Question 1: In 100 years, it will either be radically changed, more like mainstream Christian religions, or it will have almost no growth. Unfortunately, I dont think it will ever be gone. Even if we assume that a person would have to be abnormal to join it (which I dont think is the case), there will always be those to whom the ideas will speak and sound like The Truth. Lets face it, there are people here to whom it spoke and made sense, people who can think clearly and for themselves, but for one reason or another just didnt do that for some time.

Question 2: I am wondering if we are seeing it now, with the disappointing growth from last year, or maybe it is just like the stock market, a roller coaster, but the trend over a long time period is ever upward. Class action lawsuits could hurt them, a major scandal, but they always seem to slip by those like greased lightning. If there was a major schism among the governing body, one that divided them down the middle and that was too important for them to wait on Jehovah, it would cause confusion among the sheep and there would be a mass falling away. But then, they have already survived one of those.

Here is a question for you, Ronnie: How long are you prepared to keep this board running? I think you (and we) could out last the bastards! I sure would like to try...