Posts by Da.Furious

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Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

by Da.Furious in

i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

Da.Furious

@punkofnice apologies if my reply sounded not satirical. I was making fun of the JW published stats without source.

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NEWS UPDATE: Stats from Bethel

by Da.Furious in

i received some statistics from a friend in bethel in brooklyn.. here are the numbers:.

jw.org:840 million visits1 billion publication files downloaded150 million videos watched/downloadedwebsite available now in 540 languagespublication available in 700 language for downloadover 100,000 online bible study requests availablenew caleb/sofia video will be available from 1 september (topic: caleb & sofia's visit to bethel) .

pioneers: 167,000 vs 2010 no of pioneers: 132,000 - increase of 6.1%p.a.

Da.Furious

I received some statistics from a friend in bethel in Brooklyn.

Here are the numbers:

JW.org:

840 million visits
1 Billion publication files downloaded
150 million videos watched/downloaded
Website available now in 540 Languages
Publication available in 700 language for download
Over 100,000 online bible study requests available
New Caleb/Sofia video will be available from 1 September (Topic: Caleb & Sofia's Visit to Bethel)

USA

2014 No. Pioneers: 167,000 vs 2010 No of Pioneers: 132,000 - increase of 6.1%p.a. (26.5% increase over the period)
No. of bethelites in USA: 6,019

Da Furious

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Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

by Da.Furious in

i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

Da.Furious

@Ancientofdays: The countries you have listed with no JWs is not accurate.

I can assure you majority of them have missionaries assigned to them. These countries fall under undisclosed location or other countries. In these countries JWs are under ban and restricted activity. Locals get into prison for preaching and any proselytising activity. Missionaries, usually assigned from a country that is an allied country with the government get deported.

I personally know 4 missionary couples who were assigned in Egypt and several brothers there.

All Gulf countries have at least 1 congregation in them - no ministry just meeting, although they are allowed to engage in informal witnessing to friends.

To be honest with you, i lived in a country under ban which is not on your list, and it was really nice. No ministry, 1 evening for meetings in a week, and never heard one JW say we are under persecution. Also other Churches had similar situation.

NB: at twickenham international convention i heard they had deligates from gulf countries. Cant confirm since i did not meet any.

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Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

by Da.Furious in

i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

Da.Furious

@punkofnice: How do you expect anyone, including me, to provide stats if everything in mentioned in the magazines is not sourced! People just repeat what is written and then believe this as the only truth and anything else, even if backed by stats and research as lies.

I totally agree that by attacking all other religion, JWs/WTS, alienated themselves from everyone.

As design mentioned, at 8million they are minority and would feel if everybody is against them.

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Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

by Da.Furious in

i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

Da.Furious

I was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!

During the discussion the elder mentioned: Jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world. There are no other religions that are under the spotlight. There are thousands of Apostate website attacking the religion; all other religions are against them. This is a proof we are the only true religion because no one wants us to declare the good news and expose the false teaching.

This got me thinking, is it true that JWs as a religion (not WTS enterprise) is the most attacked religion due to their believes and the only one that has thousands of apostates (or apostate material) trying to expose bad teachings or doctrines?

I would really appreciate your comments on this matter and if anyone had some research done on this topic if you can share it with me that will very much appreciated.

Da Furious

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Recordings of UK or US assemblies

by Daisychaindream in

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friends

i had a phone call with one of the elders who advised i attend the assembly at the weekend.

i have plans (and a life) but i said i'd go there on the weekend as i can't take short notice time from my studie and work.

does anyone have a link to the assembly or transcript that i could look through?.

Da.Furious

I am planning to record the conventin using the FM channel. Cant promise anything at this stage since this is the first time i am doing it. But if it was succesful i will share them with you. Please PM me so that i dont forget.

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Testimony card returns

by sir82 in

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friends

old timers, or careful readers of the proclaimers book, are familiar with the "testimony card" used in the early days of rutherford-era door to door witnessing.

the jw would traipse up to a house, knock, hand the card over to the householder, and wait while he read it.. well, it seems that "everything old is new again".

here is an excerpt from a recent boe letter:.

Da.Furious

Last week it was announce that we now have a new method to advertise the JW.ORG by using new business cards that will be available to us soon. They do not count as distributed tracts.

One brother from London was telling us how the website is popular with age group 18-35 - he needs someone to explain popularity (Clash of Clans is popular). They stop them and ask them: Do you know which is the latest website in 600+ languages. The guy is interested and they ask them to scan the QR code. Then it is on the phone and can check it later.

So what does this mean, if they stop 15 guys during the day, that 15 hits per trolley per day - that’s how you inflate your stats!

With the business cards, i think same thing will happen, people will be checking the website out of curiosity and that’s it.

After the August campaign it will be interesting to check the hits on JW.org and then check them in October and see how traffic is performing.

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Welcoming International Delegates for London 2014 IC

by Da.Furious in

i had the pleasure of joining jw's on the weekend to greet the international delegates who are attending the london 2014 international convention at twickenham.. nothing interesting, just waiting for someone with a badge to come through the doors and all will cheer!

the interesting part is how they are behaving:.

1- the overseer: looked really bored, trying to impress surroundings by talking loud and how he can talk to immigration and check on passengers.

Da.Furious

@jookbeard, it was from everywhere. We had people local and from Cardiff, Kent, Brighton and Luton (apparently all volunteers to Luton have been reassigned to Heathrow).

The interesting bit is that some delegates never bothered with the badges. And only put them after being greeted and for pictures - some are missionaries.

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Welcoming International Delegates for London 2014 IC

by Da.Furious in

i had the pleasure of joining jw's on the weekend to greet the international delegates who are attending the london 2014 international convention at twickenham.. nothing interesting, just waiting for someone with a badge to come through the doors and all will cheer!

the interesting part is how they are behaving:.

1- the overseer: looked really bored, trying to impress surroundings by talking loud and how he can talk to immigration and check on passengers.

Da.Furious

Hope you injoy this batch. Source of pictures is from various places and others sharing via social media.

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Welcoming International Delegates for London 2014 IC

by Da.Furious in

i had the pleasure of joining jw's on the weekend to greet the international delegates who are attending the london 2014 international convention at twickenham.. nothing interesting, just waiting for someone with a badge to come through the doors and all will cheer!

the interesting part is how they are behaving:.

1- the overseer: looked really bored, trying to impress surroundings by talking loud and how he can talk to immigration and check on passengers.

Da.Furious

You wouldnt see me if i was taking the video!