Or the branch were fiddling the numbers, they had a zone visit and were told to cut it out.
Has happened before. (Was it Fiji?)
slimboyfat
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Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
by freddo inlooking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.
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Question about 1940s Watchtower history
by slimboyfat ini was studying this fascinating composite graph of jw growth.
lots of interesting things there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses#/media/file%3ajwstats1931-2015.png.
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slimboyfat
I think I just had a deja vu moment. I have a feeling I asked this question ten years ago and Leolaia gave the same answer. I'm beginning to wonder if anything I think to ask or say I've already said before.
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Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
by freddo inlooking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.
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slimboyfat
Volatile country in constant conflict with refugees and porous borders.
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Jehovah's Terrorist?
by TerryWalstrom injehovah’s terrorist?.
(a personal memoir).
john f. kennedy's brother, robert (bobby) was assassinated in 1968 shortly after he won the california democratic presidential primary.
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slimboyfat
Very interesting. Can't someone ask him?
The 1946 Consolation magazine quote is very damning, While the world was in shock over reports about Auschwitz this is what JWs were saying about Jews.
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Question about 1940s Watchtower history
by slimboyfat ini was studying this fascinating composite graph of jw growth.
lots of interesting things there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses#/media/file%3ajwstats1931-2015.png.
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slimboyfat
That was sort of my guess too (now I was thinking about it). Thanks for confirming it. In particular there may have been a lot of "anointed" ones in Germany that only began being included in the figures again after 1945.
It would be interesting to scrutinise the Watchtowers from 1944 to 1948 to see if there is any discussion of this increase in the anointed. I doubt it would pass without comment.
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"Please consider contributing" -- is this for real?
by Nathan Natas ini have started seeing requests for contributions at the bottom of the screen.. why the change?
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slimboyfat
That and we're stingy too.
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"Please consider contributing" -- is this for real?
by Nathan Natas ini have started seeing requests for contributions at the bottom of the screen.. why the change?
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slimboyfat
No worries, Nathan likes his panties in a twist he enjoys the sensation.
He is, in turns, our resident curmudgeon, and no nonsense truth teller.
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Question about 1940s Watchtower history
by slimboyfat ini was studying this fascinating composite graph of jw growth.
lots of interesting things there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses#/media/file%3ajwstats1931-2015.png.
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slimboyfat
I was studying this fascinating composite graph of JW growth. Lots of interesting things there.
A few things:
1. The growth trend slows noticably around 1997 and never recovers. This is just two years after the old generation teaching was dropped.
2. In the grand scheme of things the 1975 failure had a small but noticeable impact on growth lasting three or four years.
3. The Memorial attendance figure is much more volatile than the publisher figure. It has been pretty flat for the past few years. But it went through flat periods before around 1991 and 2002. It remains to be seen if this is the start of an actual downturn.
4. The anointed are on the rise again. There are as many anointed now as there were in the mid 1950s. However the decline was steep in that period, so in order to equal earlier figures the number would need to climb significantly from here on in.
Which brings me to my question. The most curious thing in this graph to me, that I can't think of a good explanation for, is the rise in the number of anointed in the late 1940s. According to this graph the anointed figures increased from around 1944 to around 1948, despite the fact that the numbers were falling dramatically before and after this brief window of growth. Does anyone have any plausible explanation for this? At first I thought it was just a random blip or something. But it lasted around 4 years, and in the high control Watchtower environment I find it hard to believe this sort of variation would occur for no good reason. There must be some sort of explanation.
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EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!
by EdenOne ingreat news!.
we are free!.
as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
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slimboyfat
Congratulations EdenOne.
This is the goodest news thread of the month!
Remember when we used to get monthly summaries on this forum? It's a shame no one does that anymore they were pretty good for catching up on discussions and news and were pretty funny too. This thread would be the headline.
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How long can this cult remain with only kids becoming members?
by Crazyguy init's become clear that very few from outside the religion are joining anymore.
if only the kids of the people that are already in are the one replacing the members as they die off and 50% let's say of the kids leave then how long can they realistically last before the downturn becomes obvious?.
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slimboyfat
The only real Bible study I ever started was with a woman with demetia.
