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  Did You Get Invited to the Memorial?

  by Ding in

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  i'm just wondering if jws keep inviting you back or if they've given up on you.. they haven't invited me for years..

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  adjusted knowledge

  no, did it already pass?
  
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  ...the relief of Congregation Members

  by Lostandfound in

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  just clearing out all old stuff and came across tyhis line in my copy of the uk memorandum of constitution, passed by each uk cong in (i think) 1997).

  this line bemused me as i know of no witness who ever receiver financial help from their congregation.

  clause 4.2.4 read for other charitable purposes including the relief of congregation members who are in conditions of need hardship or distress.

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  adjusted knowledge

  I never in my 15 year association with the Watchtower know of it giving material help to members. There was help given in the congregation but it came from the pockets of a few generous elders. The clean up and repairs done for example in Home Stead Florida during I think hurricane Andrew did help some members but was more of a PR stunt.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact #11 - Tiktaalik

  by cofty in

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  one of the biggest gulfs that life has had to cross was the transition from sea to dry land.. fish have conical shaped heads, reptiles have flat heads.

  fish have no necks; their heads are attached to their shoulders by a series of bony plates.

  land-dwelling animals all have necks; their heads can move independently of their shoulders.

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  http://evolbiol.ru/docs/docs/large_files/why_evolution_is_true.pdf
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  I COLLECT QUOTES. . . Here are some of my favorites

  by Terry in

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  please post your favorites too.

  my favorite quotations:.

  you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.. don’t think of cost.

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  If it smells like cologne leave it alone.
  
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by FormerlySandL in

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  i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

  i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

  as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.

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  I don't believe but I do hold out there is a possibility. Once abiogenesis has been confirmed and proof provided, then the final nail in the coffin of my doubt will be hammered away.
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  Why dont you go to the memorial?

  by atomant in

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  l guess we all have our own reasons and thought it would give insight to others considering going to reconsider and not go.

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  I don't even remember the last memorial I attended. It most be over 15 years? I've been to 1 assembly and about 13 regular meetings two years ago, to see if this religion has changed any. The talks are the same, long boring, and only tears down a person. Was a mistake on my part as it took months to get the local elders to leave me alone.
  

  Their version of the memorial is no different. It simply separates people into two different classes. And even now that 2nd class by their new teaching means nothing. Pointless to attend imo
  
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  2 Videos If You Want Them!

  by Atlantis in

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  some videos that just came in if you want them... you became so beloved to us.. .. http://we.tl/9parpjipfz.

  .. new instruction video.

  .. http://we.tl/bklkzuavfs.

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  adjusted knowledge

  I think the JW that monitor sites like this or watch videos to get deleted are probably the helpers. The helpers are the next one in line for the GB job. To be a demigod and worshiped probably helps their delusional minds.
  
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  garbage removed.

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  I agree with most of what you wrote.
  

  I rather not quibble on the Bernie/FDR comparison. I've read a few biographies on FDR and the two men have some similarities but I don't agree with assertion that Bernie is an FDR democrat. So I'm going to just go by memory and you can correct me if I'm wrong since it is your position and not mine.

  But I thought FDR didn't support a complete universal health care it was actually Truman that proposed a truly universal health care. FDR was focused only on the needy where Truman's plan was for all.

  On a personal level these two men couldn't be further apart. FDR was born into wealth and married into wealth. He attended the best private schools and the elite colleges. He was cousin to a former USA president and had connections Bernie never had.
  
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  After leaving what did you Major in?

  by Luther bertrand in

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  i am curious if my observations are correct.

  i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.

  i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.

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  adjusted knowledge

  BS in Business Administration with minor in Accounting and Information Systems

  BS in Health Informatics

  Working on BSN (I have 1 1/2 year of nursing school left) career change for me
  
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  And unless you make over 250,000 your taxes won't increase.

  Not true. A policy or proposal should be strong enough to stand on its own merit. Your lying about it undermines the message Bernie Sanders is giving. Taxes will rise for all in a variation of forms including capital gain taxes and a tax to subsidize universal health coverage which includes those under $250,000 earned income.

  Source: The Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy research organization, found that Sanders’ plan would lead to 10.56% lower after-tax income for all taxpayers, and a 17.91% lower after-tax income for the wealthiest Americans. When accounting for reduced GDP, taxpayers would see their after-tax incomes fall by 12.84% on average, the report said.

  A better argument would be that Bernie Sanders tax increases would be a wash because of the benefits it supposedly would bring: For example an increase in taxes would be offset of the medical coverage it provides, etc.

  The rest of your argument is opinion with not a single substantiating fact.