The Ratio of Hours to Baptized in US: 6079
Canada: 8309
UK: 7070
Australia: 6385
Germany: 6985
France: 7644
Italy: 9367
Spain: 8908
Japan 27286
Korea: 14254.
Posts by Aaac
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by og in.
has anyone worked out recently how many hours of door-to-door work is being done in the u.s. per new convert?
i've seen this figure before, and would like to use it in a little essay i'm writing.. thanks for any help anyone can provide.
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Educational achievement of JW's - statistics?
by somebodylovesme ini was wondering if anyone has seen any kind of data related to the highest educational levels attained by jws... don't they ask for religion and education on the census?
i seem to remember my mom mentioning something about a study awhile back that listed the percentage of each religion's followers that had college degrees - only at the time, we were looking for info on a different religion, so i didn't take note of the jw level.
anyone have any ideas?.
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Aaac
Funny fake LOL
Look at the moose's feet meeting the snow.
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Are You Going To The Memorial This Year?
by minimus ini think it's april 4th.
(i think).
are you going?
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Aaac
Jesus "came" 1914, though "invisibly". Why are they still commemorating his death?
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Laziest recruiters are in N Europe and Japan
by Aaac inthe laziest jw recruiters in europe live in finland and in iceland.
there you need as much as 60 publishers to recruite one new baptized member.
in germany you need 48, in uk 51, france 52, bulgaria 21 and in russia only 16!
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Aaac
Israel...
In countries where preaching is insecure, it must be done very carefully. You can't just drag yourself on the streets and give away some brochures. You must have return-visits to preach, so it is more efficient.
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Laziest recruiters are in N Europe and Japan
by Aaac inthe laziest jw recruiters in europe live in finland and in iceland.
there you need as much as 60 publishers to recruite one new baptized member.
in germany you need 48, in uk 51, france 52, bulgaria 21 and in russia only 16!
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Aaac
So, you're even lazier than Islanders. They need "only" 27, 000 hours to convert one people. Well, we are now talking about national averages, so variation within a country may be even greater.
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Laziest recruiters are in N Europe and Japan
by Aaac inthe laziest jw recruiters in europe live in finland and in iceland.
there you need as much as 60 publishers to recruite one new baptized member.
in germany you need 48, in uk 51, france 52, bulgaria 21 and in russia only 16!
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Aaac
The laziest JW recruiters in Europe live in Finland and in Iceland. There you need as much as 60 publishers to recruite one new baptized member. In Germany you need 48, in UK 51, France 52, Bulgaria 21 and in Russia only 16! Canada is like North Europe - 50. USA and Mexico are like East - 34 resp. 28. Australia 42. Japan 83!
http://www.freakypixel.com/service_year/newMap.asp
Choose "The Ratio of publishers to baptized in Data-box.
Warning: This map is based on the Official Watchtower Data and designed by a JW...
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Your JW / ex-JW Experiences Needed - PLEASE!
by 2escaped lifers infor a new book project..... my wife and i are putting together a book project that will describe in detail the actual practical effects of wtbts beliefs and doctrines on the daily lives of average jw's.
there are currently books out there that describe the operation of the organization at the top levels (e.g.
crisis of conscience), books that take issue with jw doctrine and/or false predictions, and books about cults in general that mention jw's among other cultish organizations.
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Aaac
You may find this page useful:
http://medlem.spray.se/aaac/kokemuksia.html
Page with 500+ links to exJW experiences.
You'll naturally ask the writers' permission to quote.
Aaac
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List of exJW life experiences (500+)
by Aaac inwhen i was fading away, i read a lot of life experiences of former jw's.
it's good therapy!
that's why i created a site with lots of links to life experiences in different languages.
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Aaac
When I was fading away, I read a lot of life experiences of former JW's. It's good therapy! That's why I created a site with lots of links to life experiences in different languages. Now, there are more than 500 links.
http://medlem.spray.se/aaac/kokemuksia.html
It's in Finnish and English. If you know of an experience that is not there, please email me [email protected]
I can tell you, they are very interesting!
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Bethany Hughes Case in Canada
by Aaac inbethany's battle rages a year after her death
parents fight for custody of little sister .
http://www.canada.com/calgary/news/story.asp?id=4dab335e-f734-40dd-a667-d5cc211342fd.
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Bethany's battle rages a year after her death
Parents fight for custody of little sister
http://www.canada.com/calgary/news/story.asp?id=4DAB335E-F734-40DD-A667-D5CC211342FD
Kerry Williamson
Calgary Herald
Thursday, July 17, 2003
When Bethany Hughes was buried at a north Calgary cemetery after her tough fight with cancer, her parents came together in tears and hugged beside her casket.
Close to a year later, however, and the once-close couple is again fighting through the courts, that moment amidst the grief of a funeral light years away.
"I wish we didn't have to do this," says Lawrence Hughes, Bethany's father, who fought hard to have his daughter undergo blood transfusions against her will and the will of her mother, Arliss. "It's not easy. But if this fight saves one life, it's worth it."
Hughes and his estranged wife will again face off in Calgary's Court of Queen's Bench this afternoon, a continuation of a bitter divorce and custody case sparked by the death of 17-year-old Bethany last September.
The Calgary teen died of acute myeloid leukemia while seeking alternative treatment at Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute.
She made headlines nationwide after refusing to undergo blood transfusions because of her strong Jehovah's Witnesses faith.
Her father went against her and his wife, convincing the province to force his daughter to undergo 38 transfusions.
Bethany -- who used the name Mia in the media to protect her identity -- fought the protection order, claiming it was her right as a mature person to make her own medical decisions.
Bethany Hughes even tried to pull the medical tubes from her arms while bedridden at Alberta Children's Hospital.
Doctors who first determined she would die without transfusions eventually decided that she was too sick to face further chemotherapy sessions and gave up their custody of Bethany. She died Sept. 5, 2002.
Lawrence Hughes claims the Watchtower Society and his wife played a major role in his daughter's death by fighting the transfusions, and filed a scathing 17-point notice of motion with the court in April.
He is now fighting for sole custody of the couple's youngest daughter, 16-year-old Cassandra, who lives with her mother and is also a Jehovah's Witness. He claims he has only been allowed to see Cassandra three times since last summer, and is seeking to have her completely free of any influence of her faith and the society, which he believes has brainwashed his daughter and wife.
He is also calling on Arliss Hughes to be charged with criminal negligence over the death of Bethany, and for his wife and Cassandra to take "regular intense therapy sessions with a cult deprogrammer."
"I'm concerned about my daughter, what she's being taught and whether she will be allowed to get medical treatment if she falls sick," says Hughes.
"I want to be a part of her life. I want to see my daughter. I don't think it is right that I have to fight a billion-dollar corporation so I can see my daughter. I don't think that makes sense."
Shane Brady, the Toronto-based lawyer for Arliss Hughes, says Lawrence Hughes' allegations are "outrageous."
"He's saying that Arliss basically killed Bethany because she was so irresponsible, and because of that she shouldn't have custody of Cassandra," says Brady, whom Hughes also wants off the case because of his connections to the Watchtower Society.
"There's also some outrageous things being said about the religious community."
Arliss Hughes also wishes the court cases were over. She rigorously defends herself -- and her faith -- against any accusations that she put Bethany's health at risk, and believes Cassandra should be left to decide whom she lives with.
"I really don't see what this (Hughes' allegations) has to do with a divorce. This is about difference between a husband and a wife. In that sense, I think the children should be left out of it," she says. "This is about a couple who don't agree anymore, but who still love their children, and the children shouldn't be put in the middle."
Arliss Hughes says she did all she could to help Bethany. "I did everything she asked of me. We tried everything we could think of to get the doctors to take care of Bethany," she says.
As the anniversary of her death edges closer, the estranged couple do have one thing in common: the thoughts and memories of Bethany.
"To me, it's the little things that I think of, that remind me of her," says Arliss.
"I think of her every day," says Lawrence.
