Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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What was your first public bible reading? And when?

by Mandrake in

i perfectly remember that, rehearsing with mom, trying to read with enough emphasis and in a proper tone.

i was 5 years old, back then in 1996 i think, and the portion was james 5:1-13.... i found today that i still know the first verses by heart!!!

it's actually a cherished memory for me, i came to memorize those because mom had me starting the reading all over again until i got to read it properly... and in time!!!

dropoffyourkeylee

When I started, about '67 or '68, the 'beginner's talk', I think it was #2 then, was a regular talk, not a reading. My first one was about the 'Grapes of Wrath' in Revelation. Hilarious now, when you think of it, that a first grade kid would have to speak on such a subject for six minutes.

3

How does Life expectancy by Country affect JW growth?

by dropoffyourkeylee in

here's something i haven't considered before.

below are the average life expectancies by country (male and female combined), which i found at:.

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/life-expectancy-country.html.

dropoffyourkeylee

Here's something I haven't considered before. Below are the average life expectancies by country (male and female combined), which I found at:

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/life-expectancy-country.html

How might the life expectancy in a country play into the WT growth and retention? For instance, Malawi shows a life expectancy of 60. All the adult age JWs who lived through the Malawi persecution in '72-'74 are over 60, so the majority are dead. The current JWs there don't remember it.

Many of the countries with higher growth rates are those with low life expectancies, particularly in Africa. This means that any growth there is short-lived.

I do know that looking around the assemblies (in the US) it is shocking to me how old the JWs are. They can't make the 'elderly and infirm' section large enough anymore.

Rank	Country	(years)
1	Monaco	90
2	Japan	85
3	Singapore	85
4	Macau	85
5	San Marino	83
6	Iceland	83
7	Hong Kong	83
8	Andorra	83
9	Switzerland	83
10	Guernsey	82
11	Israel	82
12	Luxembourg	82
13	Australia	82
14	Italy	82
15	Sweden	82
16	Liechtenstein	82
17	Jersey	82
18	Canada	82
19	France	82
20	Norway	82
21	Spain	82
22	Austria	81
23	Anguilla	81
24	Netherlands	81
25	Bermuda	81
26	Cayman Islands	81
27	Isle of Man	81
28	New Zealand	81
29	Belgium	81
30	Finland	81
31	Ireland	81
32	Germany	81
33	United Kingdom	81
34	Greece	80
35	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	80
36	Malta	80
37	Faroe Islands	80
38	European Union	80
39	Korea, South	80
40	Taiwan	80
41	Virgin Islands	80
42	Turks and Caicos Islands	80
43	United States	80
44	Wallis and Futuna	80
45	Saint Helena, Ascension,	79
45	and Tristan da Cunha	79
46	Gibraltar	79
47	Denmark	79
48	Puerto Rico	79
49	Portugal	79
50	Guam	79
51	Bahrain	79
52	Chile	79
53	Qatar	79
54	Cyprus	79
55	Czech Republic	78
56	Panama	78
57	British Virgin Islands	78
58	Costa Rica	78
59	Cuba	78
60	Albania	78
61	Slovenia	78
62	Curacao	78
63	Dominican Republic	78
64	Kuwait	78
65	Northern Mariana Islands	78
66	Argentina	78
67	Sint Maarten	78
68	Saint Lucia	78
69	New Caledonia	78
70	Lebanon	77
71	Poland	77
72	United Arab Emirates	77
73	Uruguay	77
74	Paraguay	77
75	French Polynesia	77
76	Brunei	77
77	Slovakia	77
78	Dominica	77
79	Morocco	77
80	Croatia	77
81	Algeria	77
82	Ecuador	77
83	Aruba	77
84	Sri Lanka	77
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77
86	Estonia	76
87	Antigua and Barbuda	76
88	Libya	76
89	Tonga	76
90	Macedonia	76
91	Georgia	76
92	West Bank	76
93	Tunisia	76
94	Hungary	76
95	Mexico	76
96	Cook Islands	76
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	76
98	Colombia	75
99	China	75
100	Mauritius	75
101	Maldives	75
102	Serbia	75
103	Oman	75
104	Barbados	75
105	American Samoa	75
106	Solomon Islands	75
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75
108	Saudi Arabia	75
109	Romania	75
110	Gaza Strip	75
111	Iraq	75
112	Malaysia	75
113	Lithuania	75
114	Syria	75
115	Turkey	75
116	Venezuela	75
117	Seychelles	74
118	Thailand	74
119	El Salvador	74
120	Bulgaria	74
121	Armenia	74
122	Jordan	74
123	Latvia	74
124	Montserrat	74
125	Grenada	74
126	Egypt	74
127	Jamaica	74
128	Uzbekistan	74
129	Brazil	74
130	Peru	73
131	Samoa	73
132	Vietnam	73
133	Vanuatu	73
134	Nicaragua	73
135	Palau	73
136	Marshall Islands	73
137	Micronesia, Federated States of	73
138	Trinidad and Tobago	73
139	Belarus	72
140	Indonesia	72
141	Fiji	72
142	Bahamas, The	72
143	Azerbaijan	72
144	Greenland	72
145	Guatemala	72
146	Suriname	72
147	Cabo Verde	72
148	Ukraine	72
149	Iran	71
150	Honduras	71
151	Bangladesh	71
152	Kazakhstan	71
153	Russia	70
154	Moldova	70
155	Kyrgyzstan	70
156	Korea, North	70
157	Turkmenistan	70
158	Bhutan	70
159	Mongolia	69
160	Philippines	69
161	Bolivia	69
162	Belize	69
163	India	68
164	Guyana	68
165	Timor-Leste	68
166	Nepal	68
167	Pakistan	67
168	Tajikistan	67
169	Papua New Guinea	67
170	Nauru	67
171	Burma	66
172	Ghana	66
173	Tuvalu	66
174	Kiribati	66
175	Madagascar	66
176	Yemen	65
177	Gambia, The	65
178	Sao Tome and Principe	65
179	Togo	65
180	Cambodia	64
181	Laos	64
182	Comoros	64
183	Equatorial Guinea	64
184	Eritrea	64
185	Kenya	64
186	Sudan	64
187	Haiti	64
188	Djibouti	63
189	Mauritania	63
190	Western Sahara	63
191	South Africa	62
192	Tanzania	62
193	Ethiopia	61
194	Benin	61
195	Senegal	61
196	Malawi	61
197	Burundi	60
198	Guinea	60
199	Rwanda	60
200	Congo, Republic of the	59
201	Liberia	59
202	Cote d'Ivoire	58
203	Cameroon	58
204	Sierra Leone	58
205	Zimbabwe	57
206	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	57
207	Angola	56
208	Mali	55
209	Niger	55
210	Burkina Faso	55
211	Uganda	55
212	Botswana	54
213	Nigeria	53
214	Mozambique	53
215	Lesotho	53
216	Zambia	52
217	Gabon	52
218	Somalia	52
219	Central African Republic	52
220	Namibia	52
221	Swaziland	51
222	Afghanistan	51
223	Guinea-Bissau	50
224	Chad	50

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No historical evidence for bronze age men living to 500yrs old?

by purrpurr in

the bible tells us that noah etc lived to 500yrs old as did many other characters who lived apparently to incredible years.. yet archaeological research tells us from looking at skeletons that have been dug up that the average lifespan was very short.

if a man got to the age of 50 they would have considered that quite an achievement.

when i was in i always wondered about this?

dropoffyourkeylee

There are some countries now where the expected lifespan is only 49-50 years old. I expect in Bronze age or before it wouldn't have been much different than that, maybe less.

18

107 Columbia Heights For Sale

by wifibandit in

http://107columbiaheights.com/.

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dropoffyourkeylee

So how much are the asking for, or hoping to get, for the 107 building?

38

Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

by new boy in

jw
friends

my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

what did they call that?.

dropoffyourkeylee

Piano playing was usually kind of wooden, not much expression that I recall. There were exceptions. In the early eighties there was a phenomenal musician who played at the assemblies. He went on to play the cello in an orchestra. Left the WT, good for him!

38

Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

by new boy in

jw
friends

my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

what did they call that?.

dropoffyourkeylee

I was in some skits. Great fun! Shame they quit that sort of thing

21

Interesting statement regarding "this generation"

by InChristAlone in

jw
friends

i keep up with allexperts.com, and i noticed an interesting question to "brother rando".

his statement surprised me, and i am wondering if i missed some new light along the way.. question:.

"hello bro rando.

dropoffyourkeylee

The increasing number of partakers doesn't irritate me at all. I love it!

29

One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

by Simon Templar in

i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

i have to keep peace in the family.

there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

dropoffyourkeylee

Here (Midwest us) they add congregations to the ones assigned to a circuit so as to keep the attendance at the assembly the same. In politics they call it gerrymandering

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One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

by Simon Templar in

i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

i have to keep peace in the family.

there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

dropoffyourkeylee

The ratio of baptized to attendees has been running about 0.4-0.6%, so only one out of 1000 is indeed low

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WTBTS vs. Islam

by kairos in

jw
friends

the articles and meeting parts have been missing something all along, as far as i can see.. jws are taught to demonize all 'worldly' ( not jws) organizations, individuals and religions as having no value only to be destroyed by god at 'harm-you-gettin'-( armageddon ).. why do they not mention islam?no scathing denouncements?.

the only publication i really remember, was the "mankind's search for god" book that touched on the beliefs and practices of muslims.. why do you think this is the case?.

dropoffyourkeylee

In Muslim countries it is illegal to proselytize to non Christians. The WT does not buck the trend. And in other places, the WT rhetoric doesn't appeal to the Muslim mindset.