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  On the Yearbook's Report(Again)

  by Alex Bryant in

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  2. current

  hello.

  i have a question about the number of publishers reported on the yearbook.

  i was wondering if this number refers only to the number of publishers baptized or to the overall number of publisher(baptized & not baptized).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I would guess that the number of baptized would be much more than the number of publisher, some that would include all who have ceased reporting time and have faded. In my experience this would be a lot of people.
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  On the Yearbook's Report(Again)

  by Alex Bryant in

  1. social
  2. current

  hello.

  i have a question about the number of publishers reported on the yearbook.

  i was wondering if this number refers only to the number of publishers baptized or to the overall number of publisher(baptized & not baptized).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It's really strange that they don't report the number of baptized people alive at any given time. That would be an interesting number. They do keep records of it at a congregation level, so why not publish it?
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  God Made Eve From Adam’s Penis, Not His Rib, Academic Claims

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are days that i drop to the ground and kiss the earth in gratitude that i was born a woman.

  at least women didn't have anything to do with writing the bibble.

  and women don't come up with this nonsense.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  There was an article about this a couple of months ago in BAR (Biblical Archaeology Review).
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  De muslim rebels are try to enforce Islam on my family and de village.

  by Ogwambi-Odoki in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my name is ogwambi odoki, but my friends dey call me og.

  i live in a village in rural uganda near the city of gulu.

  my family has been jehovah witnesses for two genorations since de first missionaries came to de village many moons ago.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Anyone really in a situation like that wouldn't have Internet access.
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  Answers to this weeks Oral Review

  by rosesinbloom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  greetings.

  does anyone have the answers for this weeks last written review?.

  thank you.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The last written review? There IS a God!
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  The Gates Ajar and Charles Taze Russell

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was listening to beyond belief yesterday, a radio 4 programme that treats religious ideas as worthy of consideration and discussion.

  yesterday they were talking about belief in the afterlife.

  they mentioned something i'd never heard of before.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Definitely an interesting line of questioning. I would only add the caveat that Russell's message (and I've read all the Studies) was directed mostly to 'anointed'. ie; everyone was anointed. The only ones on earth would be the resurrected heathens, etc. So the panda-petting paradise pictures all came later than Russell.
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  Statistics - Spreadsheets - Opinion

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, spent a fair bit of time on the stats.. the 2010-2015 numbers are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0bwv5uvzb3-67axpzavk0m0nttfe&usp=sharing.

  also there are spreadsheets of: ratios, peak-pubs, and the best is a combo of ratios, peak pubs & average pubs.. you can play with these by "select all" and "sort" according to your preference.. if you would like any other combination, i would try to create it and post it for you.. of interest:.

  as has been noted, the biggest standout of 2015 is the increase of only 18k in peak pubs while having 260k baptized.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  A few of the metrics over the past 5 years:

  
  
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  Statistics - Spreadsheets - Opinion

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, spent a fair bit of time on the stats.. the 2010-2015 numbers are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0bwv5uvzb3-67axpzavk0m0nttfe&usp=sharing.

  also there are spreadsheets of: ratios, peak-pubs, and the best is a combo of ratios, peak pubs & average pubs.. you can play with these by "select all" and "sort" according to your preference.. if you would like any other combination, i would try to create it and post it for you.. of interest:.

  as has been noted, the biggest standout of 2015 is the increase of only 18k in peak pubs while having 260k baptized.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It's the worst report in many many years.

  I still think there is an oddity with the peak numbers this time, causing it to be abnormally low. The ratio of peak to average publishers is lower this year than for 20 years or more.
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  Creative day 7000 years, is this correct and how did the Org come up with this idea?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. bible

  any body know?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Nathan is correct. The 7000 predates Russell and was picked up from the Adventists, who got it from previous writers going back at least into the Middle ages
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  Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if this has been discussed i missed it.

  i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

  but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Maybe they'll start to believe in reincarnation to explain how the anointed just keep coming and going.