bumping to the top again for those on the other side of the world.
It's BACK - the 2011 Global Survey of JWs!!
by cedars 122 Replies latest jw friends
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cedars
I'm back!! (well, sort of)
Wow, we're now on 726 responses - good work people! I'll get the results sorted out as soon as I can...
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life is to short
Great new's cedars. Looking forward to the results. Hope you had a good day yesterday.
Also trying to bump this up for those who have not taken the survey I think this is such a great idea, I hope you will do it.LITS
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cedars
2011 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Results as of 12 th October 2011 (80 days remaining)
Number of respondents: 726
Current status of respondents:
Active…………………..14.6%…..106
Inactive………………..36.1%…..262
Disfellowshipped….14.9%…..108
Disassociated……….26.5%…..192
Never baptized…….7.9%…..57
“Calling” of respondents:
Anointed*…………….3.3%…..16
Great Crowd…………31.5%…..151
Neither………………….65.1%…..312
Note, of the 16 who claimed to be of the anointed, 6 are active witnesses.
Reasons for leaving organization:
I broke a bible command……………………….9.4%…..35
I went against the policies of JWs………..13.5%…..50
I disagreed with the teachings of JWs….70.9%…..263
I would rather not say……………………………6.2%…..23
Positions of respondents:
Ministerial Servants…………………….5.7%…..35…..(21 are active)
Elders…………………………………………..3.4%…..21…..(11 are active)
Circuit Overseers………………………..0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)
District Overseers……………………….0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)
Branch Committee Members………0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)
Gilead graduates / missionaries…0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)
MTS (or BSSB) graduates………….0.7%…..4…..(1 is active)
Bethel volunteers……………………….0.8%…..5…..(1 is active)
Regular pioneers………………………..3.3%…..20…..(10 are active)
Special pioneers…………………………0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)
None of the above……………………..89.5%…..546…..(66 are active)
Beliefs/practices disagreed with (most contentious in bold):
Shunning…………………………………………………………….94.0%…..679
Blood transfusions………………………………………………87.7%…..633
Paedophilia – judicial matter rather than crime.92.1%…..665
Paedophiles not barred from serving as elders…83.0%…..599
Paedophiles – two witness rule………………………….88.8%…..641
Paedophiles - names kept confidential……………..84.8%…..612
Bible prophecy…………………………………………………….82.5%…..596
Governing Body as God’s sole channel……………..90.7%…..655
Governing Body – no contact with remnant……..75.1%…..542
Increasing light concept……………………………………..89.6%…..647
Stance on higher education……………..95.2%…..687
Stance on extra-curricular sports……………………….89.3%…..645
Only anointed partake of emblems…………………….63.6%…..459
Treatment of women…………………………………………..74.2%…..536
Masturbation………………………………………………………..76.7%…..554
Birthdays……………………………………………………………..89.1%…..643
Beards………………………………………………………………….89.2%…..644
Apostates = mentally diseased…………………………..89.9%…..649
Fall of Jerusalem in 607 BCE………………………………83.4%…..602
Christ only a mediator for 144,000……………………80.2%…..579
Evolution……………………………………………………………..59.7%…..431
Others not mentioned………………………………..………29.8%…..215
Agree with Governing Body*………………….………….2.2%…..16
*Of the 16 who ticked that they agreed with the Governing Body, 8 appear to be genuine, based on their other entries on the survey. 6 evidently ticked the box mistakenly.
The UN / NGO Scandal:
Knew about it………..72.3%…..517
Didn’t know…………….27.8%..…199
Of the 199 who said they didn’t know, 21 were active publishers.
All comments are subject to review and will be posted separately if it is appropriate to do so.
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cedars
HUGE thanks to Smiddy, LITS, N.drew, A.Guest, JW Gone Bad, Lozhasleft, and EVERYONE who has supported this survey by bumping etc.
Hopefully we'll easily get over the 1000 responses-mark in the next 7 days! If we can end on a high on 31st December, we will then have a wonderful platform for promoting and refining the 2012 survey....
Cedars
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MidwichCuckoo
...and I've filled it in too - can't recall seeing one previously
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cedars
Thanks MidwichCuckoo, I appreciate your opinions and support. It IS a first to my knowledge too. Hopefully it will be the start of something significant.
Warm regards,
Cedars
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N.drew
Lets get this thing bumped to the top!
We do alot of talking here, don't we.
Maybe we all can get a job at the SOCIETY.
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iceguy
Just finished the survey...thanks for doing this!