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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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JW_Rogue:
It's about making the parents feel guilty when their child goes to donate $0.25. This is a subtle guilt trip for parents, if your kids want to give, why don't you? You should set the example for your little JWs.

Absolutely there is an underlying message built into this for the parents.
They are being told not to buy anything extra or "superfluous" for their children. The children are to deprive themselves. Well, that means mom and dad have to stop getting them treats or new things. If the parents don't do that...they aren't training their children right.
Sheesh, first they took Xmas away. And birthdays. And Easter. Valentines. No more spending money on frilly stuff. If ya ain't buying gifts at holidays, all the more for the Tower coffers. No holidays of any kind - and now....no ice cream and no....everything. Just more Kingdom Halls and literature carts.
What the hell is next? Only a bowl of rice three times a day??

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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Yes...I did some google searches for general activities to do with children to instill a sense of charity with them. None of the numerous ideas suggested for parents to do had to do with putting money into a church collection box to build new churches and give away propaganda. The activities had to do with donating food and clothing to shelters, working in soup kitchens...you get the drift.

if the WT are designing children "charitable" activities to give the appearance that they are a "charity", then they have a really, really twisted idea of what charity means.

*to add - and what is this about the necessity to be generous towards "God"? Towards the being who they claim is supreme and all powerful? Why would a child be told that God needs money??

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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problemaddict: Oh wow! Orphan Crow for the win!

I have to credit a friend on facebook for this little gem. He posted it this morning. I was floored when I saw it.

I remember as a child being so intrigued and jealous of my friends at school who would talk about their Sunday School activities and I also remember how the things that the churches of the world did with the kids would be scoffed at by the JW parents.

"We don't need to do coloring stuff and things with our children. They study the Bibble." Said self righteously and pompously. With a snicker thrown in for good measure.

How things change. Children activities with a Watchtower twist. Madness.

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

by OrphanCrow in

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Okay, okay...I will break my principle.

Yes. This is for real.

See for yourselves on the jworg site:

Be Generous Towards Jehovah

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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villageidiot: OrphanCrow, could you give us a link?

So sorry. I can't on general principle.

I have made a promise to myself not to link to the JWorg site. I am sure a simple search on their site will turn it up.

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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Whatever happened to telling children about real charity like giving to the poor and needy?

Since when is Jehovah the one who is poor and needy?

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Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

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Mama Jackson Cashes in Ice Cream Money

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michael jackson's estate sells stake in sony/atv music catalogue for $750m.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sony-michael-jackson-music-catalog-1.3491828.

michael jackson's estate has agreed to sell its remaining stake in a lucrative music catalogue to sony corp. for $750 million us, the entities announced monday.the agreement for jackson's half-share of the sony/atv music publishing catalogue will give the company sole ownership of works by the beatles, bob dylan and other hit making musicians, including eminem and taylor swift.the deal is another posthumous blockbuster deal for jackson, whose estate has erased the singer's massive debts through a mixture of new music and movie ventures and re-releases of the singer's most popular music.jackson's estate benefits his mother and three children, known as prince, paris and blanket.. read full article at link.

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Oh...I can see them. I just have no clue how you put them there. I don't have a mac.

Maybe only mac owners have money bags.

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Judgment handed down by Court of Appeal in legal challenge to Charity Commission inquiry opened in 2014

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this is good news.

the wt have lost in their attempt to stop the uk charity commission's inquiry into their affairs.

however, the wt is still digging in their heels about turning documents over to the charity commission.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/court-of-appeal-gives-judgment-in-court-case-by-jehovahs-witness-charityjudgment handed down by court of appeal in legal challenge to charity commission inquiry opened in 2014.today, the court of appeal handed down its judgment regarding the commission’s statutory inquiry, opened in 2014, into the watch tower bible and tract society of britain (the leading jehovah’s witness charity in the uk).

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The Watchtower says it plans to appeal to the Supreme Court now. They are still kicking and screaming.

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/jehovahs-witness-charity-appeal-supreme-court-charity-commission-inquiry/governance/article/1387620

Jehovah's Witness charity to appeal to Supreme Court over Charity Commission inquiry

16 March 2016 by Rebecca Cooney

The judges ruled yesterday that the Watch Tower and Bible Tract Society of Great Britain was not entitled to apply for a judicial review into the scope of a statutory inquiry
The Watch Tower and Bible Tract Society of Great Britain has said it plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal ruled it was not entitled to apply for a judicial review into the scope of a Charity Commission statutory inquiry.
The Court of Appeal handed down a judgment yesterday giving WTBTSB, the umbrella charity for Jehovah’s Witnesses, permission to appeal to the High Court against the scope of a production order made by the commission as part of a statutory inquiry opened in May 2014.
But it rejected WTBTSB’s appeal to be allowed to seek judicial review of the scope of the inquiry itself.
After the inquiry into WTBTSB’s safeguarding of children was launched, the charity sought a judicial review of the decision to open the inquiry and of the production order demanding documents from the charity, saying both were too broad in scope.
This application was rejected on 12 December 2014 because the judge said the case should be taken to the charity tribunal, and an appeal to the tribunal made 10 days later was rejected in March 2015 because it had been made outside the 42-day time limit.
But WTBTSB argued before a Court of Appeal hearing on 10 February that it should be allowed to have its appeal heard as part of a judicial review, since the first-tier tribunal only had the power to quash enquiries, not to limit the scope.
A spokesman for WTBSB said yesterday: ""Naturally the trustees are disappointed that the court held that they were not entitled to challenge the scope of the commission’s inquiry by way of judicial review. The trustees have therefore asked the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in order to resolve an important legal principle.
On the successful element of WTBTSB’s case, he said: "The trustees of Watch Tower Society of Great Britain are very pleased that the Court of Appeal agreed with their key submission. The First Tier Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to determine Watch Tower’s complaint that the Charity Commission’s production order was unlawful."
The commission declined to comment on WTBTSB’s plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
In its response to the ruling yesterday, the commission said it planned to press ahead with its inquiry, but acknowledged that this would be subject to any appeals by the charity.

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Mama Jackson Cashes in Ice Cream Money

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michael jackson's estate sells stake in sony/atv music catalogue for $750m.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sony-michael-jackson-music-catalog-1.3491828.

michael jackson's estate has agreed to sell its remaining stake in a lucrative music catalogue to sony corp. for $750 million us, the entities announced monday.the agreement for jackson's half-share of the sony/atv music publishing catalogue will give the company sole ownership of works by the beatles, bob dylan and other hit making musicians, including eminem and taylor swift.the deal is another posthumous blockbuster deal for jackson, whose estate has erased the singer's massive debts through a mixture of new music and movie ventures and re-releases of the singer's most popular music.jackson's estate benefits his mother and three children, known as prince, paris and blanket.. read full article at link.

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cappy: OrphanCrpw: 💰💰💵💵 Emoji should work on most platforms. You don't see these: 💰💰💰💵💵💵 ?

Nope...no idea what you mean. I am clueless.