There's been a little bit *too much* of an increase here for the WT's comfort. When it was smaller they could pass it off but now it's getting worse.

It's true though, these really used to be sacred statistics. If any of us suggested to our families that some of the remnant were mentally ill before the WT printed this it would have started a war. I bet most of them won't even blink when they read this. It's like they don't understand what the words are really saying. Cacky I agree, it is completely infuriating.

So why the sudden unprecedented influx of crazies who think they're of the anointed? I guess they're the only ones still taking the magazines.

Last time I went to the Memorial two years ago, a guy who had just recently been baptized partook. He apparently claims to be of the anointed from what I've gathered based on overheard conversations between family members. How this guy thinks he could be one of God's chosen few when there's people outdoing him in service by 30-40+ years is beyond me. When I was last there he wasn't even an elder. Clearly something off there.

"And you can see them there, on Sunday morning.
They stand up and sing about, what it's like up there.
They call it paradise, I don't know why.
You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye."

        
-Eagles: The Last Resort


 Dave