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  Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had Your Way?

  by minimus in

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  i still believe in freedom of religion even if i disagree with the beliefsof the religion.

  what about you?.

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  I would like to see all aspects of the organization's tax returns made transparent and readily available to anyone. Completely transparent down to the last penny. So that regular tax payers know exactly what it is they are funding by giving the organization tax breaks. Books wide open.

  Including a donor list of all donations over a certain amount. So that the members themselves, and those of the public, can be aware of who has the most influence over the organization and also be aware of exactly where their donations go. And exactly what the tax breaks cover.

  Transparency. No more secrets.
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  Just had to share.

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  anybody into art out there?

  i was just so blown away by this piece i had to share.. .

  at first i was just like "oh, that's a clever idea".

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  Coded Logic, that is an intriguing painting. thanks for sharing it. I love looking at art.

  It reminds me of Akira Komoto's work.

  Akira is a Japanese landscape photographer who paints objects and places them into the land as interventions before he photographs it. This is one of his photographs, that the painting you posted reminded me of:

  
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  Who is benefiting from Watchtower Corporation financially

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who do you believe is financially benefiting from watchtower business dealings.

  i know about the gold apple watch, but that is only a small percentage of the billions that they have.

  so who do you think is keeping all of this money.

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  John Davis: Who do you believe is financially benefiting from Watchtower business dealings.

  I think that the WTS operates on an "outsourcing" model. Directed by the the donors who "insource" donations

  Who benefits?

  Well, back in the day, the paper manufacturing industry did. Look for JWs who are attached to that industry and you will find $$$ going into their pockets.

  The bloodless industry benefits from the ever changing blood doctrine. Look for the many, many JWs attached to that industry.

  You might find this interesting (a discussion about the Henwood paper scandal later in the thread):

  http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/topic/25959/What-do-you-think-the-GB-are-up-to?page=1#.WVE6OuvyvIU
  
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  Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

  i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

  im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

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  Incognito: but they place credits in their videos?

  Generally, credits are given for a specific reason. Receiving support in the way of grant money usually has a caveat that requires credit being given on the final production. Just getting city approval for filming location usually does not have that caveat attached to it. But receiving financial support almost always does (*edit to add - maybe the city just waived the usual fees required to offset the location shoots).
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  Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

  i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

  im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

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  OrphanCrow

  A lot of films have location credits at the end

  Yeah. No big news there

  The credits are one of the most important features when watching productions. They reveal the source and the bias along with all sorts of other interesting information at times. Just watching a film without paying attention to its production process is a bit superficial, I think. It's only value is entertainment if the viewer doesn't absorb more than just the eye candy.
  
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  Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

  i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

  im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

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  ds: The KH they used is at 155 Orawaupum St, White Plains NY 10606-2433

  That may be but it still doesn't account for the standard practice of the film industry to list that information as a location credit. The credits presented at the end, in the fashion it was, without designating that it was a location credit, generally indicates financial support.

  To credit "the City of White Plains" is specific - it credits the city, not the kingdom hall property.
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  Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

  i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

  im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

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  Morpheus: for those that havnt yet seen the drama yet... watch the wife of lot part 3. It will blow your mind

  Well...I skimmed it. I didn't want to be exposed to those damned butterflies!

  The ending was dramatic and done well enough to scare the bejehovah out of any kid watching. That scene (the salt transformation) will be the nightmare material for the 21st C JW kids. We had kids and bikes and dogs falling into cracks in the ground. This generation will be terrified of turning to salt.

  Did you notice the credits at the end? Credit was given to the "City of White Plains, New York". Huh. The WTS must have received another one of those big grants. I wonder how much those grants are worth now*? In 2004, the WTS got a quarter million dollars as a grant from the city of New York. Maybe these horrific propaganda productions are being funded with taxpayers' money.

  *I found it - in 2016 the WTS got $100,000 from the city of New York in grant money. Not sure how much they received from the City of White Plains to produce these videos
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  the Great Cntraction continues

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just learned that my wife's congregations will soon be disbanded.

  her congregation will disappear (cahuenga spanish in north hollywood in southern california).

  all the members will be added to other neighboring congregations.

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  Ah...gotcha, neverajw.

  It is difficult to pick up on the haha! moments online sometimes. I don't always 'get' the humor. Mind you, my jokes fly over most people's heads too...what I find funny doesn't tickle everybody
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  the Great Cntraction continues

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just learned that my wife's congregations will soon be disbanded.

  her congregation will disappear (cahuenga spanish in north hollywood in southern california).

  all the members will be added to other neighboring congregations.

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  neverajw: Thank you Al Gore for inventing the internet!!

  Mmmm...not really on topic (and I apologize for being pedantic, but speaking of the internet...it is really easy to check facts)...I think you are crediting the wrong person for the invention of the internet:

  If you had to isolate the key inventors of the Internet, it would have to be two people: Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn. The WWW, which is different from the Internet, but what most people think of as the "Internet", was invented later by Tim Berners-Lee.
  

  Al Gore coined the term Information Superhighway, but he did not invent the Internet.

  https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001016.htm
  
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  The "faithful slave" urges confession in latest Watchtower!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower october 2017, page 11, par.

  17 - confess and abandon secret sins.

  some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.

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  tryingnow: How can such things be considered 'upright', 'honest', 'without guile'?

  They can't.

  But that is the true evil of "true belief". It gives the true believer a free pass on lying. They have to justify it to themselves. And through that, the lie becomes the "truth".

  They have to lie - without the lie they are nothing. They have no truth to tell.