Hi everyone
As 2011 will be drawing to a close in less than four weeks from now, we thought it would be a good opportunity to have one final push for responses at the Global Online Survey.
The survey, unless you were unaware, can be found at www.jwsurvey.org
Some of you might be interested in a brief review of how the survey is doing as things stand. Here are the results as of the end of November:
Question 1 : Positions held by survey takers.
40 (5%) Ministerial Servants, 25 (3%) Regular Pioneers, 23 (3%) Elders, 5 (1%) Bethel Volunteers, 4 (1%) MTS graduates, 1 Special Pioneer, 1 DO, 1 Gilead graduate, 735 (88%) 'none of the above', 835 total votes.
Question 2: Reason for disfellowshipping / disassociation.
356 (70%) Disagreed with JW teachings, 67 (13%) Went against JW policies, 54 (11%) Broke a bible command, 32 (6%) Would rather not say, 509 total votes.
Question 3: Previous awareness of UN/NGO scandal.
674 (72%) previously aware, 266 (28%) not previously aware, 940 total votes.
Question 4: Which beliefs/practices of JWs are disagreed with.
909 (95%) Approach to higher education, 895 (93%) shunning, 875 (91%) paedophilia judicial rather than criminal, 866 (90%) Governing body = God's sole channel, 859 (89%) Apostates are mentally diseased, 854 (89%) No extra-curricular sport, 849 (88%) Two witness rule for paedophiles, 848 (88%) No beards, 848 (88%) "increasing light" doctrine, 841 (88%) No birthdays, 829 (86%) Blood transfusions policy, 818 (85%) Confidentiality for paedophiles, 798 (83%) Paedophiles can be appointed men, 790 (82%) Fall of Jerusalem in 607 BCE, 790 (82%) Understanding of bible prophecy, 747 (78%) Christ only mediator for Anointed, 742 (77%) No masturbation, 717 (75%) No contact between GB and Anointed, 707 (74%) Treatment of women, 595 (62%) Emblems only for Anointed, 576 (60%) Approach to evolutionary theory, 287 (30%) Others not mentioned above, 22 (2%) Agree with all GB teachings, 960 total votes.
Question 5: What is your current relationship to JWs?
347 (36%) Inactive, 256 (26%) Disassociated, 153 (16%) Disfellowshipped, 136 (14%) Active, 77 (8%) Never baptized, 969 total votes.
Question 6: What is your future hope?
22 (3%) Anointed, 190 (30%) Great Crowd, 425 (67%) neither, 637 total votes.
Your comments on the above statistics, as always, would be appreciated!
At midnight, Saturday 31st December, the 2011 Survey slams shut. Hopefully with a 'final surge' we can tip over the one thousand mark for more of the questions. The new 2012 Survey will then go online, which will feature new questions that many of you have kindly suggested when taking the current survey.
A copy of this survey, as promised, will be finding its way to the desks of the Governing Body, as well as more than a few journalists!
Please, if you haven't taken the survey yet, jump online and give us your opinion. It isn't too late to offer your recommendations for improvements to the 2012 Survey, so please offer your good suggestions freely.
Thanks everyone!
Cedars