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  Not viewed as a JW if not reported for 6 months?

  by kramer in

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  2. beliefs

  hi, i seem to remember that the society have said that you are not viewed as a witness if you have not reported for 6 months.. does this ring any bells?

  someone i know has been called for a judicial, even though she has said she doesn’t believe and is not not attending meetings and hasn’t for 6 months.what she did was 12 months ago when she was a witness.. she is not sure whether she should turn up or not, as turning up shows she thinks she answers to elders still.

  but also doesn’t want to be automatically disfellowshipped which may happen if she doesn’t turn up.. if there is an article to quote saying someone inactive isn’t seen as a witness, this would be helpful.. any thoughts?.

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  I 'm pretty sure a warning letter from a lawyer will halt any action before it begins.
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  Unsung Movie Villains

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!

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  So no GOAT villains - gotcha.

  Cept I forgot all the forgotten ones.
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  Watchtower disputes $200K tax bill from Newburgh

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180904/watchtower-disputes-200k-tax-bill-from-newburgh.

  town of newburgh — the watchtower bible and tract society of new york is challenging nearly $200,000 in fire and other special district taxes assessed for three town of newburgh properties, including two hotels the organization bought to house volunteers helping build its world headquarters in warwick.. in a petition filed in orange county court last month, the umbrella organization for jehovah’s witnesses claimed that the town “either unintentionally as a mistake or intentionally and without lawful authority” miscoded the former hilton on crossroads court and the former hampton inn on route 300 for 2016, 2017 and this year.. with a combined market value of nearly $23 million, the hotel properties were not assessed town, county and school taxes for those years.

  but the town assessed $196,000 charges for the orange lake fire district and lighting and water districts during those years.. newburgh also assessed $1,600 in special district taxes over three years for a vacant commercial property watchtower owns at route 17k and route 300.. “petitioner would not be required to pay the resulting unjust charges if its exemption from taxes had been justly, correctly, and lawfully granted and administered,” watchtower’s attorneys wrote in the organization’s petition in county court.. watchtower bought the two hotel properties in 2014 as it built its 1.6 million-square-foot headquarters on kings drive in warwick.

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  Imagine if everyone whoever slaved for WT for years asked for their money owed.

  Never happen but funny to imagine..

  Bitch betta have my money...
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  Unsung Movie Villains

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!

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  Oo who could forget Agent Smith from The Matrix.

  BTW everything you need to know about life you can learn from The Wizard of Oz, Fight Club and The Matrix - IMO just sayin.
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  JWs and 9-11. What was your reaction when it happened?

  by kairos in

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  2. friends

  it was shocking.. all these years later, i found myself crying for the dead for the first time..

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  Shock horror deep pain for the victims as their plight unfolded, mesmerized, couldn't take my eyes off the telly.

  Then became fascinated with the crime itself how it happened, the logisics, jet fuel, steel melting, freefalling buildings etc etc and have remained intrigued by it ever since.

  I think the arnchair forensic research stuff was my way of coping with the unthinkable that if it could happen in the middle of NY it could happen anywhere.
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  Unsung Movie Villains

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!

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  Not a "villain" per say unsung or otherwise more of an antihero persona but the Tyler Durden character from Fight Club is one of my favourite characters of all time from one of my favourite movies of all time.
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  Serena William is 'fighting for women'?!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  so serena williams lost the us open final 6-2, 6-4 to naomi osaka, her japanese-american opponent.. williams received three code violations from the umpire, carlos ramos: .

  1. a warning for illegal coaching (subsequently admitted by williams's coach).

  2. a point penalty for smashing her racquet.

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  Cartoonists/caricaturists are on thin ice career wise anyway in this increasingly PC world.

  They take a persons most prominent/dominant features and accentuate them in an unflattering drawing if they were to never caricature people of different races and religions would that be "not depicting diversity" I wonder.

  Charlie Hebdo cartoonists got killed for their art didn't they?
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  Who Do You Think Will Be The Nominees For President In The Next US Election?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i think trump will be the nominee for the republicans and the democrats... i have no clue.

  i hope bernie sanders runs again and wonder if hillary would dare go for a rematch..

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  Michelle Obama?
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  Unsung Movie Villains

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!

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  The Sherrif of Nottingham as played by Alan Rickman in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
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  Unsung Movie Villains

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!

  xd.

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  Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects.