Witnesses Worse Than The World?

by metatron 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  See:

  www.churchmodel.org.uk/LongDecline.html

  While it is true that Witnesses aggressively seek converts to a greater degree than other religions, in regard

  to retaining their own children, they are as bad - or worse -- than the "world". Other religions worry about

  losing 25 or 50 % while countless Witness congregations suffer far worse.

  Of course, if Bethel spots this exposure, you can bet their response will involve some photograph of smiling

  robotic young Witnesses, together with personal stories of "how wonderful the truth is".

  Yet, the one thing YOU WON'T see is any honest statement by Service Dept. number crunchers

  about how great the percentage of loss is in the US and the World.

  I well believe that the mass exposure of this mysterious two digit figure could cause them no end of grief

  (although , of course, never enough to actually change their extremist policies). If you wish to annoy various Witnesses,

  try asking them for an estimate of how great this percentage of loss is, together with myriad accounts they can't

  avoid of local congregations that are decimated.

  metatron
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  Wasanelder Once

  As I look back at the survival rate among dub chilluns, I agree that you are right. Let me see. family one, 5 kids = none in. Family two, 4 kids = one in. Family three, two kids = one trying to get reinstated. Family four, 6 kids = none baptized... oldest fading. Family five, two kids = none baptized. Family six, one kid = not baptized, gone. Family seven, four kids = one in prison, one inactive and two who don't care...

  On the whole I'd say more than half have just left the organization.

  Amazing they could have such good sense after being raised in th borg.

  W.Once
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  SirNose586

  I noticed something like that at the CA. It seemed that the audience was collectively older (higher mean age), which could just be the shuffling in and out of a few older congregations in the circuit.

  Not having kids who stayed in dubdom is fairly common. I'm as likely, or possibly more likely, to encounter a middle-aged or older couple whose kids decided to split, as I am a couple whose kids stayed in. Keeping the young people in is tough...we had a few demotings not that long ago (stripped of unbaptized pub. status). They just don't care. The generation gap is noticeable.

  Interesting that the Amish have a "time out" where young people can decide whether to stick with the lifestyle or bolt. Last CA, the Borg's representative thundered about how pushing your kids was like "pushing them into a boat after floundering about: even if they fall out, you push them back in again."