documents. All funds must be properly disposed of charitably (usually by transfer to another charity) and the disposition reported.
  
  So, whether these congregations and circuits exist any more doesn't matter. There is only one reason to be on this list - sloppiness.