Anybody else notice all the newbies coming
out......especially on posts like this?
A big hug to all of them anyway, it is good
that they have found a place to land!
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I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE
by LennaB inmeeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.
(astrology, racism, ect.
) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 08-31-2014 WT Study (FULL POTENTIAL)
by blondie inwt publications http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm (old).
united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.
newly baptized brothers (not sisters) because the wts needs men to reach out.
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Blondie ....me too...I miss you & your great overviews!
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This is just hilarious, that only males have any value ...
well, except for using the women to 'service' the males
in any way possible!!!!!
Yet who makes up the majority of witness population?
Who is doing the biggest load of the 'work'?
The WOMEN ...that is who!
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The Pew Survey of Religion and Public Life a nd Jehovah's Witnesses
Jerry Bergman, PhD
Introduction
The Pew Survey of Religion and Life Association researches the intersection of religion and public life to better understand the role of religion as a whole in public life in America today. The 2008 survey reveals a great deal of information about religion in society as well as about the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) religion. The national representative sample used for the survey, which was called "massive," was 35,000 Americans over 18 years old. Witnesses are only 0.7 percent of the population, or in this study 245 persons, which was considered statistically reliable by the researchers.
The findings related to Jehovah's Witnesses
One major finding was that Jehovah's Witnesses "had the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition" – only 37 percent of those who were reared Jehovah's Witnesses still identified themselves as Witnesses as adults (2008, p. 26). The survey also concluded that the religious tradition most likely to switch affiliation (including to atheism) included not only the Witnesses but also the unaffiliated. The "affiliation change" data also included persons who were reared in one faith and switched to another faith. For the JWs, more than two-thirds of those who listed their faith as Witnesses were reared in another faith, or were not affiliated with any specific faith, as a child.
Also of interest is the fact that 80 percent of those who were reared in a religion are currently not affiliated with any religion (p. 27). This supports the finding that large numbers of Americans leave the faith in which they were reared. One reason for changing ones faith is mixed marriage and young people today are more likely to be in a mixed marriage than older adults were, supporting the trend today to marry outside of the religion in which one was reared. These findings support the common conclusion that the Witnesses are today a revolving door religion.
Education
The Witnesses had one of the lowest levels of education of all the religions surveyed. Nineteen percent had only a high school education or less, the lowest education level of all religions surveyed (p. 56). This compares to eight percent of atheists and only three percent of all Jews. In contrast, only three percent of the Witnesses had a post graduate degree and six percent were college graduates. This compares with 21 percent of atheists who had post graduate degrees, and the same percent were college graduates. Of the Jews, the comparable numbers were 35 and 24 percent (p. 56).
Income
About half (42 percent) of the Jehovah's Witnesses had incomes below 30,000 and only nine percent had incomes above 100,000 dollars. Only those involved in historically black churches had incomes below the Witnesses (p. 60). Of the Jews, a mere 14 percent had incomes below 30,000 but 46 percent had incomes above 100,000 dollars, or over 5 times the level of the Witnesses. Of those who labeled themselves Protestant, 32 percent had incomes below 30,000 and 15 percent above 100,000 dollars.
Gender
More females identified themselves with some theistic religious tradition than males for most all religious traditions, including the Witnesses. Of the Witness, the divide was greater than for most all religions, namely only 40 percent of all Witnesses were males, and 60 percent were females. For Protestant traditions the average gender divide was 46 and 54 percent, respectively. For the unaffiliated, the level of men who accepted this label was 59 percent and women 41 percent, the reverse of the Witness ratio. Also of interest is the fact that 14 percent of the Witnesses were divorced or separated, higher than all groups except historically black churches and "other faiths" (p. 67). No doubt the strain of Witness teaching also strains mixed marriages.
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These rates were from 2008........I think the majority
of women is even higher today.... perhaps that is why
they are crying for ...more men! Ahh, aren't we all!! ;-)
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I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE
by LennaB inmeeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.
(astrology, racism, ect.
) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.
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clarity
Alwaysbusy big welcome to you,
tell us about yourself, we are interested.
Just start a new topic and go...............
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I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE
by LennaB inmeeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.
(astrology, racism, ect.
) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.
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clarity
Lenna sweety...welcome to this place of refuge!
Pick up your telephone, and cancel this mtg.
Tell them you have a throwing up migraine !
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You are not doing a good thing for you or for
them ....they will just laugh at you behind your
back! The only thing they are interested in is...
"Do you believe the gb is gods rep?"
They do not care about doctrine, history or the
truth about anything! It is just a Real Estate
Development Co. fronted by a religion!
Stay in touch here and you will for sure learn
the real truth!
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First post
by BenRichards ini've been lurking here off and on for a few years, figured i would introduce myself and share the clif notes version of my story.. i'm in my late 30's and was born in.
mom was a jw, dad wasn't.
got baptized in my teens and started dating my eventual wife.
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Huge welcome to you Ben & Mrs Richards!
All the best to you from Canada!
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Turns out it was true - "the truth" was the only reason my marriage lasted so long
by Shattered Reality ini haven't really been on here in like, a year.
my stbx introduced me to this site and then a whole buch of life happened and i just sort of never had time for forums.
but here i am at 3am, another sleepless night, and i feel like i am simply lost.
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Hope you get yourself straightened out, & your kids
into a safe, secure happy environment and........
as for all the rest of it ......omg ...I am way too old
to get what the hell you are doing!
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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents
by Fe2O3Girl inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.
a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.
we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".
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When I hear of lives being 'altered' in an awful way,
I am beginning to think ...aahh....the witnesses again!
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Nico ...a big hug, we didn't know..........................
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Just wanting to hear experiences.
by joe134cd init's funny how my mind works since walking out of the hall just a bit over a year ago.
for some reason i just can't seem to bring myself to go to the jw.org site.
i find it just to painful.
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couldn't open the Bible for about 7 years....I don't know why
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Looking for a brother
by fleurette inhi, i"m 25 years and i'm looking for a nice brother i'm haitian .
and i like to go out i live in florida ft.lauderdale i'm looking.
for a serious relationship.
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Oh geez ..good thing I checked the date of this,
I was going to put my name down too...giggle!
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Omg..poor girl, doesn't she know WT is 73% female!
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WHERE CAN I FIND A JEHOVAH WITNESS OR KINGDOM HALL PEDOPHILE STICKER?
by BucketShopBill inwhere can i find stickers warning locals we have two pedophiles in our congregation and they enjoy parking near middle schools watching the girls walk by?
they are not on the sex registry because the elders did not call the police in the 1990s, so these pedophiles think their home free!.
how can i warn the town i live in jw pedophiles are spending lots of time going door-to-door?
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