by ThomasCovenant 13 Replies latest jw friends
Hi
I found this interesting hope you do too.
Year Worldwide Memorial Partakers USA Partakers as % of total
2007 9105 (highest since 1983)
1993 8693 3602 42%
1982 9529 4206 44%
1981 9601 4204 44%
1980 9564 4237 44%
1975 10550 4610 44%
1971 10384 4559 44%
1970 10526 4609 44%
Couldn't find any more figure re USA partakers.
Thanks
Thomas Covenant
1935 52465
1936 24850
1937
1938 39225
1939 29385
1940 27711
1941 23989
1942 24035
1943 23577
1944 22648
1945 22328
1946 27587
1947 26449
1948 25395
1949 24312
1950 22723
1951 21619
1952 20221
1953 19183
1954 17884
1955 16815
1956 16302
1957 15628
1958 15037
1959 14511
1960 13911
1961 13284
1962 12714
1963 12292
1964 11953
1965 11550
1966 11266
1967 10981
1968 10619
1969 10368
1970 10500
1971 10384
1972 10350
1973 10523
1974 10723
1975 10550
1976 10187
1977 10080
1978 9762
1979 9727
1980 9564
1981 9601
1982 9529
1983 9292
1984 9081
1985 9051
1986 8927
1987 8808
1988 8685
1989 8734
1990 8869
1991 8850
1992 8683
1993 8693
1994 8617
1995 8645
1996 8757
1997 8795
1998 8756
1999 8755
2000 8661
2001 8730
2002 8760
2003 8565
2004 8570
2005 8524
2006 8758
2007 9105 (Thanks, TC!)
I remember being told years ago that there were a lot of "fakers" partaking in Brazil.
As in newly baptized ones.
They had a heck of a time convincing them that they weren't "the real deal".
LOL!
According to your info, TC, it appears that the number of partakers is decreasing in the more easily controlled US congregations.
I think it is worth mentioning that there are more pedophiles in association with the WTB&TS than there are "anointed."
...and it shows.
I remember being told years ago that there were a lot of "fakers" partaking in Brazil.
As in newly baptized ones.
They had a heck of a time convincing them that they weren't "the real deal".
I heard the same thing about a few other countries as well.
It's interesting how the religion tells you what your eternal hope will be, and what it will not.
R.F.
Thanks very much Nathan Natas .
That was the full list I wanted to put up but I was too lazy and inefficient to do. Thanks also to FatFreek for his help.
The 'declining' numbers of memorial partakers was one of the first things that started to trouble me that all was not well in JW land.
Like a lot of others I couldn't help but notice that the number never seemed to be going down. Even though it was supposed to be. ( Not any more of course)
I started looking back on the CD rom and then my father-in-law's old yearbooks at gathering all the numbers.
One Sunday when we were studying the Jan 1st Watchtower with the stats in ( the only WT I ever really was interested in) the WT study conductor said words to the effect that
''of course every year it goes down, doesn't it brothers? Does anyone know what it was last year?''
I so missed my chance as I was struggling inside not to put my hand up, bearing in mind that I hadn't answered in maybe 10 years, and say, as I got the sheet of paper I kept in my meeting jacket with the full list going back to 1935,
''Actually brother it is 75 more than in 1988 which was 14 years ago''
I really wish I had had the courage at the time to say it.
The fact that they have, as far as I am aware, removed the partakers number out of the WT means that will never have a chance to be discussed in the meeting again.
With reference the percentage of partakers that were US based it doesn't help in the notion that God is impartial does it. I believe the USA makes up 5% of the world population but 40-45% of the anointed.
Thanks
Thomas Covenant
I may go back to the memorial this next spring.....and since the doors are open to heaven again....I am going to just bring a chair up to the table at the front and pull out a jar of salsa and some salt....hell this was a meal wasn't it?....i would like the roasted lamb...but salsa will do...I am not leaving the table until i have at least three glasses of wine......anyone care to join me?...............................oompa
I really like Nathans chart...we are back to 1978 numbers of partakers
oompa...
I am going to just bring a chair up to the table at the front and pull out a jar of salsa and some salt....hell this was a meal wasn't it?....i would like the roasted lamb...but salsa will do...I am not leaving the table until i have at least three glasses of wine......anyone care to join me?...............................oompa
OMG! OMFSM!. I spewed my tea on my keyboard.... thats the best I have seen today... I needed the laugh..thanks (note to self..dont drink tea while surfing JWD)
Snakes (of the "not going to the big M ...but would seriously think about it if I could see oompa do that" Sheep Class)
Ya know this has potential to go back over 10,000. That would certainly be interesting
imagine if just all us faders of the last 5 or 10 years went and partook....geeze we wuld have to bring our own wine and bread.....lets' just shoot it way over 144k..........oompa
