Where is the Statistics Here?

My dear sisters and brothers,

It was not my intention to get a single ray of limelight. Lest I'll be hit with

lightning and vanish in thin air.

Since the survey results are out to which I participated in obedience to RG's

call, I would like to manja with our boys like Venric or Rene if they would like

to put some explanation on the significance of the results.

Mga kuya, before you say something, can I make some senseless thoughts in a form

of questions please?

First, there are less than 200 members in this group and only about 20 something

participated. From the statistical point of view, does the outcome make sense? Do they

represent the whole group? In my little brain-nut as Mely puts it, if this were a project

or a thesis, I would challenge the results and make questions on the process by which the

survey was made. I'm sorry RG but why was the survey in a hurry? Some of our family

members who only open their mail twice a month will not have a chance to voice out I guess.

From a simple illustration, I cannot be represented by my hand nor my feet on this results.

Of course, you would say that I was a good representation. Of those who participated

or the whole group?

Honestly mga Kuyas, I have difficulty appreciating surveys in the christian context because

a.) When Abraham negotiated for Lot when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha,

did God used statistic? I think God looks at individual and not trends and medians.

Or maybe yes, because everyone was evil God destroyed them.

b.) When Jesus used the parable of the lost sheep, did he not said " Will he not leave

the 99 and loook for the lost sheep, and when He finds it, he will rejoice in it"?

Where is statistics here?

c.) There are about 2 members of the group who are consistently inclined to be negative

on their responses, shall the Nav leadership brush them off because its not what the majority feels?

Of course not!, they would try to reach out to everyone.

d.) Had the christian organization not so distant past stopped sending missionaries to

Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea because they were eaten alive and that in more

than 5 years no one had been converted to christianity, would we hear a single soul being

saved today in those countries? Where is statistics?

e.) If RG will not find Amir in their search for 3 or 4 years and that their family friends will

not embrace Jesus, shall we remove our support to their endeavours because based on statistics

they have not done their jobs?

f.) I think some in the ulay division will really appreciate your comments.

I still have other thoughts but I think we all have enough in our plates.

Take your time Kuya. And thank you for giving me life in here. I might stay a little longer.

On a ligheter side, I think some ideas are brewing when Ruby shared somethin like

paid...staff, ...fund raising... and Edd also mentioned about funds,... management.. .

needy staff... Could anyone make a good business case on this? This should be a good

outcome of the survey.

Thanks Ruby and Mely. Its nice to be welcomed. And Lani, impressions does not

hold in statistics either he he he he. Sungit ano?

Daghan salamat,

Oxy