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| | It's fairly obvious that a coordinated attack is not the same as "providing legitimate information". If the two gentlemen I block have reason to give credence to the sources supplied, I wonder why they felt it more important to repeat their changes than to explain them. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:31, 30 April 2008 (EDT) | | It's fairly obvious that a coordinated attack is not the same as "providing legitimate information". If the two gentlemen I block have reason to give credence to the sources supplied, I wonder why they felt it more important to repeat their changes than to explain them. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:31, 30 April 2008 (EDT) |
| | :What's "94% voluntary dropout rate" mean? Does it mean that only 6% of the Church is left, or that 94% of dropouts are voluntary? I'm confused.-[[User:LawrenceA|LawrenceA]] 10:53, 14 November 2008 (EST) | | :What's "94% voluntary dropout rate" mean? Does it mean that only 6% of the Church is left, or that 94% of dropouts are voluntary? I'm confused.-[[User:LawrenceA|LawrenceA]] 10:53, 14 November 2008 (EST) |
| − | ::Out of more than 100,000 full-time members living in church members for at least 6 months, only 5,860 remained in 2001. So 6,000 out of 100,000 were left. Simple math. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:56, 14 November 2008 (EST) | + | ::Out of more than 100,000 full-time members who had ever lived in US church members for at least 6 months, only 5,860 remained in 2001. So 6,000 out of 100,000 were left. Simple math. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:56, 14 November 2008 (EST) |
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| | What these extraordinary figures mean, at the risk of belaboring the obvious, is that the church never had an effective [[mind control]] technique. People just kept walking away, probably due to the high demands on their time. | | What these extraordinary figures mean, at the risk of belaboring the obvious, is that the church never had an effective [[mind control]] technique. People just kept walking away, probably due to the high demands on their time. |
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| | Rev. Moon had actually suggested that church leaders take better care of members and not overwork them, but many of them didn't listen. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:58, 14 November 2008 (EST) | | Rev. Moon had actually suggested that church leaders take better care of members and not overwork them, but many of them didn't listen. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:58, 14 November 2008 (EST) |