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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Hadriel

  @Finkelstein that would be an interesting matrix and not too hard to wire up. If I get time I think that would be a gem of a data mine!
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  JW Child Abuse Documentary

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.

  let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..

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  @nowwhat? he only gets a bum wrap for how he treats others off camera. His on camera work has always been solid I've told him as much.

  I wish we had a more amicable relationship I would have loved to have helped him with the production quality, sent him some equipment that would have helped improve on the already fine content. I tried...

  nonetheless a very good message i hope it is well received.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Rather smartly the tower has turned its focus to third world countries and the foreign lang effort. These areas are far less likely to have heard of all the chicanery unlike the modern world and its free flowing information.

  I do believe at least in the U.S. and U.K. for example that the converts are slowing drastically. Unless born in the chances of conversion are minimal. Hence also why the push for baptism is so emphatic. Get them in early or they won't stay in.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Hadriel

  no prob. Trends is really easy to use. There are also many sites you can use ti investigate keyword searches to forecast things and so on. It can be used also for this purpose so as to gauge public interests.

  take it with a grain of salt though. In no way saying this means this or that. It does point out. that the topic is less noteworthy over the past handful of years. That much is clear.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  Hadriel

  ....@sheperdless drops mic.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  Hadriel

  Here's another done again by the Pew Research group that show 51% of scientists believe in God. So there's that.

  This is from the LA Times. Shows the same that 51% belive in a higher power or some sort of God.
  

  http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/24/opinion/la-oe-masci24-2009nov24
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Hadriel

  It absolutely does break up families.
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  What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?

  by Funchback in

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  2. entertainment

  in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

  it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

  the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..

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  Hadriel

  More like what wasn't banned.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Hadriel

  You are so right @Sabin.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

  by Hadriel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

  if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

  i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

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  Hadriel

  The growth of Islam pretty much can't be denied on any level. It is flat crushing Christianity. Now I don't know exactly what that means necessarily but those are the facts.

  My only question would be why does Jehovah's spirit directed organization not enjoy the same growth. This is important due to how often the organization wields it as if to say see we're legit.

  Apparently God likes Islam better than?

  So this isn't about whether you believe in this faith or that, more about if touting growth as validity of backing then why is this happening?

  As to the chart It is just a Trends chart. The thing about these things is they are for real in that MA types (mergers & acquisitions guys) use this sort of data religiously (pun intended) to detect whether there are growth possibilities in a given sector.

  In various searches (the org post just on the main words "jehovah's witnesses") it is clear there is a decline among the masses when searching on this topic.

  There just isn't the same interest as before. So searches like the above and "what do JW's believe" have all dropped off a bit.

  However search terms/keywords related to JW's and child abuse have spiked.

  The point to this exercises is that it isn't the end all be all but there is little doubt in my mind that the foothold has slipped due to the amount of information now reaching active witnesses, those studying or those interested.

  Bottom line the Tower has buckets of money and they're streamlining. They have staying power from that respect but I can see a time where they're a shell of what they once were much like Scientology has become.

  Just my .02 do what you will with it.