Posts by OrphanCrow

The nonprofit industry has expanded lots in the past couple decades. Huh. You can even do university classes and get a degree in nonprofit management now, or so I am told. I haven't dug into it it much. I had my fill of the nonprofit sector a few years back.

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Best Life Gifts - New Bethel Giftshop

by jamesmarsh in

jw
friends

has anybody heard anything about this new store?

[link removed].

OrphanCrow

Morph: A licensing fee isnt off the books

Of course.

But you are dealing with the WT

"Licensing fee" could very well mean "donation". You know... "voluntary" (wink wink)

Just give it a label and let er fly

*by the way...it is perfectly acceptable for charities to collect royalties and licensing fees

http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/there-is-more-to-licensing-than-slapping-on-a-logo/

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Best Life Gifts - New Bethel Giftshop

by jamesmarsh in

jw
friends

has anybody heard anything about this new store?

[link removed].

OrphanCrow

I'm pretty sure the WTBS could collect licensing fees on its logo without jeopardizing their tax free status.

Uhmmm.... why do you think that?

haha! That's easy...under the table deal - pay us "donations" (a percentage of your take - wink wink) or you will be "going against Jehobah".

Easy peasy - donate or get disfellowshipped - plenty of loyal JWs to take your place at the store

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Any information about an apostate from the 30s?

by paradiseseeker in

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here in spain we have just had a special visit from the central branch representative (well i'm not sure what his position is) and in his talk he mentioned an episode in which an apostate and his supporters were expelled from bethel in the early 30s under rutherford's rule.

i didn't catch the name, it was something like "shutter" or "shulter".

this event was mentioned to bring attention to a woman who was very close to this apostate and just because of that she was unfairly expelled from bethel as well, but she was "humble" and "content" enough to leave the matter on jehovah's hands and she was reaccepted in bethel after a while.

OrphanCrow

A good thread about Salter:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/149159/disfellowshipping-walter-salter?page=2

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Best Life Gifts - New Bethel Giftshop

by jamesmarsh in

jw
friends

has anybody heard anything about this new store?

[link removed].

OrphanCrow

Giordano: When I was a pioneer I always thought what a shame it was that we couldn't push a line of Avon Products

Haha!

I know a JW woman (still active) who has done this for years. Avon distributor for over 50 years. She still does it. She really likes going out to rural areas and doing a double whammy. She carries her Avon orders in her vehicle along with her JW literature. She leaves a tract and an Avon Catalog.

Anyone who knows this lady, knows exactly who I am talking about. ;)

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New documentary on March 24, 2018 7 PM on CTV W5

by yalbmert99 in

march 24, 2018 at 7 pm, ctv channel in canada, the show w5 will air a new report on jehovah's witnesses.

ex-jws and others involved.

set your pvr..

OrphanCrow

Kevin McFree has released a new Lego video that plugs the upcoming W5 broadcast

(the macarena is brilliant)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=411&v=OyD2mWeZMug

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Will the Watchtower Company in the near future start asking for a tithe?

by Sour Grapes in

it appears that the borg has some financial issues and i would think they are related to the hush money being paid out for the child molestation lawsuits to protect the guilty cult members and the fine untarnished reputation of the jdubs.. we have seen how much the borg refers to the hebrew scriptures for their guiding principles whenever it suits the borg's needs.

tithing certainly is laced throughout the old testament.

under the mosaic law, there were three tithes.

OrphanCrow

sir82: Why would they change unless there was a need?

Maybe there is a need.

Once the JW religion was split off from the main corporation and tried to become an independent entity, maybe, just maybe, all those big private donations to "the society" ended up bypassing the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and going directly into "the society's" coffers.

The need could simply be the need for this smaller corporate structure to pull its own weight within the WT corporate structure.

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Will the Watchtower Company in the near future start asking for a tithe?

by Sour Grapes in

it appears that the borg has some financial issues and i would think they are related to the hush money being paid out for the child molestation lawsuits to protect the guilty cult members and the fine untarnished reputation of the jdubs.. we have seen how much the borg refers to the hebrew scriptures for their guiding principles whenever it suits the borg's needs.

tithing certainly is laced throughout the old testament.

under the mosaic law, there were three tithes.

OrphanCrow

sir82: Actual implementation of it would be pretty solid evidence that they really are hurting for money

Actually, it could be simply evidence that the org has adopted the same funding model as all other churches. That's all.

A mandatory individual "tithe" (wouldn't necessarily have to be exactly 10%) would be another useful benchmark to use to see who qualifies for "special privileges of service".

Which makes sense seeing as that is how other churches maintain their membership roll. Once a person becomes a donating/tithing member of a church, it qualifies them for church membership and things like funeral privileges, etc. At one time, that was the main reason for being a church member - to be on church records. Which a person got in return for giving $$$ to the church

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Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

by cofty in

what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

OrphanCrow

TD: A clean, 'hit" (As in jabbing the target with a needle) is bad enough.
An airborne delivery, which contaminates an area, seriously injuring or perhaps even killing first responders is, at best an act of terrorism and at worst, an act of war.

It seems rather clumsy, doesn't it?

And an odd choice for an assassin weapon