OnTheWayOut	Re: Re: Has the mass exodus begun?
	Unfortunately, it can hardly be considered that a 'mass exodus' has begun when they had a 3% worldwide publisher increase last service year. That is true.  It is not a mass exodus yet.  But it is something. The "growth" was a manipulation of numbers to include many 15-minutes per month publishers.  Still, it shows that there are not less JW's yet.  But there will be.  There will be.  SOON. Every new light has new questioners.  Virtually none of the children who have not been baptized will ever stay in the religion once they are adults, and hardly anyone from the field is attracted to the organization.  So before a mass exodus, you have the shrinking by dying off.  I think 2008 or 2009 will show the shrinking.  Buildings for sale will run out in Brooklyn.  Soon, the Kingdom Halls will be going.  Maybe they will eventually farm out their reduced printing demand and sell the valuable presses and lay off more 40-60 year old Bethelites.  Maybe they will get rid of half the C.O.'s and cut the strings to the special pioneers.  Maybe there won't be printing, but the stuff will go to the P.O. on the computer and the local dubs must pay to print it on the computer or at Kinkos. They are doomed, I say.  DOOMED!  They will run out of cuts to cut.  It will happen in my lifetime. But I don't think they will close shop in my lifetime.  I hope I am wrong about that last one.
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