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  Jesus Christ—The Greatest Scientist (and Psychologist) who ever lived on earth!

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we eliminate all the controversial and confusing verses attributed to jesus we will get the crystal clear truth from him because his source was (1) god which can be seen from his habit of early morning talking to god in prayer (mark 1:35; john 8:1, 2) which would not have been for material blessings (mathew 6:8; 16:24), and (2) also observance of people.. 1) jesus who said judgment is based on whether we acted humanely or not (mathew 25:31-46) would not have spoken about god’s people and pagans (which means bulk of the things found in gospel had not been spoken/done by jesus).. 2) another important truth he said was about the real key to our happiness which he said is with each one of us.

  (luke 17:21).

  from his observance of history, he knew there are people from adversities who made great contribution to the world; and there are people from all abundance who lived a life of wastage accomplishing nothing; and there are people who are mixed in varying degree.

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

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  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..

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  OrphanCrow

  Reminder: check your tv schedules

  The time posted (7 pm) is Eastern Standard time (EST)

  In my neck of the woods, W5 airs at 5 pm
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  Best Life Gifts - New Bethel Giftshop

  by jamesmarsh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anybody heard anything about this new store?

  [link removed].

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  OrphanCrow

  It is the case, Morph.

  In fact, nonprofits are encouraged to find creative ways to raise money and licensing deals are certainly on the drawing board

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anybody heard anything about this new store?

  [link removed].

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anybody heard anything about this new store?

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anybody heard anything about this new store?

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  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..

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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