I was questioned about getting my time in. I auxiliary pioneered at 17 years old for three months. The elders said they wanted a word with me. Did they want to tell me how good I was doing? No. They said they "heard reports" that I was "walking" in between return visits, some as far as half an hour apart. Was this efficient use of field service time? They asked me. I didn't have a car at the time, nor did the elders offer to run me around.
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Comparing Total Numbers Baptized During the 1990s and the Last Ten Years:
by steve2 insometimes, comparing raw numbers provides a more clear-cut numerical picture of growth or otherwise than percentages.
below are the numbers for peak publishers (rounded off so that 4,1 represents more than 4,100,000) for each year throughout the 1990s and those for the last ten years.. year: peak* baptisms.
* peak publishers abbreviated - simply to show annual baptisms in relation to peak publishers.. the main point: .
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Comparing Total Numbers Baptized During the 1990s and the Last Ten Years:
by steve2 insometimes, comparing raw numbers provides a more clear-cut numerical picture of growth or otherwise than percentages.
below are the numbers for peak publishers (rounded off so that 4,1 represents more than 4,100,000) for each year throughout the 1990s and those for the last ten years.. year: peak* baptisms.
* peak publishers abbreviated - simply to show annual baptisms in relation to peak publishers.. the main point: .
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slimboyfat
If we measure baptisms / publisher then I think the all time peak was 1973, 1974 or 1975. No year since has come anywhere close to matching the baptism rate per publisher in those years.
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Do You Hope Donald Trump Makes Jestures Of Mending USA With Russia Relationships?
by Brokeback Watchtower ini think the problems the us and russia face are mainly ideological.
the cold war these two countries have been in needs to be stopped and common sense needs to be applied i hope trump can push thing in the right direction and that he has good advisors.
i'm all for these two major world military powers to put away their differences and find way to work together on common problems they face.. they need to cooperate with each other even in their cyber warfare.
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slimboyfat
If he succeeds simply in not bringing about the end of civilisation I'll settle for that.
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Karl Marx Genius Of The Modern World
by Brokeback Watchtower inhe was all for getting rid of religions and their delusions for the betterment of mankind.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mydmc1wio8.
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slimboyfat
Marx's words are as true today as when he wrote: a frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout Europe! Even now, in the Derridean epoch, spectres of Marx, we retrurn to the idea, communism!
When Marx said, "religion is the opium of the people", his emphasis was on "people" rather than "religion". He was not a rabid secularist who saw the elimination of religion as a worthy goal. Rather he was a humanitarian who viewed the alleviation of human oppression as the goal, and the diminution of religion as a mere byproduct. By contrast, for many secularists, the elimination of religion is the goal. The consequences for human wellbeing are not their focus.
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Aust Census Data shows decrease while Yearbook shows increase
by shepherdless inon threads about 8 or 9 months ago, i put up some detailed data from the 2011 and 2006 australian censuses.
data from the 2016 census is becoming available in stages, and i mentioned recently that i would do an update.
finally, as of about today, some data of interest is available, and i have started to look at this, but it is time consuming, and i am time-poor.. anyway, the first search i have conducted is just a simple breakdown of the number of people describing themselves as jw's.
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slimboyfat
Both. They show different things. The yearbook shows the number of people who turn in reports, whereas the census shows the number of people who describe themselves or their children as JWs. They are probably both pretty accurate for what they claim to measure.
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Aust Census Data shows decrease while Yearbook shows increase
by shepherdless inon threads about 8 or 9 months ago, i put up some detailed data from the 2011 and 2006 australian censuses.
data from the 2016 census is becoming available in stages, and i mentioned recently that i would do an update.
finally, as of about today, some data of interest is available, and i have started to look at this, but it is time consuming, and i am time-poor.. anyway, the first search i have conducted is just a simple breakdown of the number of people describing themselves as jw's.
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slimboyfat
Thanks Earnest for the yearbook numbers. There's quite a discrepancy between the two trends isn't there?
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June 29, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Branch Relocation - Newsletter (UK)
by wifibandit injune 29, 2017 to all congregations re: branch relocation - newsletter.
britain branch relocation - newsletter ed.5 summer 2017. .
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slimboyfat
"If these five buildings were placed on top of each other, they would be 25 storeys high!"
That's one higher than the Grenfell block that burned down. Is the comment meant to be topical, or unwittingly so? It was sent just days after.
The "newsletter" is a single sheet of paper with about 100 words on it? I kept checking for more.
They seem pretty enthusiastic anyway. No hint of scaling back there.
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Creationist on their death bed
by Coded Logic ini would really like to read the thoughts of an creationist as they lie on their deathbed.
their honest thoughts.
their terrors.
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slimboyfat
In my experience, even while alive, consciousness is not guaranteed.
You on the booze? My consciousness is always guaranteed.
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Creationist on their death bed
by Coded Logic ini would really like to read the thoughts of an creationist as they lie on their deathbed.
their honest thoughts.
their terrors.
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slimboyfat
You don't need to believe in God to believe in an afterlife. In fact, when you think about it, if there is no God then there certainly will be an afterlife. But if there is a God then he's the only one with the power to prevent an afterlife if he wishes.
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Aust 2016 Census observations: JW's getting older, more kids leaving, and 30+ group aren't returning
by shepherdless in1. median age.
experts will tell you that if you want to know if a population is in growth or decline, the best single number to look at is the median age of the population.
i have extracted aust census data and calculated the following approx median ages:.
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slimboyfat
Yes when I went to conventions in the 1990s there were loads of pretty young women. But when I went to the convention last year it was more like geriatric central. The small section they used to reserve for the hard of hearing seems to have expanded to include most of the ground floor. It certainly gives a different feel to the whole thing. The lack of young people will no doubt discourage the remaining young people in a downward spiral.