If i had to guess i would go with blondie’s basic direction. They defacto tithe on the congregatio level as it is with the perpetual mortgage. I would guess they take it a step farther and ask the congregation to send all donations and the branch will pay all the bills and be able to keep a tight hold on finances that way. The issue will be hiding that money from lawsuits and some others legal sticking points but they will make somesort of move in that way is my guess
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What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?
by minimus ini think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.
too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.
maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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Lol please min... bullies? When someones only argument is spelling it is clear they have no argument. Queenqueer came to a battle of wits unarmed and i dont shoot the unarmed.
If he/she (however it self-identifies) had a point id happily show shim where shim is wrong, but absent a point to debate what is there to do but shake ones head in disbelief and wonder if mandatory IQ tests should accompany internet access.
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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Liberals just swamped the house. They’ll be running plenty of things.
Dear Thor forgive me for opening this...
dems in no shape, size, form or way “swamped” the house. In January they may have a narrow majority that is in no way veto proof. They do not have a majority in the senate nor do they occupy the Whitehouse. Also, that wasnt exactly what i meant, but whatever...
Donald J is your president. He has appointed two justices to the supreme court who will ensure that the 2nd A is protected for the next 20 years and looks to replace old ruthie sooner rather than later. Life is good.
USA! USA. USA.
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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OK smart ass lets call them personal assault weapons
I hesitate to point this out but thats not a definition. Also, when defining a word you should not the use the word you are attempting to define. An example of failure would be attempting to define “assault weapon” by a “personal assault weapon”. Adding “personal” doesn't define the word assault.
Care to try again? Im willing to bet you will fail agin, thus illustrating the problem in an attempted ban. You have to define something precisely to legally ban it.
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How many Witnesses would drink the cool aid at a "Jonestown?"
by Witness 007 inso my mum died from mild form of lukemia which can simply be treated with a blood transfusion each month.
to me this was a watchtower assisted suicide.
the liaison elder encouraged her to "stay strong" and said a prayer.
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The comparison to Jonestown uninformed and demeaning. When in the USA, the peoples temple started off semi-jw’ish, but quickly went far cultier. There is a documentary coming on next week in the usa called “jonestown: terror in the jungle”. Watch that as reference point
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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_Morpheus
Awww see, and now you’ve lost the argument. But thanks for playing another edition of “why liberals aren't allowed to run things”. I think i’ll go shoot my ar-15 in celebration.
Molon labe 😘
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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Fink, please define assualt weapon.
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Door-to-door preaching as surveillance
by john.prestor ini wanted to share some thoughts about jehovah's witnesses and their door-to-door preaching.
door-to-door preaching is supposedly about gathering converts, but in fact, as we frequently discuss, doesn't actually bring that many "sheep-like ones" in.
i want to suggest that a second meaning (what we call the latent meaning in academia) is facilitating surveillance of the congregants who attend some congregation.
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How easily some forget the orgs history. It started out as having a free sales force. Any other benefits are ancillary and coincidental. It evolved over time into something of a loyalty test as well. Suggestions of “surveillance” are at best paranoid and poorly thought out.
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Door-to-door preaching as surveillance
by john.prestor ini wanted to share some thoughts about jehovah's witnesses and their door-to-door preaching.
door-to-door preaching is supposedly about gathering converts, but in fact, as we frequently discuss, doesn't actually bring that many "sheep-like ones" in.
i want to suggest that a second meaning (what we call the latent meaning in academia) is facilitating surveillance of the congregants who attend some congregation.
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overwrought and overthought.
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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!
by minimus incrazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
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_Morpheus
This is gonna make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but I don't think US citizens should have the right to bear arms in public.
I have no idea why you mention this as it was not factor in the shooting being discussed. California has some of the most strict gun laws in the country. Open carry is not legal and was not a factor.