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I "started with a question you did not answer: Why should we believe Christendoms interpretation of this over Jehovah's Witnesses?   JW.ORG !!! ALL aspects of 1914 doctrine are now problematic from Christendoms point of view. Rev. 6:4 "Take peace away from the EARTH"  Â

Interpretation does not come from your Bible interpretation or any of Christendoms bloggers here on this thread who claim to be a JW. Go to JW.ORG and find it. Im not going to argue about it sorry.

Exactly! You get it. Not 1914 - and they so -called scholars use the same exact arguments you guys do against 1914. I'm not going to repeat their false teachings which have already been dealt with over and over again.

Not 1914 - and they so -called scholars use the same exact arguments you guys do against 1914.

Why should we believe Christendoms interpretation of this over Jehovah's Witnesses?

Yes and also the Librarian is suppose to keep "certain" ones QUIET. Not you of course as neither of us talk much here and when we do it is 30 sec or less as it should be. ALL aspects of 1914 doctrine are now problematic from Christendoms point of view. I certainly hope so.

Trial of Bible ends VYBORG COURT RULES JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' BIBLE IS EXTREMIST LITERATURE Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, 17 August 2017 Judge Dmitry Yurievich Grishin of the Vyborg city court, a kandidat of jurisprudence and former chairman of the department of civil law of the A.S. Pushkin Leningrad University, announced his decision: to grant the petition of the Leningrad-Finland transport prosecutor; to find "Sacred Scripture—New World Translation" extremist material; to find the brochures "The Bible and it Main Subject," "Science instead of the Bible?" and "How to Improve Health. Five Simple Rules" to be extremist materials; to confiscate the batch of the aforesaid literature. The court's decision has not taken effect and it may be appealed within thirty days. (tr. by PDS, posted 17 August 2017) Also JW.ORG: News Alerts BREAKING NEWS | Russian Court Bans New World Translation On August 17, 2017, the Vyborg City Court in Russia ruled to ban the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT). In Russia, it is illegal to ban a Bible. However, a court-appointed “expert study” claimed that the NWT is not a Bible. The decision to ban the NWT came even after the powerful testimony of experts and the fine argumentation of our brothers, proving undeniably that the NWT is a Bible. In spite of such obvious discrimination, Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide take comfort from Isaiah 40:8, “the word of our God endures forever.” We are appealing the decision.

JWI teachings about 1914 and eschatology are identical to the teachings of the churches of Christendom. Instead of "getting out of her my people" he and his followers have "gone back to her my people". Rev 18. Some of them say they do not want to have the authority of the Governing Body telling them interpretations of the Bible and therefore have to "share with them in their sins [or mistakes}. But I would rather share in the mistakes of Jehovah's people [mistakes Jehovah allows for a reason] than "share in the sins of Babylon the Great. That is my choice. He even stated haughtily [with a name like "insider" do you expect him to be humble?} on Saturday the 19th that he has "special interpretation". That his interpretation is correct compared to the Governing Body!!! Obviously there is no reasoning with someone who has strayed that far away from Jehovah's Organization and believes as apostate Christendom does about 1914 and many other doctrines as indicated in his voluminous writings. {which also indicates how he feels superior to others].

By Eugene Volokh August 10 From the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom report. See here — looks quite broad and detailed, though, as the report notes, much turns not just on the easily visible statutes but also on the harder-to-find prosecutions and the still harder to identify fear of prosecution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/10/blasphemy-laws-worldwide-a-report-from-the-u-s-commission-on-international-religious-freedom/?utm_term=.6a791a9009ee#comments  http://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/in-the-media      ×

WHAT DOES TRUMP THINK ABOUT PUTIN’S WAR ON RELIGION? BY ROMAN LUNKIN ON 8/12/17 AT 12:20 AM This article first appeared on the Wilson Center site. Just ten years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that the crackdown on civic activism in Russia would target religious communities, not just NGOs. And yet it is happening. The Russian state persecutes Baptists, Pentecostals, and Adventists and closes down Orthodox parishes that are not part of the Moscow Patriarchate. For the first time since the Soviet Union collapsed, preachers are now being fined for proclaiming GodÂ’s word outside church buildings. And a recent Supreme Court decision has opened the door to liquidating JehovahÂ’s Witnesses communities in Russia. “Traditional” versus “Nontraditional” Religions Russia divides all faiths into “traditional” and “nontraditional.” This concept, while absent from the Russian Law on Religious Freedom (although mentioned in the lawÂ’s preamble), has been introduced under pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and Patriarch Kirill personally. Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism are deemed “traditional,” while Old Believers, Catholics, various Protestant denominations, and many others are not. A member of the 'Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers' takes part in a demonstration against the movie 'Matilda' in front of the Church of the Resurrection in Moscow on August 1, 2017. 'Matilda', a Russian movie about a love story between the last Russian Tsar Nikolay II and the ballerina Mathilda-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinskaya set for theater release in October, is believed by many Russians to insult the monarchy and offend religious sentiment.MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/GETTY The concept of traditional religions not only pits worshippers against each other, it also ignores the religious diversity of Russia. Today there are some 15 million practicing Orthodox believers in Russia, 10 million Muslims, 3 million Protestants, 500,000 Buddhists, 200,000 Jews, 175,000 JehovahÂ’s Witnesses, 100,000 Hindus, and 100,000 followers of other religious faiths (e.g., there are an estimated 10,000 Mormons in Russia). The ROC has usurped the right to a close relationship with the government and accuses Catholics and Protestants of proselytizing in the territory that it considers its own. As for Muslims, the ROC accepts as “traditional” only those who are loyal to the government. The ROCÂ’s concern is understandable. According to the Russian Ministry of Justice, ROC organizations are the most numerous in the country (around 16,000 communities), while Protestants and Muslims are second and third (5,000–6,000 communities each). However, polls show that Protestants and Muslims may be twice as numerous as official figures suggest. For example, evangelicals are now the second largest Christian denomination in Russia after Orthodox Christians in terms of numbers and presence throughout the country. In fact, in many regions of Siberia and the Far East, the number of Protestant communities and active parishioners is higher than the number of practicing Orthodox believers. In light of this, Patriarch Kirill has repeatedly urged the authorities in the Far East to “fight against sects” and support the Orthodox projects. Tightening the Screws The path toward tightening the screws on various non-traditional religions began in 2012, with the “foreign agent” law limiting the activity of foreign-funded noncommercial organizations. Furthermore, the law on meetings and demonstrations was also tightened. And in 2015 a new directive was introduced specifying that all religious groups must inform authorities of their existence. Then, in June 2016, the State Duma adopted a series of laws known collectively as the Yarovaya Law. Named after Duma Deputy Irina Yarovaya, who initiated it, the law amends Russian public safety and anti-extremism legislation. The part of the law that has already come into force and has received the broadest coverage consists of the statutes regulating liability for failure to report “extremist activity”—a very broadly defined set of activities under Russian law, ranging from calls for violence to the vague “incitement of racial, nationalist and religious hatred” and “propaganda of exceptionalism” based on religion or nationality. The part of the Yarovaya Law that has received much less attention is the provision imposing new restrictions on missionary work. The law now imposes a fine of 50,000 rubles on a private citizen for illegal preaching and up to 1 million rubles on a religious organization. Illegal preaching may mean preaching in a building that is not designated for such purposes and lacks proper signage. As a result, the police and the prosecutorÂ’s office now consider the activity of religious groups lacking official registration as illegal—a change from the recent past. Targeting JehovahÂ’s Witnesses The recent court proceedings against JehovahÂ’s Witnesses are a case in point. The campaign against JehovahÂ’s Witnesses began in 2009, during the still relatively liberal Dmitry MedvedevÂ’s premiership. In a number of cases the courts, relying on poorly and unprofessionally conducted evaluations, concluded that JehovahÂ’s WitnessesÂ’ literature could be defined as “extremist,” referring as it did to the faith as the only true faith. The adoption of the Yarovaya Law, therefore, opened the door to liquidating JehovahÂ’s Witnesses communities on the basis of their possessing “extremist” literature. On April 20, 2017, on the basis of the totality of these cases, the Russian Supreme Court ruled to liquidate the JehovahÂ’s Witnesses Management Center and all of the regional organizations. On July 17, 2017, a Supreme Court panel declined the JehovahÂ’s WitnessesÂ’ appeal, and the decision entered into force. The decision means prohibition of activity for over 400 JehovahÂ’s Witnesses organizations all over Russia and criminal prosecutions of more than 170,000 believers if they continue to gather and read faith publications and the Bible in their specific translation. (There are more than 2,000 groups engaged in this activity in Russia.) On top of that, because JehovahÂ’s Witnesses organizations are now judged “extremist,” the state is confiscating the professionÂ’s assets: 118 buildings in fifty-seven regions whose total value is 1.9 billion rubles. For the West, it was specifically the prohibition against JehovahÂ’s Witnesses that came to symbolize pointless religious discrimination in Russia and a drastic reduction of religious freedoms in the country. The EUÂ’s Office of Foreign Policy, the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Helsinki Committee have all broadly criticized the move and called on Russia to rescind it. On top of that, JehovahÂ’s Witnesses has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. It is clear in advance that the judgment wonÂ’t be in RussiaÂ’s favor. Taking into account the losses sustained by the faithful, the fine that the Strasbourg court will impose on Russia for the benefit of JehovahÂ’s Witnesses may reach astronomical heights. The fact is, authoritiesÂ’ fight against nontraditional religions and religious denominations, which they peg as weird and scary sects, takes ugly, almost caricature forms. Journalists, politicians, and Orthodox activists accuse those of other faiths of activities that constitute the core religious activities of all faiths, including the ROC itself: collecting donations, engaging in prayers with emotional overtones, and instructing followers, including children, in the tenets of the faith. In the context of the massive anti-West hysteria, xenophobia, and search for spies, all of these generally normal activities become a crime. Most politicians and public figures, both conservative and liberal, readily jump on the bandwagon, portraying unfamiliar “sects” as threatening to the secular state and even citizensÂ’ psychological health. And the media ignore the persecution of those targeted under the Yarovaya Law. There are now more than 100 court cases challenging the imposition of fines against religious communities and individual faithful, yet they are proceeding unnoticed by the general public. Who Benefits? Many assume that the suppression of religious dissent automatically benefits the ROC. But that is not necessarily the case. Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate are torn by irreconcilable contradictions. On the one hand, there are those who would like to prohibit all sects legislatively and in that way eliminate all competitors. (They are particularly troubled by the evangelicals in the Far East, who at this point exceed the number of the Orthodox.) On the other hand, many experts note that as soon as the word “sect” is introduced into the law, half the Orthodox communities could be prohibited. Rank-and-file priests and believers have stated that the anti-missionary statutes of the Yarovaya Law could also be used to prevent Orthodox sermons and missions among youth. In Russia, the gap is growing between the discriminated-against non-Orthodox Christians and the Orthodox, between the ROC bureaucracy and Orthodox activists of different persuasions, between the ROCÂ’s leadership and the pro-democracy-minded part of society, between the desires of law enforcement organs and the aims of the missionaries of different churches, including the ROC. These conflicts are getting sharper because Russian society betrays more civility than the Russian state. Ordinary Russians are much more tolerant of those professing different beliefs than are the police and the prosecutorÂ’s office. And the trend toward aligning the governmentÂ’s policy with the interests of the ROC produces a boomerang effect: civil society criticizes priests and bishops from the Orthodox standpoint, not from an atheistic one. This is why the state has decided to safeguard itself against independent religious authority by heavily regulating it. Roman Lunkin is Senior Researcher at Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Center for Religious Studies in the Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences), a member of Russian team of Keston Institute (Oxford, UK) project “Encyclopedia of religious life in Russia Today”, editor-in-chief of the web-portal “Religion and Law” (www.sclj.ru), a public policy scholar in the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Kennan Institute (2011) and The Galina Starovoitova Fellowship scholar of the Kennan Institute (2017).

Yes it is obvious that Jesus is the head of the Congregation and we should never question what he does either in the First Century or today. As regards all the arguments by the poster about the parousia it is obvious that the truth is "simple" for Jesus himself defines the meaning of parousia not as a moment in time such as a judgement day but rather as the "DAYS of Noah" a period of time where people would do normal things but ignore the "signs" around them. Mt. 24 Luke 17:26 "presence...DAYS of the SON OF MAN" That Jesus’ pa·rou·siʹa is not simply a momentary coming followed by a rapid departure but is, rather, a presence covering a period of time is also indicated by his words recorded at Matthew 24:37-39 and Luke 17:26-30. Here “the days of Noah” are compared to “the presence of the Son of man” (“the days of the Son of man,” in Luke’s account). Jesus, therefore, does not limit the comparison just to the coming of the Deluge as a final climax during Noah’s days, though he shows that his own “presence” or “days” will see a similar climax. Since “the days of Noah” actually covered a period of years, there is basis for believing that the foretold “presence [or “days”] of the Son of man” would likewise cover a period of some years, being climaxed by the destruction of those not giving heed to the opportunity afforded them to seek deliverance. In regards to all your other questions you posted about Jehovah's Witnesses please hear the talk below. Do You Appreciate Jehovahs Representatives.mp3

According to that line of reasoning no one on earth has authority to interpret Scripture since all are sinners. So if everyone is wrong what is the point of being in any religion at all. I believe that Jesus is the head of the Congregation and he has the authority and has given the authority to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses to interpret things like the meaning of 1914 or things related to chronology, Gentile Times or anything else. Jehovah has not given interpretational authority to bloggers on the Internet anymore than He would to Korah and his 250 rebels against the interpretational authority of Moses to speak for God. Jehovah has always led his people with imperfect people. Moses was about to lead the Israelites OUT of Egypt yet he "turned around" and went back in the opposite direction! The Egyptians thought they were "wandering in confusion" and even some of God's people said "What have YOU done to us by leading us out of Egypt? - That was said to who? Moses an 80 year old man with probably poor eyesight. {Ex. 14:11}. Some did not realize the big picture here. That Jehovah was the one leading the Congregation and if he wants us to do or believe in something "wrong" then is it not up to Him. Perhaps you do not have all the facts. such as the fact that Jehovah was setting a trap. Or the fact that Christendom's teachings and interpretations such as chronology could be in error. So of course we do not have all the facts about 1914 or God's Name in the NT or any number of other teachings but sometimes Jehovah has reasons for what He does and no "scholar" will be able to figure that out with any kind of "chronology" Was it right or wrong for Moses to go in the "opposite" direction? We must be humble enough to realize that Jesus has been appointed head of the Congregation and He will direct it in any way He wishes and therefore we are to "Be obedient to those taking the lead among you and be submissive." Heb 13:17. Some on this blog may think they should have "personal Christian freedom of interpretation" such as Christendom has. "Is it ONLY by Moses that Jehovah has spoken? Has he not also spoken through us? But remember when you say such things "Jehovah was listening" Num 12:1,2. And even Korah said the same idea: "We have had enough of you! The whole assembly is holy, ALL of them, and Jehovah is in their midst. Why, then, should you exalt yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah? Num 16:1-3. And why did Aaron get a free pass when he got it wrong several times ? Seems like a double-standard if they didn't have consequences for teaching incorrect ideas to millions of others. But who are we to question Jehovah's way of running HIS Congregation back then OR today. Do You Appreciate Jehovahs Representatives.mp3 God's people once believed the "superior authorities" were the human Governments but then in 1929 "changed" to Jehovah and Jesus! It was the "opposite direction" Was that wrong? The brothers had no idea a war was coming ten years later and this changed teaching protected them and enabled them to win dozens of Supreme Court victories...and then changed back and improved to relative subjection to human Governments. Did the head of the Congregation Jesus have a reason for those changes in doctrine? Who are we to question His authority to change anything? Could changes be for something we do not understand or something in the future we cannot possibly see yet? If something "doesn't make any sense" then there is probably a reason for that. LOYALTY is sticking to someone out of love even if we do not have all the answers and even if they are imperfect. Jehovah is With His People.mp3 This talk will bring shivers up your spine! {1914 Meps...Supreme Court....} Jehovah really is in control!

Here is another partial list from my ebay site that may be useful in research as well I have all of these in my store/library: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Collecting-Watchtower-Research-Books-/10000000188341192/g.html 1914 and the Last Days Parousia of the KING The Age of Turbulance Flu 1918 Pandemic Forth Horseman Pandemonium The Age of Uncertainty The Fall of Dynasties The Generation of 1914 A World Undone 1914 The War That Ended Peace 1914 Our World Through the Ages July 1914 [Sean McMeekin] Catastrophe...1914 [Hastings] Evidence, History and the Great War : Historians and the Impact of 1914 - 1918 Disposable People "Vincent Word Studies in NT" V1 MT 24:3 PRESENCE "Greek Eng. Lexicon NT" Bauer Arndt Gingrich parousia "PAROUSIA" 1884 Warren Matt. 24:3 Presence KING 1914 "Gospel St Matthew M'Neile" JEHOVAH PAROUSIA "Mitchell New Testament" PAROUSIA New American Standard Concord. Dictionary PAROUSIA Robertson Word pictures V. 1 Matt. Mark PAROUSIA Mt 24:3 Liddell Scott Greek English Lexicon Parousia Robertson Expositors Greek V. 1 PAROUSIA Mt 24:3; "Interlinear Bible" J. Green Presence Parousia "Thayers" Greek English Lexicon Parousia "Dictionary NT Theology" Parousia of KING Emphatic Diaglott Presence J-21 Commentary on New Test. Matthew 1886 "Presence" Cambridge Greek Testament Matthew 1894 "Presence" Pulpit Commentary" V 15 Matthew PRESENCE ROTHERHAM" Emphasized Bible Presence The Kingdom New Testament" [Wright] MT 24:3 "Presence... KING" Young's Literal Translation" Holy Bible Presence Holy Bible Modern Literal Version PRESENCE Matt. 24:3 The Unvarnished New Testament" Gaus Translation MT. 24:3 Notes on Matthew" JEHOVAH New Testament 1914 Matt. 24:3-14 Interlinear KJV - NIV New Testament Matt 24:3 presence Expository Dictionary Biblical Words by Vine The Four Gospels and Revelation" Lattimore Presence MT 24:3 Modern Matthew" Carr Translation "Presence" 21 st Century New Testament" Capel " presence " International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Vol 4 "Parousia" Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Vol. 3 "Parousia" Irwins Bible Commentary "Parousia" New Bible Dictionary "Parousia Eschatology"

And yet out of all those JW.ORG is the most translated of all 1.2 Billion and the #1 of all religious websites on earth. Since Jesus said the True faith would be the ones preaching in ALL the inhabited earth obviously we see that as being true since a few years after 2012 when the website first launched. Of course I still use Love as the predominant factor in identifying true religion but it is because of this love that the brothers did all this work in order to reach as many people as they can with the message. So it is connected to Jn. 13:35. We are the only one actually doing the WORK of Kingdom preaching. Why even the Roman Catholic Churches website [with over a billion members] is only translated in 10 languages whereas ours is 904 and climbing. And that is with all volunteer labor. You see before 2012 we could say we have the truth and give evidence to back it up from Scripture like the worldwide preaching work which many would need faith to see but these facts on the internet are secular quantitative facts that are supportive and undeniable as to where JW.org stands in relation to all the rest. And EVERYONE can now see it with their own eyes. The small one becoming a thousand and a mighty nation Jehovah would speed it up in His time. Could that time be now, just a few years before the beginning of the Great Tribulation?

Total websites today since 2015 is a staggering : 863 million in 2015 to an astonishing :

Also here is a list of the total number of actual Websites on earth since the beginning: Year (June) Websites Change Internet Users Users per Website Websites launched 2015 863,105,652 -11% 3,185,996,155* 3.7 2014 968,882,453 44% 2,925,249,355 3.0 2013 672,985,183 -3% 2,756,198,420 4.1 2012 697,089,489 101% 2,518,453,530 3.6 2011 346,004,403 67% 2,282,955,130 6.6 2010 206,956,723 -13% 2,045,865,660 9.9 Pinterest 2009 238,027,855 38% 1,766,206,240 7.4 2008 172,338,726 41% 1,571,601,630 9.1 Dropbox 2007 121,892,559 43% 1,373,327,790 11.3 Tumblr 2006 85,507,314 32% 1,160,335,280 13.6 Twttr 2005 64,780,617 26% 1,027,580,990 16 YouTube, Reddit 2004 51,611,646 26% 910,060,180 18 Thefacebook, Flickr 2003 40,912,332 6% 778,555,680 19 WordPress, LinkedIn 2002 38,760,373 32% 662,663,600 17 2001 29,254,370 71% 500,609,240 17 Wikipedia 2000 17,087,182 438% 413,425,190 24 Baidu 1999 3,177,453 32% 280,866,670 88 PayPal 1998 2,410,067 116% 188,023,930 78 Google 1997 1,117,255 334% 120,758,310 108 Yandex 1996 257,601 996% 77,433,860 301 1995 23,500 758% 44,838,900 1,908 Altavista, Amazon, AuctionWeb 1994 2,738 2006% 25,454,590 9,297 Yahoo 1993 130 1200% 14,161,570 108,935 1992 10 900% Aug. 1991 1 World Wide Web Project Source: NetCraft and Internet Live Stats (elaboration of data by Matthew Gray of MIT and Hobbes' Internet Timeline and Pingdom)

There are Scriptures that show how the work would progress and speed up before the end. I am sure with you background you can find them since there are to many to post.  {Also read all the posting I posted many there}. Obviously when the Watchtower was first printed at only 6,000 copies that did not mean it was the true religion just because of the quantity. Obviously many factors involved in identifying the true religion. But near the end of this system [but only if one believe we are at the end] would this make more sense to some What accounts for the incredible growth in Websites and computer technology and in JW.ORG rising above all the "Mountains and hills". Some say aliens must be involved since that is the best they can come up with. lol. Of course you could say aliens are involved if one means invisible spirit entities such as Jesus and the angels or even Satan takes his part to try and destroy as many as he can since he knows his time is short. But isn't it fascinating how Jehovah can use things from the world to HIS advantage. Remember who is really in charge and HIS purpose will have unfailing succes no matter what any of us actually do. The internet is now the primary way humans communicate. Why everyone now has a "smartphone" on their person 24/7. And it has become global to such an extent a major world power has actually BANNED JW.ORG in 2015 the first to do so ever on earth. And yet we are still at the top tells me all I need to know. Isa Chapter 2 To me it seems very odd the incredible growth in computer and internet technology in such as very short amount of time. History and Growth of the Internet from 1995 till Today Today the Internet continues to grow day by day making McLuhan's Global Village a reality. The following table shows the incredibly fast evolution of the Internet from 1995 till the present time:  DATE NUMBER OF USERS % WORLD POPULATION INFORMATION SOURCE     December, 1995 16 millions 0.4 % IDC December, 1996 36 millions 0.9 % IDC December, 1997 70 millions 1.7 % IDC December, 1998 147 millions 3.6 % C.I. Almanac December, 1999 248 millions 4.1 % Nua Ltd. March, 2000 304 millions 5.0 % Nua Ltd. July, 2000 359 millions 5.9 % Nua Ltd. December, 2000 361 millions 5.8 % Internet World Stats March, 2001 458 millions 7.6 % Nua Ltd. June, 2001 479 millions 7.9 % Nua Ltd. August, 2001 513 millions 8.6 % Nua Ltd. April, 2002 558 millions 8.6 % Internet World Stats July, 2002 569 millions 9.1 % Internet World Stats September, 2002 587 millions 9.4 % Internet World Stats March, 2003 608 millions 9.7 % Internet World Stats September, 2003 677 millions 10.6 % Internet World Stats October, 2003 682 millions 10.7 % Internet World Stats December, 2003 719 millions 11.1 % Internet World Stats February, 2004 745 millions 11.5 % Internet World Stats May, 2004 757 millions 11.7 % Internet World Stats October, 2004 812 millions 12.7 % Internet World Stats December, 2004 817 millions 12.7 % Internet World Stats March, 2005 888 millions 13.9 % Internet World Stats June, 2005 938 millions 14.6 % Internet World Stats September, 2005 957 millions 14.9 % Internet World Stats November, 2005 972 millions 15.2 % Internet World Stats December, 2005 1,018 millions 15.7 % Internet World Stats March, 2006 1,023 millions 15.7 % Internet World Stats June, 2006 1,043 millions 16.0 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2006 1,086 millions 16.7 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2006 1,093 millions 16.7 % Internet World Stats Mar, 2007 1,129 millions 17.2 % Internet World Stats June, 2007 1,173 millions 17.8 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2007 1,245 millions 18.9 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2007 1,319 millions 20.0 % Internet World Stats Mar, 2008 1,407 millions 21.1 % Internet World Stats June, 2008 1,463 millions 21.9 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2008 1,504 millions 22.5 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2008 1,574 millions 23.5 % Internet World Stats Mar, 2009 1,596 millions 23.8 % Internet World Stats June, 2009 1,669 millions 24.7 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2009 1,734 millions 25.6 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2009 1,802 millions 26.6 % Internet World Stats June, 2010 1,966 millions 28.7 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2010 1,971 millions 28.8 % Internet World Stats Mar, 2011 2,095 millions 30.2 % Internet World Stats Jun, 2011 2,110 millions 30.4 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2011 2,180 millions 31.5 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2011 2,267 millions 32.7 % Internet World Stats Mar, 2012 2,336 millions 33.3 % Internet World Stats June, 2012 2,405 millions 34.3 % Internet World Stats Sept, 2012 2,439 millions 34.8 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2012 2,497 millions 35.7 % I.T.U. Dec, 2013 2,802 millions 39.0 % Internet World Stats June, 2014 3,035 millions 42.3 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2014 3,079 millions 42.4 % Internet World Stats June, 2015 3,270 millions 45.0 % Internet World Stats Dec, 2015 3,366 millions 46.4 % Internet World Stats Jun. 2016 3,631 millions 49.5 % Internet World Stats Dec. 2016 3,696 millions 49.5 % Internet World Stats Mar. 2017 3,739 millions 49.6 % Internet World Stats

Yes the point I was making if one reads the post was about God's Kingdom and the other facts on Translation and so forth it was not about the "targeted questions". I could care less about those I just added those in originally for other types of search options one can do. Make sure you erase all search caches before doing the search however as I stated in the post which some others apparently did not read. and use a neutral computer like at the library which I also stated in the original post. With my Bible study I only typed in "God's Kingdom" {what true Christians are SUPPOSE to be preaching about} to show him and the top was JW and that convinced him. As for the ratings well that was just icing on the cake making that fact concrete and helping that family see that JW have the truth after all. I just think it is remarkable [not the questions people search for but] that JW are #1 religious website in the world as being most visited when we just got started a few yeas ago. Even in "Catholic" countires like Italy!!! And being most translated is a given for the True Religion as many Scriptures indicate.

To tell you the truth I had no intention of posting this again I was just editing a number that was off to update it so I could print it out but when I edited it it "posted" it again. LOL But as I have noticed apostates often do us a favor in publicizing the Witnesses or rather Jehovah uses them to His advantage as he did with Russian apostates like Dvorkin and the anti-cultists. Why are they here? I often ask that of others including myself with no ill intention to others or myself. Â

Which test did you do? Did you put in the same search criteria as you said you did in your p. 8 post? Yes Did you log into your Chrome or Google account on the Library computer? No  Why are you here? Haters will hate so i've read compare Muslims to Jehovah's Witnesses !!! How do people in general feel?  http://www.religioustolerance.org/aboutus.htm Don't want to go to jail? Change your faith  Say shibboleth.  Â

Yes about the web browser thingy I did this test at the Public Library {therefore hopefully a neutral ground browsers not tainted by apostates or Witnesses browsing} and unless most of the people using that particular computer were JW well...you get the idea. And of course that dosen't negate the facts about the most important fact I mentioned about JW being now the most read website of all religious websites AND being the most translated.  BTW it is now up to 904 languages.  Of course apostates are not going to like these facts but...oh well deal with it. The fact you mentioned about the apostates reveals who we are as the true religion. Just look at religioustolerance website and compare the JW with ANY other and you will see we are the MOST hated religion in the world by far. Who is banned in Russia? Muslims? lol

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KAZAKHSTAN SUPREME COURT ISSUES DECISION IN FAVOR OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES Bud v teme, 28 July 2017 By a decision in the case of A.O. Korolev of 1 June 2017, the Supreme Court of the republic of Kazakhstan reversed the decision of all lower courts and thereby showed the insubstantiality of the accusation against Jehovah's Witnesses of "illegal missionary activity." This decision once again confirmed the right of Jehovah's Witnesses to peacefully and respectfully share their convictions with their neighbors and fellow citizens, participating in activity useful for society, supporting the principles of high morality, abstaining from bad habits, and showing mutual respect. This decision was added to eight previous decisions of the Supreme Court in the Jehovah's Witnesses' favor, which confirm and protect the freedoms of expression and religious confession of each citizen of our country, according to international and constitutional norms. The acting chairman of the Committee for Religious Affairs of the Ministry for Affairs of Religions and Civil Society, Mr. Erkin Ongarbaev, in his interview of 25 July 2017 commented on these decisions, made after the issuance of a protest by the prosecutor general's office of the republic of Kazakhstan, as a positive development of events. Earlier, on 19 July 2017, the minister for religious affairs and civil society, Mr. Nurlan Ermekbaev, noted that "Jehovah's Witnesses are continuing to conduct their activity in accordance with the legislation throughout Kazakhstan." Press Service of Jehovah's Witnesses (tr. by PDS, posted 1 August 2017) Related article: Kazakhstan explains temporary suspension of Jehovah's Witnesses

This actually came for Eastern Ukraine, not sure why it mentions Germany unless it is a misprint or mistranslation from Russian. Please give a" source" as to why this is not "true" however. Thanks.

The Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Moldova has recognized as extremist the printed materials of the sect of "Jehovah's Witnesses" The Supreme Court of the People's Democratic Republic of Germany adopted a decision on the recognition of extremist printed materials as "The Point of View of the Bible. Has Christianity crashed? "And" Will you follow the loving leadership of Jehovah? ", Published by the sect of" Jehovah's Witnesses ". This today, July 28, reported the press service of the Supreme Court of the People's Democratic Republic of France. According to experts of the National Center of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of the DNI, the texts contain information inciting religious hatred, and promotes excellence in the contextual level, "Jehovah's Witnesses" in relation to other Christians. At the request of the General Prosecutor's Office of the People's Democratic Republic of Germany, with representation in defense of the interests of the Republic, the court decided to satisfy the submission and to recognize the materials as extremist, banning their publication in the territory of the People's Republic of China. It should be noted that today the organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" is not banned in the territory of the People's Democratic Republic, but some of the materials it distributes are recognized by the court as extremist. Source: http://dnr-online.ru/verxovnyj-sud-dnr-priznal-ekstremistskimi-pechatnye-materialy-sekty-svidetelej-iegovy/ | Официальный сайт Донецкой Народной Республики ©