I enjoyed it. Its a rare look inside the operation of the jw organization. It has information on decisions that were made that we would never otherwise have.
_Morpheus
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Crisis of conscience
by Jrjw inhi everyone.
what does anyone think of the crisis of conscience book?
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_Morpheus
To echo simons point, your op is incredibly vague. Perhaps give some context to the type of nationalism or some historical example. Otherwise this is a very vague question that has so much lattiude in definition its hard to answer.
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_Morpheus
Sigh... lets try again. I believe 100% you pay more.
You pay more as a result of the aca, not the threat of repeal (which sadly didnt happen).
You are wrong regarding the “why” not the fact of increase.
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_Morpheus
Woe woe woe... did you really say the mere threat of repeal raised your rates. Thats incredibly ill informed. Its also a specious and ridiculous argument. The “threat” of anything dosent affect insurance rates. THERE WAS NO CHANGE. The rates went up as a result CURRENT POLICY, aka the poorly named affordable care act. Its a shame to reach conclusions because of a “feeling”. Lets reason and look at facts.
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_Morpheus
Tax cut! Tax cut! Tax cut!
so many arguments with so many holes.... i dont even know where to start.
my insurance wont up at all. I have it through my employer as do a good percentage of other americans. Those who dont saw an average increase of 60% in premiums under the so called “afordable” care act. You think it will be worse???? Prior to the ill named ACA preimus went up a mere 10% over the proceeding 5 years. See forbes mag, march 2017 for specifics. Try to keep your armageddon predictions ground in some factual basis. Also ending net neutrality didnt kill the forum yet. Just saying.
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2005 Big Announcement (Disappointment)
by Fred Franztone ini remember around 2005, there was an announcement made from the platform that in a few weeks time we would have to remain at the end of the sunday meeting for a big announcement, directly from the society.. i remember all the murmuring, people thought maybe this was going to be related to armageddon.
everyone was excited, people were speculating.
only the po in each congregation had any idea what was going on, and they were frequently pestered for information, but sworn to secrecy, which only hyped things up even more.. then the meeting came, anticipation was in the air, the announcement started, you could hear a pin drop.
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_Morpheus
Ironically i do remember and remember not being disapointed. Not because it was exciting but because i didnt expect anything special. As steve (and others) have mentioned, special never is when it comes to jw land and i guess i had already accepted that. The last “special” announcment i got excited for was the one that marked a changed to donations for publications. I was a young teenager and didnt know anybetter. That one did seem exciting at the time....
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_Morpheus
TAX CUT! TAX CUT! TAX CUT!
What the hell do state services have to do with the fed government? Cite a specific program cut or i call bullshit.
Why the hell would state property tax go up? Have you conflated the reduced deduction for state property tax? If so restate your argument correctly or admit its nonsense.
Hate all you want im keeping more of MY money. Feel free to give as much as you want.
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Hell yea! Im saving 2k!!!!! Tax cut! Tax cut! Tax cut!
Cool link tahoe, ty
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Should private citizens be allowed to video record law enforcement?
by Fisherman ini saw an article in the news yesterday that laws are going to be passed subjecting the police to being recorded by anyone while performing their duty or enforcing the law and encourages citizens to sue if they interfere.
some law enforcement agents become angry and confiscate recording devices from people recording them while making an arrest, etc.. it does seem that the work that the police and other government agents do is public and not private or confidential so there should be nothing to hide from the cameras.
on the other hand, how can one distinguish being shot by a camera or by a weapon until one is hit?.
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absolutely rediculious. I dont what kind of mayberry pd you worked for but if someone comes running toward a struggling police officer in my area they will be shot. An officer has several non lethal means he can use to subdue a suspect includig a tazer. Let the officer do his job. Running towards him or her while they in a high stress situation is only more stress and a very bad idea
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Do You Think The Internet Will Bring Peace Through Interconectedness?
by Brokeback Watchtower inas people begin to share information, negative and positive across boundaries(borders) what effect do you think that will have on governmental war machines?.
what about government censorship will it prevail during a time of disagreement between two countries who are at war?.
i think that one of the benefits of the information age is that government can find out in a heart beat what the masses under their control feel about issues they are concerned about in other countries and public willingness to sacrifice their lives over such issues.. to me i see the way i see it is the more informed a population is the better.
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_Morpheus
Rotflmao!!!! Just look at this forum and tell me if the interwebs bring universal agreement and peace 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂