i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
Below are figures from Mexico (a country with one of the highest numbers of JW's) that show a rather dramatic decline in growth of average publishers, which peaked at 4% (2009 and 2010). In just six years fell to only 1.36 %. It's not just developed countries that see the BS of the Watchtower.
YEAR BOOK 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
AVG PUB 829793 818481 802903 777429 749585 724690 696749 668876
GROWTH 1.36% 1.90% 3.17% 3.58 % 3.32% 3.86% 4.00% 4.04%
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
“I feel as if Jehovah were talking to me right in my room when I listen to members of the Governing Body and their helpers,” says Agatha, a circuit overseer’s wife in Ghana. “Without this tool, how could a poor girl like me in a small corner of the earth have such a great privilege? It has really brought us much closer to our dear brothers and sisters around the world.” p.24-25 YB2017
A "poor" girl in Ghana... with internet. We have to thank Satan's system of things for this. It used to be that poor people were starving. Now they even have internet.
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
@Slimboy: this is a religion that is beginning serious decline
I am glad that you finally saw the light
i was on an official tour last week to another part of my country.
on my way to the hotel, i noticed sign-board of jw kingdom hall.
i thought i would attend sunday meeting as i knew no one would recognize me.. seeing “a new-comer” in the audience, public speaker adapted his material making it especially appealing to me.
Anointed
Quoting Bertrand Russell??
So you trust him as an authority. Interesting. Search what he has to say about your ideas
what happens if you openly declare you are an aethiest, i don't mean go round forcing my view on everyone , but when pressured to go to the kingdom hall etc you stated you are an aethiest and no longer believe in god , surely you can't be accused of apostasy as you simply don't believe in anything ?
anyone experienced this ?.
Try lying
" I am burned out"
"I am stressed and tired"
"I am depressed"
"I am taking a break"
"I want a personal relationship with Jehovah, without the interference of others"
i was on an official tour last week to another part of my country.
on my way to the hotel, i noticed sign-board of jw kingdom hall.
i thought i would attend sunday meeting as i knew no one would recognize me.. seeing “a new-comer” in the audience, public speaker adapted his material making it especially appealing to me.
that a scientific world view that does not profoundly come to terms with the problem of conscious minds cannot claim the “pretension of completeness.
The scientific world has never made that claim, nor will it ever. That claim is contrary to the essence and methods of science. You and a bunch of theistic apologist make that claim up.
Science may have not learned yet everything about consciousness, but it's miles ahead of any sacred text ever written to explain everything else. Wishful thinking is what makes you embrace bad analogies
due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
Waton,
Welcome.
JW's actually spend lots of money belonging to the cult, even before any donations. My family (3, I'm out o the deal) has to travel about 440 miles a year for conventions (2x 140 + 3x60). That's almost $300.00 of vehicle expenses according to IRS estimates. Then the additional expense for eating out. Another $300.00. That's $600.00 without lodging, which can add a substantial amount to the total. Lucky for me, they don't do that. Then 104 times a year they go to the kingdom hall. Even though the hall is nearby that's still about 1,000 miles/year or about another $600.00. The cost for an average family can easily climb to, and exceed $2,000/year once you consider the extra suits for men and dresses for women.
Governing body:
Please bring the cult to my living room. I can save those 2,000 dollar and use them for better things.
on our local needs part tonight, the elder (on the local ldc), conducting the part, said he just got back from a meeting in memphis tn with members from the us branch rdc conducting the meeting.
they mentioned that only 6 new kingdom halls and 2 major re-models were completed in 2016.
"it may seem like a small accomplishment, considering under the old rbc arrangement there was some 700 projects on the average each year being done", "but, this is going 5-10 years of training to kick this new program into optima production".
...and how many have been sold? The wondrous expansion may be...well... a contraction.
december 28, 2016 to all congregations re: one study edition of the watchtower in languages other than english.
dear brothers:.
for several years, the simplified edition of the watchtower has been produced in french,.
Cost reductions again.... dumbing down the literature even further...Out of money?... hell no!...so what's the plan? Running away with the money while the faithful wake up from their long slumber?
Something fishy is going on.
so my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.
the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.
he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.
Time to challenge your Dad. Take the study, but always prepare tough questions in advance. Come to the forum and get advice regarding those questions. Always be respectful and subtle, and don't make it obvious that you are visiting apostate sites. This may end up being the solution to your problems. Freedom may lie ahead, after few tough questions to your Dad.
