Hi everyone

I'm pleased to announce that despite some considerable teething troubles (of which many of you will be aware!), the 2011 Survey of JWs is back on the road! There is no need for any donations, so none will be asked for in any way, shape or form. All we want are your RESPONSES!! Obviously, if you have already taken part in this survey, we don't need to hear from you again, and you should be blocked from entering anyway. However, if you haven't yet taken part in the survey, now is the time to do so:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T7ZM5ZC

For those of you who are unfamiliar - the purpose of the survey is to gather as much information as possible about how current and former JWs TRULY feel about the Governing Body and its teachings. There is no reliable alternative way of gathering this kind of information, and we feel that a survey such as this, which will be conducted annually, should help to shed light on how ordinary members and former members of the faith genuinely feel about the organization, and its leadership. All responses to the survey are made anonymously, so you have absolutely nothing to fear from taking part. Once the responses have all been gathered, they will be published in a report for the attention of the Governing Body and the world's media.

Without divulging too much information prematurely, a very kind and technically-gifted member of this forum has come up with a solution whereby the survey will be able to continue indefinitely without any need for donations etc. The current surveymonkey survey will expire on 19th October, to be replaced by an identical FREE survey that will include all of the results that have previously been accumulated. An announcement will be made nearer the time with the exact details.

So far 537 responses have been gathered since the survey began on 19th September. I realise that this is a very modest figure, and for the results to be meaningful we need considerably more responses, however we have been hindered in gathering responses over the past two weeks for a variety of reasons, and hopefully now the main problems have been resolved we can proceed unhindered and gather as many responses as possible before the end of the year.

As before, I am interested in any feedback that you may have to offer. Helpful suggestions on this thread and previous threads will be used for a revised version of the survey which will be launched on 1st January for the duration of 2012.

I will be updating this thread survey with a summary of the results as they stand.

I think that's everything! If you have any comments or questions, please let me know!

Cedars

FANTASTIC !!!!!

 GO CEDARS!!!

YEAH!

I just really want to thank you for all your hard work. I already took the survey but am glad it is back.

LITS

Thanks everyone, reports of the survey's demise were greatly exaggerated!

Do it!  Everyone should do it (I did it the first time around...).  NOT in the hopes of bringing about the demise of the WTBTS (SA spits and exclaims "Ack, vey, oh no, no one wants THAT!")... but perhaps to at least try and help make the "life" of those inside... and their loved ones now on the outside... just a TAD bit more... ummmmm... bearable.

True, our dear loved ones (family and friends) still inside her are captives... and slaves.  But we all know that hardships they're undergoing and burdenous loads they're carrying.  Sure, they are "loving" it, CHOOSING it... but that's because they truly don't know any better... or have the courage (yet) to bring their own suffering to an end.  Would we wish such loads and tyrannies on our enemies?  With rare exception, I don't think we would. 

Do I think the WTBTS will listen?  Heck, no.  But one never knows... and love... HOPES all things.  Even that perhaps this "Rehoboam"-ish harlot WILL listen.  But who knows:  maybe their failure to do so will result in a further "dividing" of "Israel".  Sad and unfortunate, but better than nothing.

Thank you, dear cedars, for making this available... and working out the concerning "kinks."

Peace to you!

A [hopeful] slave of Christ,

SA, who thinks that, perhaps, for the first time something should be "spammed"... or at least the board mods should consider having a separate "room" entitled "Surveys" where anyone can post a survey thread (hey, yeah, how about that last one?)

So far 537 responses have been gathered since the survey began on 19th September. I realise that this is a very modest figure,....Cedars

             Give it time..People come and go here..

They show up every once in a while and are gone again..

                       As news of your survey grows..

                               Momentum will build..

                                                                .......................;-)...OUTLAW

People come and go here

I think I'm gonna send a personal email to every [ex]JW I know... that I think would take it, dear OUTLAW (the greatest of love and peace to you, my dear friend!).  I'll let them know that it was created by current JWs... and I "accidentally" ran across it (which is true:  I wasn't looking for it, here), so they won't think "apostate" from the get go.  I just think they should know it exists.

Peace, dear one!

Your servant, friend, and a slave of Christ,

SA

2011 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Results as of 4^th October 2011 (88 days remaining)

Number of respondents: 552

Current status of respondents:

Active…………………..16.4%…..90

Inactive………………..34.7%…..190

Disfellowshipped….15.3%…..84

Disassociated……….25.5%…..140

Never baptized…….8%…..44

“Calling” of respondents:

Anointed*…………….3.9%…..14

Great Crowd…………34.5%…..125

Neither………………….61.6%…..223

Note, of the 14 who claimed to be of the anointed, 6 are active witnesses.

Reasons for leaving organization:

I broke a bible command……………………….9.2%…..25

I went against the policies of JWs………..15.1%…..41

I disagreed with the teachings of JWs….69.5%…..189

I would rather not say……………………………6.3%…..17

Positions of respondents:

Ministerial Servants…………………….6.5%…..30…..(17 are active)

Elders…………………………………………..3.5%…..16…..(8 are active)

Circuit Overseers………………………..0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

District Overseers……………………….0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)

Branch Committee Members………0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

Gilead graduates / missionaries…0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

MTS (or BSSB) graduates………….0.9%…..4…..(1 is active)

Bethel volunteers……………………….1.1%…..5…..(1 is active)

Regular pioneers………………………..3.5%…..16…..(9 are active)

Special pioneers…………………………0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)

None of the above……………………..88.7%…..407…..(57 are active)

Beliefs/practices disagreed with (most contentious in bold):

Shunning…………………………………………………………….93.6%…..516

Blood transfusions………………………………………………88%…..485

Paedophilia – judicial matter rather than crime.92.7%…..511

Paedophiles not barred from serving as elders…83.1%…..458

Paedophiles – two witness rule………………………….88.7%…..489

Paedophiles - names kept confidential……………..85.7%…..472

Bible prophecy…………………………………………………….82.4%…..454

Governing Body as God’s sole channel……………..89.8%…..495

Governing Body – no contact with remnant……..75%…..413

Increasing light concept……………………………………..89.3%…..492

Stance on higher education………….………..94.7%…..522

Stance on extra-curricular sports……………………….88%…..485

Only anointed partake of emblems…………………….62.4%…..344

Treatment of women…………………………………………..75%…..413

Masturbation………………………………………………………..78%…..430

Birthdays……………………………………………………………..89.1%…..491

Beards………………………………………………………………….89.1%…..491

Apostates = mentally diseased…………………………..89.8%…..495

Fall of Jerusalem in 607 BCE………………………………82.6%…..455

Christ only a mediator for 144,000……………………80.9%…..446

Evolution……………………………………………………………..61.5%…..339

Others not mentioned………………………………..………29.2%…..161

Agree with Governing Body*………………….………….2.2%…..12

*Of the 12 who ticked that they agreed with the Governing Body, 7 appear to be genuine, based on their other entries on the survey. 5 evidently ticked the box mistakenly.

The UN / NGO Scandal:

Knew about it………..73.9%…..402

Didn’t know…………….26.3%..…143

Of the 143 who said they didn’t know, 18 were active publishers.

All comments are subject to review and will be posted separately if it is appropriate to do so.

Good Morning Shelby!..

                                                              Knowing it`s a Current JW doing a survey..

                                                          Is going to make all the difference in the world..

                                                                              JW`s are like Lemmings..

                                                                        Where one goes the rest follow..

                                                                   There are times while I`m posting Here..

                                                       I`m also texting to someone in a JW/WBT$ Assembly..

                                                                         Sometimes in a Kingdom Hall..

                                        JW`s get bored at those Venues..What if I gave them Something to do?..

                                                      We should send the WBT$ GB a Gigantic bottle of Aspirin..

                                                                They are about to have a Huge Headache..

                                                                                                                                       ........................ ...OUTLAW

I did mine.   Id rather a slot for faders rather than click inactive.

 I am so glad this is still going. I think facebook will help me direct more people to the survey. I know of entire familys that have left in the last 5 years. So many young ones are just thrown away like trash.  The youth are giving up. They need to know that there is life outside the borg.

Thanks for all the kind comments of support, and the feedback is always useful too.

We're now on 593 responses - I wonder can we make it over the 600 mark before I publish the results to date?

@cedars: I also appreciate the information and effort. I took the survey the first time around, but I am hoping that more take it! Keep posting the stats updates, as you did above. That was very nice to look over, especially the beliefs/practices section.

Thanks!

MeanMrMustard

Hi MeanMrMustard, thanks very much for your support! Hopefully the stats will get more and more interesting as the number of respondents grow. I'm really hoping we can atleast make it into the thousands before the end of the year.

Cedars

 Way to go cedars! Great job!

CoC

We're on 598 now, I'm just waiting for two more responses and then I'll publish the results so far!

2011 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Results as of 5^th October 2011 (87 days remaining)

Number of respondents: 600

Current status of respondents:

Active…………………..15.7%…..94

Inactive………………..35.9%…..215

Disfellowshipped….15%…..90

Disassociated……….25.5%…..153

Never baptized…….7.8%…..47

“Calling” of respondents:

Anointed*…………….3.5%…..14

Great Crowd…………33.5%…..133

Neither………………….63%…..250

Note, of the 14 who claimed to be of the anointed, 6 are active witnesses.

Reasons for leaving organization:

I broke a bible command……………………….8.6%…..26

I went against the policies of JWs………..14.6%…..44

I disagreed with the teachings of JWs….70.5%…..213

I would rather not say……………………………6.3%…..19

Positions of respondents:

Ministerial Servants…………………….6%…..30…..(17 are active)

Elders…………………………………………..3.6%…..18…..(9 are active)

Circuit Overseers………………………..0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

District Overseers……………………….0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)

Branch Committee Members………0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

Gilead graduates / missionaries…0.0%…..0…..(0 are active)

MTS (or BSSB) graduates………….0.8%…..4…..(1 is active)

Bethel volunteers……………………….1%…..5…..(1 is active)

Regular pioneers………………………..3.6%…..18…..(9 are active)

Special pioneers…………………………0.2%…..1…..(1 is active)

None of the above……………………..89.1%…..449…..(60 are active)

Beliefs/practices disagreed with (most contentious in bold):

Shunning…………………………………………………………….93.5%…..559

Blood transfusions………………………………………………88.1%…..527

Paedophilia – judicial matter rather than crime.92.6%…..554

Paedophiles not barred from serving as elders…82.4%…..493

Paedophiles – two witness rule………………………….88.6%…..530

Paedophiles - names kept confidential……………..85.3%…..510

Bible prophecy…………………………………………………….82.8%…..495

Governing Body as God’s sole channel……………..90.5%…..541

Governing Body – no contact with remnant……..75.1%…..449

Increasing light concept……………………………………..89.8%…..537

Stance on higher education…………………...94.8%…..567

Stance on extra-curricular sports……………………….88.3%…..528

Only anointed partake of emblems…………………….63.5%…..380

Treatment of women…………………………………………..75.1%…..449

Masturbation………………………………………………………..77.9%…..466

Birthdays……………………………………………………………..89.5%…..535

Beards………………………………………………………………….89.3%…..534

Apostates = mentally diseased…………………………..90.0%…..538

Fall of Jerusalem in 607 BCE………………………………83.3%…..498

Christ only a mediator for 144,000……………………80.9%…..484

Evolution……………………………………………………………..61.7%…..369

Others not mentioned………………………………..………29.3%…..175

Agree with Governing Body*………………….………….2.2%…....13

*Of the 13 who ticked that they agreed with the Governing Body, 8 appear to be genuine, based on their other entries on the survey. 5 evidently ticked the box mistakenly.

The UN / NGO Scandal:

Knew about it………..73.7%…..435

Didn’t know…………….26.4%..…156

Of the 156 who said they didn’t know, 18 were active publishers.

All comments are subject to review and will be posted separately if it is appropriate to do so.

Here's the thing that's most interesting to me. There is a "spiritually strong" congregation on the surface that is apostate. Granted, you're likely of that mindset if you've found the survey but stunning nonetheless:

94 "active"

9 elders, 17 MS, 9 reg pioneers and even 1 MTS grad

How many congregations would love to have stats like that? Impressive indeed.

What I pull away from this is that there may be a lot more folks like me ("active" but unbelieving) than I think.

Very encouraging brother!!!

marking