heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
I seem to be wrong about the present demographics of JWN. I was basing that statement on the seeming older age of most posters several years ago. However, many of them are gone and we've had a massive influx of newbies across all age spans which is attributable to the increased shenanigans of the Watchtower. That is likely to effect people of all ages.
As of this moment the 50+ group is slightly under 40% which is still a big bite.
someone may have linked to this already, but the this interactive page in the pew religion study is pretty interesting, especially when you look at the trends for jw between 2007 and 2014. here's what it shows:.
jws are increasingly non-white.
in fact, the percentage of white jws has decreased from 2007 to 2014 by 12%, while hispanic jws have increased by 8%.
someone may have linked to this already, but the this interactive page in the pew religion study is pretty interesting, especially when you look at the trends for jw between 2007 and 2014. here's what it shows:.
jws are increasingly non-white.
in fact, the percentage of white jws has decreased from 2007 to 2014 by 12%, while hispanic jws have increased by 8%.
this is a very minor milestone - but a milestone just the same.
i read much more than i post.
thank you to all for your contributions.
heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
WingCommander,
"I'm 35. I don't think the above statement about most being above age 50 is true at all. I think younger users are on here and haven't posted..."
Yes, but the OP was asking about the age of us "who use this forum". I took that to mean posters though I may have interpreted that wrongly.
However, the straw poll shows that the majority of the respondents (lurkers or not) are definitely over 40.
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.
been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.
however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
DJS, Village Idiot illustrates what I'm saying with his clever pictures above (thanks VI).
You're welcome.
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.
been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.
however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
I'm very spiritual. This is my goddess:
I'm very religious. This is my high priest:
heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
I think you'll find that most on this site are 50 and up.
The oldsters have the most perspective because they can look back through several decades worth of history.
i don't have a great reference point on my observation other than my local area but i was wondering if this was a widespread thing.
... in the last two years in my former congregation there have been 6 people to disassociate for "apostasy," 6 disfellowshipped for various reasons, and numerous ones reproved.
these are just the ones i have heard about.
How many people are there in that congregation?
In a typical congregation of about a 100 that would be a large percentage. My understanding is that disfellowshipping usually averages to about 1% per year. It might just be a fluke depending on the type of elders that are involved.
when my niece was very little (over 20 years ago), barely walking or talking, my mother decided to teach her "where jehovah lives".
she would coach her and say, "where does jehovah live?
" in a sing-song voice.
