a group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.
that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.
seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
@hoser
That was more tongue in cheek than anything. I’ve been yelling to people around me that we are going to cause inflation by our Covid response in the US while they were so happy to get a stimulus check. No one cares then. It’s happening now and will continue to get worse. We have zero interest in eliminating our government debt because no one wants the austerity measures to do it. A long slow decline for all fiat currency.
a group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.
that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.
seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
Why do we act like Taxing big corporations and the rich are the fix to our economic problems? We create money out of thin air all of the time. We have a debt ceiling fight so that the government can create more money out of thin air when it reaches the limit. We raise the debt ceiling because the government will never try to pay down the debt. Why pay taxes at all. We should just keep creating money out of thin air to pay for everything until the whole System fails since that’s where we are headed anyway.
AOL chat rooms when I didn’t block apostates in there. Eventually looked at freeminds.org, my heart was pounding.
i keep hearing that the watchtower org is going to be around forever because of the many other religions that have been around a long time.
but i disagree because the wt is not like other religious cults.. the watchtower's breath of life is dependent on the last days that started in 1914. .
you can’t change 1914 without a death blow to the entire organization.. the watchtower's 2nd reason for staying alive, is it's continual urging that the life saving preaching work of warning people is the most important work ever.. but- it's very obvious to many, even the old ones that instead of speeding up the work------the work is slowing down to a drip.. comment by former believer; .
I personally don’t think they will have any problems reshuffling 1914 and the last days. It will wake some people up sure, but for the most part people will get excited over the changes and become more zealous as the “light gets brighter.” I can fix 1914, the last days, and the generation teaching for them all in one watchtower study. They can keep 1914 as still prophetic in the Bible so it ties into 1919. Here’s how....
The first Change will be in Matt 24:3 where Jesus is asked about the sign of his presence and the conclusion of this system of things. They can establish that the signs are two separate time frames. The Presence has its own signs, and the conclusion has its own signs.
Matthew 24:4-14 would apply to signs of Jesus presence with an emphasis on verse 8 where it says all these things are beginnings of pangs of distress.
The next paragraph in the watchtower study would say, previously Jehovah's witnesses believed that all of these signs were of the last days. Evidently, Jesus meant that these previous signs were beginnings of pangs of distress with signs for that specific event beginning in 1914. (Doing it this ways allows them to keep 1914 significant so that 1919 can be tied to it)
Matthew 24:15 and on would be the signs of the last days, beginning with the disgusting things standing in a holy place. They could even say that Matthew doesn't mention the word "days" until verse 19. Clearly indicating that this part of the chapter is meant to be a short period of time.
The next paragraph in the watchtower study would say that evidently the last days do not begin until the disgusting things stands in a holy place. A future event, which would coincide with the beginning of the great tribulation. This would indicate that the last days are a short period of time. By reading all of these signs we see that the only signs left are those that indicate the last days. Therefore, we know we are very close to the conclusion of this system of things.
Moving on to the generation teaching. Matthew 24:34 indicates that the generation that sees all of those signs would not pass away. Evidently this is a future generation that has to see all signs described in Matthew 24. Previously Jehovah's Witnessess while being sincere in their desire to understand scripture have incorrectly tried to interpret this prophecy. Through the light getting brighter we now have a better understanding of this prophecy as it is described in the scriptures.
And just like that, everyone would smile and nod and say it didn’t make sense the last days were so long. They would be so glad the governing body gave them a more accurate understanding.
question: what does the watchtower society's history of prophetic speculation prove?.
how would you respond to this answer provided by paul coom... yesterday on quora?.
"our organization has never been a prophetic speculator.
My response would be then what is the point in trying to understand any prophecy? If you can’t understand them until AFTER they are fulfilled they provide no value at all. We believe the generation that was alive in 1914 won’t die before the great tribulation. Ah whoops let’s change that to something else. So what was the point of having the original understanding for decades? All this response of the apologist really means is, stick to the organization regardless if they’re right or wrong. We will keep changing and call it better bible understanding as it suits the organizations needs. The ONLY belief among witnesses that cannot change is that the GB are Gods channel and the watchtower is his organization. Everything else can be subject to change.
the queen's gambit is a 7 episode netflix miniseries about a female chess prodigy in the 1950's and 60's.. the story chronicles the life of the fictitious character, elizabeth harmon (anja taylor-joy) from the time she learns the game as an orphan clear up to the point where she defeats russian grand master, vasily borgov (marcin dorociński) to become the world champion.. female grandmasters are a rarity, so i was afraid the series was going to morph into an anti-male screed.
(it easily could have).
nearly every male character in the series, from the gruff but kindly william shaibel, the custodian at the orphanage who taught her the basics of the game and fronted her the money for her first tournament to vasily borgov himself is gracious and clearly delighted to play against a woman so talented in a sport dominated by men.. two notable exceptions were her pos adopted father who didn't care about her or his wife and a russian player who got a little salty when she kicked his butt in 21 moves.
I enjoyed this miniseries as well. A couple others I watched that I was surprised with how much I liked them are as follows. 11.22.63 which is on Hulu, it is made about a Stephen King book and the JFK assasination. Also on Hulu is a mini series called little fires everywhere. Both of these i found to be well done.
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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If you have a list of pedophiles that you keep private and don't produce, who is that protecting? It certainly doesn't protect the abused or anyone that could be abused in the future. You can produce that list without naming who was abused. If not for the push by people witnesses label apostates, the org would have made NO changes on their policies throughout the years. A witness that would have pushed for changes would have been disfellowshipped, it took someone that was already gone or already disfellowshipped that the org could not touch to force change in favor of the abused.
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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It appears we have the return of "MadJw"
yes.
right now i would like to see how good the vaccine really is.
i’ve never taken a flu shot and so far, no flu..
I am an essential worker and will be available to me next week. I was at first a "no" until two things changed. First, I got Covid-19 earlier this month. This virus is nothing like I have ever had. I lost my smell and taste along with the usual flu symptoms. Then there is a chance I could get it again down the road. The second thing is I watched a video that a Doctor did that specifically talks about how the vaccine was made in record time. As he explained it, it is not a vaccine that they just created out of thin air in 9 months. The mRNA vaccine had already been used in trial studies before. Moderna, one of the companies that has been granted emergency use for their vaccine was already using mRNA vaccine science when this pandemic broke out. So all they did was take their science that they already were using and switched to Covid-19 for their vaccine. There has never been as much money and scientists as well as governments funding research for a vaccine like they have for this. They are not injecting the virus into your body, but tricking your body into believing that you have Covid-19 and build up the antibodies for it. Essentially if you think of the vaccine as a car, the car was already built, all they did is change the tires of the car to make the COVID vaccine. It doesn't alter DNA, it doesn't give you the virus and frankly there is no other way out of this pandemic at this point. People that are against the vaccine, which is of course their choice, do not have a better alternative. We will end up living and dying with this for years. I know two people in their 40s in the ICU right now and a 58 year old who died from it last week with no health problems. I will get the vaccine as to try and be a part of a solution.
