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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  I have checked the 2014 YB and compared the list of countries with a US goverment coutries list. The and result is below:

  ***39 Countries are not on their list, but the yearbook states 30 other countries and terretories, i will identify the ones i am 100% sure they have JW in them (i.e active congregations).

  I was able to count 19 - 11 still not identified.

  Country	JWs
  Afghanistan
  Algeria	Yes
  Bahrain	Yes
  Bhutan
  Brunei
  Burma
  China	Yes
  Comoros	This may have been split to several islands, like they have done with others to inflate the numbers.
  Djibouti
  Egypt	Yes
  Eritrea	Yes
  Holy See
  Iran	Yes
  Iraq	Yes
  Jordan	Yes
  Korea, North
  Kuwait	Yes
  Laos
  Libya	Yes (not sure now)
  Maldives
  Mauritania
  Micronesia
  Monaco
  Morocco	Yes
  Netherlands Antilles
  Oman	Yes
  Palestinian Territories	Yes
  Qatar	Yes
  Saudi Arabia	Yes
  Singapore	Yes
  Somalia
  Syria	Yes (very reduced activity now)
  Tajikistan
  Tunisia	Yes
  Turkmenistan
  United Arab Emirates	Yes
  Uzbekistan
  Vietnam
  Yemen
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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  @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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  @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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. 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?.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. 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:.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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.

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  @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

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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.

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  Da.Furious

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