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So now JW family says that there are great increases in the Borg, as if it were pre-1975 or something.  I have no idea what the latest attraction  would be, since the Never Never Land paradise carrot...

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I drove by my daughter's congregation when they had a CO visit, and there were a lot of parking spaces left open in the parking lot. There weren't that many cars, I thought, considering it was the CO...

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Yes, I suspect that is the case in most non-Spanish congos. Latino catholics are flocking to all kinds of Protestant sects. There seems to be a lot of wishful thinking. Last year I ventured in for the...

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It's all about manipulation and control.It's about how the WTBTS lies for maintaining control over the masses that control when we continue believing their rheotoric.Recovery IMO, is about finding...

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It depends on what you mean by "increases", is it in numbers of members or numbers in other things such as Bible Studies, publishers, placements etc. I recently visited my JW sister who is not well...

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Wow, they now call that a bible study just because they used a scripture at the door! Well, the pioneer I knew who pioneered for more than 30 years now and never got a bible study out of it can...

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Thirty years without even one Bible study--wow--will she ever be happy now!!I just remembered another thing she told me--my JW sister that is--this may not be new to some here but it was new to...

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I do know of one thing that is increasing among their ranks, the annointed. lol

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I do know of one thing that is increasing among their ranks, the annointed.  lol That made me chuckle!The wine must be very tempting when it is passed around! (Even if the biscuits may not be) One...

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Just an FYI as I am reading the second of Franz's books....the numbers are, well, just like the government...not quite accurate. They do not take into consideration the number of people who were df'ed...

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That reminds me of a question. When they say they have 7 plus million Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide, do that count all the jws that have been disfellowshipped, or only count those who are active in...

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AFAIK they do not include DF'd, DA'd or inactives in the figures. It's supposed to be active publishers only. That's what they claim anyway. I think if you look at their figures they have pretty much...

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bellasnickerdoodle wrote:dissass lol. I like that. Everyone should the GB their ass on the way out heh.

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Thanks, Shane.

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"Has anyone ever noticed the verbiage in the questions in the watchtowers study...my husband always said that it sounds like that yoda in star wars." "Not knowing the difference, the rank and file...

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Based on what I saw/knew while in and all the WTS BS I have seen since leaving, I do not trust a single thing the publish, including the membership numbers. Even if they weren't cooking the books and...

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Whose to say that thosewh o get baptized aren't already witnesses just given another name when they moved to another congregatin.

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There may be increase but it's at a slowing rate according to the graphs on JWFacts that are from the watchower's(R) own published figures. NoChas, I don't trust the watchtower's(R) figures....

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I am sure this has been mentioned before but just like the government and the unemployment rate, they don't factor in the ones who, not only are inactive but were disfellowshipped, they just keep...

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bell - Yes. There are all sorts of 'wrinkles' the WBT$ use to 'massage' their figures. Cutting the poineer hours down to 30 per month at mock the christ month. As for the...

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