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  Decrease of numbers in Jehovah's Witnesses via Deaths, DFings, or Turning Inactive

  by flipper in

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  so i'm sure a good number of us saw the chart that i believe the poster splash put on another thread of figures since 1990 regarding how many baptized and % of increase each year .

  i started analyzing it ( and i know some referred to it briefly on the other thread ) and guessing of reasons the % of increase didn't match the number of newly baptized.

  and of course common sense tells us that either jw's leave the cult each year through death, fading into inactivity, or getting dfed.

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  The global numbers give some insight, but only up to a point. The country-by-country numbers will be even more fascinating - there could well be substantial decreases in already weakening countries that is being offset by bigger increases in developing territories,

  The best result would actually be big swings on both sides - a huge decrease in already weakening countries, even with gaining increase in developing territories.

  Even if the developing territories are increasing further, they don't bring in the cashflow that the WTBTS needs. Meanwhile a few percent decrease here and there in the top 10 countries should ring alarm bells for the leaders and perhaps even the awakening rank-and-file.
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  Comment during the WT

  by OneFingerSalute in

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  so ofs got to comment again this morning and thought the comment might bring a smile to someone.the second half question on par.

  15 was, "we cannot actually see jesus, sohow can we look intently at him?".

  ofs commented, "of course, we cannot literally see jesus as peter did.

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  88JM

  nicolaou said:

  
  

  I've heard of this but never actually seen it. Does anyone have a link?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erWV8YnTFto&feature=youtu.be&t=17m54s
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  The Man With a Secretary's Inkhorn - who he, and does he wear flip-flops?

  by rory-ks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the agm this year geoffrey jackson identified the "man with a secretary's inkhorn," of ezekiel chapter 9 as being jesus christ.

  this was declared an "adjustment" from the previous understanding that the organisation used to believe that this "man" was "the annointed.".

  has the society always taught that the "man with the secretary's inkhorn" was someone other than jesus - or is this a situation where back in the mists of time the bible students understood him to be jesus, and then rutherford (or someone) identified him as "the annointed," and now they have reverted back to their initial belief?.

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  I seem to recall it was Russell himself at one point, but was later the anointed. I'm sure someone with better research skills would be able to verify.
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  ANNOUNCEMENT CLIP ...2015 Annual meeting Sam Herd confirming what we knew a month ago about slow down and halt of worldwide construction

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_h68ktwpim&feature=youtu.be.

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  Yeah, you mean that big cash grab earlier this year where they got the congregations to empty their bank accounts?

  Did that money just dissolve? Are people just forgetting about that?
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  Watchtower HATES being compared to Catholic Church - but if the shoe fits...

  by Zoos in

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  remember this?.

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  well how about this?.

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  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/131823308183/crazy-nutter-apostate-invades-the-regional
  

  Ah so this was the guy all the attendants were warned about at the Glasgow convention.
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  AM2015 observations

  by Gorbatchov in

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  it's was hard to see somewhat of the am 2015 at tv.jw.org.

  i have some observations:.

  - what's going on with antony morris iii?

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  Whoops wrong thread
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  Any Scottish members?

  by superstevie in

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  2. experiences

  hi,.

  i am a former member of a congregation in central scotland, wondered if there were any others from that area?.

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  88JM

  Welcome superstevie.

  Not from central Scotland originally myself, but now happily fading in Edinburgh
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  New £500 000 Kindgom hall in Chelmsford

  by Aleph in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/jehovah-s-witnesses-open-500k-church-heart/story-27975011-detail/story.html.

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  Pretty obvious move with the new branch facility there. Yet more property with a nice resale value.
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  If Jehovah's Witnesses were a cereal, what would they be?

  by Zoos in

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  2. humour

  cult flakes?.

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  (welcome to the height of intellectual thread topics.

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  Weetabix

  • Need a sugar coating or they taste horrible
  • Will milk you dry
    
  • Seem to have good substance, but quickly turn to mush
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  THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) JANUARY 2016

  by wifibandit in

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  2. bible

  pdf .

  this issue contains the study articles for february 29 to april 3, 2016.. what about the number of those partaking at the memorial?12, 13. why should we not worry about the number of those who eat the bread and drink the wine at the memorial?12 in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christs death.

  that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

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  The number of partakers includes those who all mistakenly think that they are anointed.

  Others may All of them (especially the GB) have mental or emotional problems that lead them to believe that they will rule with Christ in heaven.