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  I found the WTBTS 990-T's Income Tax Returns for 2010-2013, and it shows their book value of all their assets

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  there are two sources online to get these pdfs.

  https://www.citizenaudit.org/111857820/ lists 2010-2013 ( i would prefer this link because it's the most up to date).

  http://www.guidestar.org/viewpdf.aspx?pdfsource=0&ein=11-1857820 lists 2010-2012. book value of all assets at end of year: (can be found on the 990-t for on top left on 1st page).

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  so, lets see, ' jah' has 'removed' his 'holy spirit', because they are loosing support . hmm.
  
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  The FINAL DAYS are here !!!

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  according to this jw video... now is the time to preach without fear!

  now that the final days are here!.

  the final days were not here previously (as they kept insisting for over 140 years)... but now they are!.

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  but what about this news?

  http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-we-re-on-the-brink-of-earth-s-sixth-mass-extinction
  
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  It seems the 'end' might come by way of humans stupidity, not a plan of a god

  by sowhatnow in

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  http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-we-re-on-the-brink-of-earth-s-sixth-mass-extinction.

  pretty obvious, we've deforested the planet so much it cant clean the air, we've polluted the water so much its not fit to drink, we've poisoned the soil so much it cant grow food, we use so many chemicals, its killing off the insects who pollinate.

  so while on post on this site claims the end of freedom for mankind, by way of evil governments, .

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  http://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-we-re-on-the-brink-of-earth-s-sixth-mass-extinction

  pretty obvious, we've deforested the planet so much it cant clean the air, we've polluted the water so much its not fit to drink, we've poisoned the soil so much it cant grow food, we use so many chemicals, its killing off the insects who pollinate. and,
  

  so while on post on this site claims the end of freedom for mankind, by way of evil governments,

  we ignore the canary in the coal mine..

  any opinion on this environmental disaster we've caused?
  

  what Miraculous new inventions will 'suddenly' appear on the horizon to save us from ourselves?

  who will clean up the mess?
  
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  ATT: WARNING

  by EJ257 in

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  please be aware of everything that is happening around the world at this moment in time.

  this goes to anyone, ex-communicated, removed, serving, believer and non.

  at this point in my observations i have realized many religions/ideologies know there is some sort "end of time" or a transition into a new order of living in this earth.

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  No one with the idea that the worlds governments are out to eliminate all the useless human beings, like Hitler started out thinking, can tell me what the end result is supposed to be.
  

  have a world full of prison camps, and only the wealthy can own all the land, and eat of its fruit, and live happily ever after?
  

  who will do all the labor for al l those wealthy land owners?

  all the poor people in huge camps, treated like livestock, used as slaves to do all the work of harvesting and making products and serving the rich, and the elite people rule with the world and enjoy all the fun stuff?
  

  oh wait, that's already here. what is the whole point? it seems pointless to me to spend a whole life scheming to harm people. what a waste.
  

  any government office, who thinks that their plan of actions are limited to 'those other people' who they think are disposable, are sadly mistaken. you cant escape the world you make.. or its outcome.
  

  Global warming and the 6th extinction should be more of a concern than a world domination theory. theyll never make it, the environment will revolt way before.
  
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  Things WT Would Have To Do To Be An Acceptable Religion

  by JW_Rogue in

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  drop shunning or at least drop shunning among family members.

  make blood transfusions a conscience matter, no more hlc.

  drop the two witness rule, mandatory reporting of child abuse, no privileges for offenders.

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  hmm, religion being a man made concept means there can never be an acceptable version.

  from what I can understand from ancient scripture,

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  no man on earth can have a house of worship, because God is to be worshiped in spirit, and you always pray in secret,

  Or Jesus was a hard core follower of the old law [and always was]
  

  and the whole bible is one form of 'religion', and it isn't Christianity.

  any acceptable belief system would include the complete acceptance of everyone's freedom to chose how to live their own life the way they want providing no one else suffers harm. love others as you love yourself.

  sadly genetics and faulty dna interrupts that possibility of that happening .
  

  
  
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  "Most women would prefer to be stay at home housewives. Women's lib did alot of damage to women!"

  by purrpurr in

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  the above is a quote from a jw female relative.

  this was in response to a discussion about the suffragette movement ( and the movie about it that's currently in cinemas).

  she seemed to think that it would be so much better if women were just daughters/ wives/ mothers and didn't go out to work and have career's?

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  um, how about the damage to the men?
  

  Ill say one thing, There are an awful lot of people out there who look down on we who were once stay at home moms, they act like we sat on our butts and watched tv all day. i worked on the side cleaning on top of doing my wifely and motherly duty for over 20 years. I wouldn't have had it any other way, but after my kids were in school it would have been nice to get a decent job where I was not ruining my back. but nooo, I had to spend my 'free' time serving 'you know who.'
  

  now I do agree that by having more women in the work force has taken many jobs from men, and that has had its own issues, of preventing men from having families and wives.especially in developing countries. its a huge issue of unemployment and men not being able to provide for a family. so they are single, so, women are single. they are stuck being adult children. read a whole article about that dilemma.
  

  with stagnant low wages , rising costs of housing, gentrification, and jobs being taken over by robot manufacturing, is the new challenge. what is a 'home' supposed to be ?
  

  However, the stay at home mom, has been looked down on for years now.
  

  we x-jw [past stay at home moms,] with no college degree or any work experience,who are now divorced, and looking for a new mate, have nearly a zero chance of gaining the respect or attention and secure long term relationship of any decent wage earning mature secure man. from personal exp, the moment any of these possibly interested single or divorced men, ask 'what do you do?'
  

  Now, if your not independently wealthy, have a 'career' or have your own financial support, they drop you like a cannon ball. [then add to that the fact that soooo many of these guys are claiming to be 'religious' ha, where is their tradition role?
  

  [ im simply not interested in going to church. so that eliminates so many more guys].
  

  i can just hear them say, as they read my reply to them,
  

  'oh she does THAT, forget her .'

  yup. had it happen several times. but, Im not going to lie.

  seems to me most men these days aren't looking for a 'wife' to stay home for them and take care of things, they want no commitment, but they want just one woman in their life, so basically they want to date till they die?
  

  who but an x jw man can possibly understand what we x jw divorced women have been through?[and there is no x jw date site that Im aware of.]
  

  First they say they want a woman in their lives to love and to hold, but then want her to have a career and be independent? double talk. they want only to date have sex and not be responsible men.

  Thats what women's lib did to men. took away their pride and self respect, the fact they were needed.
  

  'oh the girls dont need us, they can make their own money, so we dont need them.'

  oh lonely hearts.
  

  very sad. Ill be the one to say, I need a husband, and want a husband. Id like to make us dinner and go out and have fun and have a friend, is that so bad?
  
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  pope will be in Philly..

  by sowhatnow in

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  live near there?

  boy i feel for you.

  the outright display of idol worship ever will be again witnessed at the big event in philadelphia pa. .

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  live near there? boy I feel for you.
  

  the outright display of idol worship ever will be again witnessed at the big event in Philadelphia pa.
  

  oh, and new year, of mercy? I bet that was 'invented' for this year I guess.
  

  the same idol worship being shown in a more subtle way for the GB.
  

  why cant these people see what they are doing? seriously, its so obvious.
  
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  Are you "trained" to be loyal?

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  i went for the kh today for personal reasons.

  it was pretty dumb, but not horrible.

  anyway the speaker used a terrible, but accurate illustration in his gb approved outline.

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  Apparently I cant be trained...

  As for the horse story.. I know someone with a horse, and I bet if she hear that she would be so annoyed.

  once an elder stood up on the platform and said 'missing a meeting is a sin'
  

  I thought , gee where is that in the bible.

  not to mention the whole, 'be at the meetings in case Armageddon 'comes' [ never mind that a 'place' cannot 'go' anywhere lol] so you can be protected.

  in the mean time ,Im a kid thinking, wait a minuet,

  all meetings are held at different times all over the world, and half the world is a sleep when others are at the khall hows that work?

  island man, I know that feeling of wanting to scream at everyone.. Im sure most of us do, lol
  
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  Your Baptism Pics

  by kairos in

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  from the most important day of your life.... .

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  gee, mine were awful, lol id not show them if someone paid me.
  

  I did not save any because when i decided to leave the wt teachings for good i tossed those and many other assembly photos away. the only ones i did keep were when i was very young back in the 60's and 70's.and only because half my mothers side of the family are jw's and they were in those ones.
  
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  How many teens stay because they have their eye on someone they hope to marry?

  by purrpurr in

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  i was just watching a documentary film about the amish.

  this one girl who left said she didn't leave until her early twenties because as a teen until then she had her eye on one of the boys in the church.

  she had a crush on him and hoped to marry him.

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  where i had come from the case was how many different khalls can one be privileged to visit as to even find someone to like let alone marry.
  

  since usually in rural congs there are few if any suitable mates to begin with. they settle.
  

  try being a divorced woman, and find a mate, forget it, you'd have to go outside the org.

  I suppose now its how many wont get baptized [or get df] so they can find a mate anywhere then 'get back in'

  later if they want.