Hahaha! Yet more nonsense in the WT. Thanks for the finding that one.
konceptual99
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Are hot springs and saunas approved by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by jwleaks insatan’s snares today.
in the main, satan’s tricks have not changed over the centuries.
in order for christians living in the corrupt city of corinth not to be “overreached by satan,” the apostle paul gave them strong counsel.
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cleveland ohio rc stats and observations
by nowwhat? in7200 peak attendance 31 baptised.
on par with less than 1/2 % growth.
david " zzzz" splane gave talks.
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konceptual99
Agree that you cannot demonstrate a direct correlation between numbers baptised and the final growth rate reported in the YB however it is an indicator of the state of the nation. During the golden age of the WTS in the 50s and 60s assemblies saw large numbers of people baptised. The organisation was growing in good numbers year on year.
If you want to do some back of a fag packet sums....
7000 people is say 7 circuits (or parts of circuits).
We typically see <10 people per approx attendance of 1000 baptised at a CA. So, for the combined assembly/convention for this bunch you have an optimistic forecast of ((10x2)x7)+31= 171 persons baptised over a year. This is 2% growth before accounting for leavers of any type.
If you say only 50% of the district are active publishers doing 10 hours a month (conservative estimate I think) then that's (3500x10)*12 = 420000 hours a year.
That's 2470 hours per baptism. That's over 300 days of 8 hours preaching for one person.
It might be rough figures but it lines up with the sums from the yearly report and is shockingly poor for an organisation supposedly dedicated to preaching the good news and saving lives.
One other point - anecdotal evidence is that the majority of baptisms are of born in children, certainly in the West and other countries where Witnesses are well established.
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Mounded From Clay
by konceptual99 injust sitting through this week's wt study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.. it's embarrassing to think i basically thought the same....
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konceptual99
While I find it amusing that you're sat at the meeeting posting on an apostate site you really need to find somethng better to do on a Sunday morning!
Yup - working on that one.
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Mounded From Clay
by konceptual99 injust sitting through this week's wt study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.. it's embarrassing to think i basically thought the same....
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konceptual99
What's even more sad is in both Egyptian and Sumerian mythology they each have a god older then jehovah that molded man out of clay.
I never knew that. I've just looked it up in Wikipedia and it seems the myth is even more extensive than just Egyptian and Sumerian sources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_man_from_clay
Thanks for the info.
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Mounded From Clay
by konceptual99 injust sitting through this week's wt study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.. it's embarrassing to think i basically thought the same....
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konceptual99
Review question one... How Jehovah chooses who he molds... Answer ... By looking at hearts not outward appearance
Review question three ... How God molds those who submit... Answer ... They stop wearing tight pants
Oh the irony....
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What will Tony say?
by konceptual99 ingenuine picture from a convention in holland.
what will tony say?!.
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konceptual99
My pic came through on my Instagram account.
Every circuit has a brother like this - quite happy to let his sartorial preferences be expressed regardless of what he rest of JWdom says or thinks. Good for him on that level.
The irony is that this week's WT has a specific case of the elders counselling a brother with tight trousers.
As lostandfound says, the priorities demonstrated by the WTS are completely screwed.
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The two faces of mrs hoser
by hoser inthey say women are hard to figure out.
she is is proactive about retirement planning but talks about how things might be in the new system.
she shuns one of our children (dfd) but put him as beneficiary one one of her life insurance policies.
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konceptual99
All Witnesses hedge their bets. How many times have you heard one say that even if da troof was false it still the best way to live.
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Mounded From Clay
by konceptual99 injust sitting through this week's wt study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.. it's embarrassing to think i basically thought the same....
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konceptual99
Also embarrassing is my inability to note auto typing on my tablet. Moulded not mounded....
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Mounded From Clay
by konceptual99 injust sitting through this week's wt study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.. it's embarrassing to think i basically thought the same....
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konceptual99
Just sitting through this week's WT study and just spent 5 minutes listening to multiple answers where people are convinced that Jehovah made humans from clay, literally forming Adam like a sculpture then breathing life into him.
It's embarrassing to think I basically thought the same...
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What will Tony say?
by konceptual99 ingenuine picture from a convention in holland.
what will tony say?!.
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konceptual99
Where's that screen shot of the latest Bethel tour brochure when you need it?