Religious Affiliation Is In A State Of Change
by Outaservice 1 Replies latest jw friends
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The CNN article quoth: "Case isn't alone. More than half of American adults have changed religion in their lives, a huge new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found. And there is no discernible pattern to the change, just "a free for all," one of the lead researchers told CNN."
I sure wish I could see a trend for JW numbers to decrease, but I'm afraid that this process of seeking new experiences may actually add to the JW numbers... Depends on how skillfully they hide their crackpot ideas - and we've seen that they're pretty good at sucking people in with dishonest, false hopes...
Another quote from the article: "I've been struck by the very large number across all the different groups who say they just gradually drifted away. Not all of this is the product of carefully considered, conscious decision-making that happens at a specific point in time," Smith said...."
That could work both for and against the WTBTS. This pertains well to Oompa's thread, "So why do we do this?" and the responses that state that their (the posters) motivations include preventing another person from joining the JW cult. Thanks for posting this! Zid