2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
I don't think its worthwhile to analyze these statistics seriously.
After all religions grow, stagnate and die. Its all a matter of time.
All Christendom sects grow tremendously in developing countries. Likewise Islam ,Hinduism,Buddhism and other new religions.
Growth is not an authenticating factor for religions.
i was just thinking at how quickly the process was from pimi - pimo - pomo.
i must of spent about 10 years trudging along in the organization very unhappily.
but from the initial stages of learning ttatt to physically walking out the door the process took about 18 months.
The spark for me started off when a JW friend of mine tipped me about the Wrong dates of 607 BC. Satanic flood gates opened when I did my own research on the Internet.
When I read about the UNO connection, 100% realized how I had been fooled. Stopped attending meeting by then.
Totally it took about 4 months to realize that I was in a CULT. Disassociated a year later.
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
Number of Lands Reporting: 240
What about the rest ?? Why is Jah afraid to get reports about his most important work in these lands , if at all the preaching work is done.
as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .
merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .
why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .
Was Scared to death when somebody wished me Merry Christmas when I was a JW, because I may have to reciprocate by fumbling with some irrelevant words.
Came to senses now and wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and New Year.
i googled it and pretty much my understanding is the same as what i imagine.
no one really knows, your guess is as good as the next.
interesting thought to consider imo..
Well, Jesus would have been murdered by any other barbarous manner, which might have appeased Jehovah.
After leaving the JW cult, I did search for any truth I may be missing and found that:
what do you sincerely think?
do you nurture any hope?.
I was raised up as a Protestant. Had muddled up thinking's about heaven and hell and eternal life.
Became a JW and was in for 11 years. Things seemed to get clarified but I always had doubts about God, heaven, eternal life and so on....
Quit JW. Researched a lot about Bible and other religions and found everything to be Bunk.
Evolution is the only thing that makes sense to me now. Living things are born and they die.
Closely watching nature would nail the fact that once a creature dies, that is the end of it, for it. Gone for eternity.
it's almost 2018, almost 100 years since 'judge' rutherford confidently prophesied that 'millions now living will never die!'..
so how many of those millions are left?
well, since it was 100 years ago, all we need to do is find out how many people of age 100 and above are currently living.
Rutherford was talking about the heavenly creatures. Wont be surprised if WT spins it like this.
i have friends who are called "worldly people" by jws.
these people are actively involved in feeding the homeless over christmas.
managing thrift shops so they can send financial aid overseas to poorer children.
When I was in, this was one sickening advise I received from elders and fellow JWs.
"Instead of helping the poor and needy, give it to the WT which would provide a permanent solution for the problem"
I couldn't swallow it even then.
...if carol singers are arrested under anti-conversion laws?.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42363561.
These are very isolated incidents that come up occasionally. I had been a Protestant and a JW in India and never came across any "Persecutions" like these.
However there are some areas where we need to be careful while preaching. Kingdom halls are not as spacious and comfortable as in the developed world.
JW FS is very tough in India. You need to talk a lot, unlike in USA.
People hear what you say and most of them even invite you inside their homes as a sign of hospitality. Baptism is very hard though.
