6,000 hours per convert. Yeah, it's terribly inefficient. And I doubt that many of those "converts" are truly converted. And since the average jw puts in about 120 hours per year, that means 50 jws have to preach 10 hrs per month to make one "convert" each year. And since it takes only one jw to study with that person, that means the 49 others are out there preaching with no results.
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Ugh - a nice article about JW's
by TresHappy inhope no one has posted this...house by house, soul by soulgmu prof: 'cold calls' can help religions growby andrea useem.
special to the examiner.
published: wednesday, june 29, 2005 11:43 pm edt.
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No increase so far for the Society in the United States
by truthseeker infrom september 2004 to april 2005, there has been no significant increase in the number of publishers reporting for the 2005 service year, which began last september.
september 2004 - 990,551
october 2004 - 993,476
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rocketman
Typical of the time they waste in their so-called "Preaching Work". 992,000 people spending an average of about 9 hours per month. So each month that's about 9,000,000 hours, or about 54,000,000 hours spent preaching in six months to make, basically, zero converts.
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Gays and the Bible.
by gumby infirst of all.....i ain't bashin gays here......just have a question.. this morning i read in the paper that the united church of christ has unanimously approved of same sex marriage.
this now is the largest protestant sect who has approved of gay marriages.. my question is.......how does religion justify a way of life the bible condems as sinful?
what is their scriptural argument to justify this action as proper?.
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rocketman
Good point Runningman. Heck, even the WTS finds it's way around some of the stuff in the Bible that you mentioned (example - no slavery, though it could be argued that being a jw is a form of slavery).
Since the UCC is liberal, my guess is that liberal attitude led them to this decision. This could mean lots of converts in the coming months.
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God Bless You Luther Vandross
by prophecor inapril 20, 1951-july 1,2005
you as a soul balladeer will be sorely missed
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rocketman
He had a style that no one could really duplicate, and he sang in poetic rather than explicit fashion. The music industry has lost a good one.
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First time poster, long time lurker
by millions now living are dead in.
i did the fade two years ago and have found this board helpful.
just want to say thanks.. mil
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rocketman
Great username.....a commentary on one of the WTS's biggest broken promises.
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What's Your Favorite Sport?
by minimus inpersonally, i play tennis about 5 times per week , especially in the summertime.
what's your favorite sport to play or watch?
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To watch:1. NFL Football
2. NCAA Football
3. Did I mention Football?
4. Major League Baseball
5. NCAA Basketball
6. NHL Hockey (remember that?)
7. Tennis 8. NBA Basketball
To play:
1. Football, then baseball, basketball, tennis, hockey
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Wife's weight problem
by dangel ini amlooking for advice.
before getting married, my wife was slim and took care of herself.
after the wedding however, she started to eat much more and not exercise.
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rocketman
Welcome to the board. Quite the first post, I must say. Are you sure you didn't mistake this discussion board for one on health and sexuality?
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Would you like to have an other "User Name"?
by JH ini love my avatar...and i would like to be called "rat" instead of "jh".. could all the mods and simon unite in the second school and discuss this please?
how about you guys, would you rather another user name?.
rat.
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rocketman
I like mine and it's my username wherever I go on the Net. It's my blog name, e-mail addy and IM name (with numbers behind it), and my username at other discussion boards.I did have a different username here in the past, but changed it - losing all my posts and starting over basically. I petitioned for a transfer of the previous posts but my request was denied. I kind of felt like the apostle Paul who asked that his "thorn in the flesh" be removed. Like the Lord told Paul, one of Simon's angelic messengers told me "my grace is sufficient for you". (2 Cor 12:9)
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Flood help in reasoning book.
by bother_forever inwhen going door to door at a young age, the topic concerning the flood would from time to time arise, when i first encountered this topic with a "knowledgeable" householder i knew i needed fire power and fast.
it was when opening the "reasoning on the scriptures" book that i knew i would find something to not only amaze the householder with a fact that could not be argued with, but i would re affirm my faith and be happy, etc etc.
there was nothing, no flood heading, after pointing this out to a few bro&sis that our main weapon in the field seemed to lack some fire power in this subject i was told that it was not a neccessary subject for the society to have it in such a book.
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Here's a good article written by Jan H, who used to post here. The question it attempts to answer concerns what the Bible teaches about the flood:
http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2003/02/15/doesGenesisTeachALocalFlood.html
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In the news: Jehovah's Witnesses - Who are they and what do they believe?
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.kentuckylaketimes.com/special/religionwatch/index.php?010619122901jehovah's witnesses - who are they and what do they believe?.
unlike in the case of christians who are persecuted in other lands for talking about jesus christ, jehovah's witnesses are largely persecuted for following the teachings of their corporate headquarters.
the deadbeat watchtower corporation pays no municipal taxes on their buildings, without even one charity to compensate the community.
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rocketman
Any jws reading this will see the credit and dismiss it as axe-grinding.
Nevertheless, he makes some good points, and it's nice to see the article picked up by a news site.