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  What would you do?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  here is the scenario.. 1 - a person has access to an item that only they see the value in but could have tremendous value to the right buyer.. 2 - the item belongs to another person.. 3 - if the item disappeared, the owner would never miss it.. 4 - if the potential value of the item was pointed out to the owner, they would never believe it.. 5 - the owner would never pursue sale of the item.. 6 - the value to the owner would be about 100 dollars.. my question:.

  what would you do in a situation where you could possibly make a great deal of money from selling such an item, possibly millions of dollars?.

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  Buy it!

  Good suggestion, but people are funny.

  If the original owner was told that this item could be extremely valuable to the right buyer, they would just laugh. If you bought it for $100 and then sold it for a huge profit, what would they then say? Would they come after you for the money? What then, a lawsuit? Would you have to document everything on paper to protect yourself? You could give someone twice what they think it is worth, sell it for a profit, and then they come after you, saying you swindled them.

  Money makes people do strange things. Just look at Stephen Lett and his May broadcast.
  
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  What would you do?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is the scenario.. 1 - a person has access to an item that only they see the value in but could have tremendous value to the right buyer.. 2 - the item belongs to another person.. 3 - if the item disappeared, the owner would never miss it.. 4 - if the potential value of the item was pointed out to the owner, they would never believe it.. 5 - the owner would never pursue sale of the item.. 6 - the value to the owner would be about 100 dollars.. my question:.

  what would you do in a situation where you could possibly make a great deal of money from selling such an item, possibly millions of dollars?.

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  Here is the scenario.

  1 - A person has access to an item that only they see the value in but could have tremendous value to the right buyer.
  

  2 - The item belongs to another person.

  3 - If the item disappeared, the owner would never miss it.

  4 - If the potential value of the item was pointed out to the owner, they would never believe it.

  5 - The owner would never pursue sale of the item.

  6 - The value to the owner would be about 100 dollars.
  

  My question:

  What would you do in a situation where you could possibly make a great deal of money from selling such an item, possibly millions of dollars?
  
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  behind the curtain: literature offer for the month

  by Magnum in

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  i was an extremely sincere, zealous pioneer.

  i really cared about the people in the field.

  i thought their lives were in danger.

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  So a conscientious JW prepares their presentation for Sunday afternoon field service, organizes their busy life around that important event, travels to the field service arrangement, pairs off with someone who maybe has prepared the same way or maybe is just out to 'get some time in', gets into some car or van stuffed with other JW's and their book bags, gets out of the vehicle, walks up some avenue, traipsing up and down sidewalks and stairs, knocks on numerous doors and gets either, 'not at homes', indifference, or outright hostility from the 'householders'.

  Then, finally someone comes to the door that is willing to listen, actually wants to hear a message and needs some 'guiding direction' in their life and the JW offers them some out-of-date, old light/changed light/ remnant of 144,000/faithful and discreet slave/Cedar Point Ohio Convention/1919/1914/1975 crap.

  ????????????
  
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  Implications of Dropping "Types/Anti-Types"

  by Antioch in

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  2. bible

  i've seen this part of the agm folded in with other topics and poked around, but no really critical discussion of the implications.. .

  the hermenuetics of the type/anti-type practice was a big deal to me in realizing the tatt.

  i searched high and low for a rational basis for concluding that god was communicating in a type/anti-type format that wasn't special pleading and circular.

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  Cut and Paste of "The List" by Prominent Bethelite of Previous Watchtower Predicted Dates

  by TMS in

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  " {watchtower sep 1 1989 12}.

  " {tiah 240-1, also references in wr oct 1879 3941, tkic 84}.

  '" {zions watchtower mar 1880 repr 82}.

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  AGM 2014 Detailed Highlights - including talks summary.

  by Da.Furious in

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  it is more likely to be one attack under different names.. gog of magog is not satan but a coalition of nations.

  1. what do talents represent?

  so who has the 5 talents?

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  Implications of Dropping "Types/Anti-Types"

  by Antioch in

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  2. bible

  i've seen this part of the agm folded in with other topics and poked around, but no really critical discussion of the implications.. .

  the hermenuetics of the type/anti-type practice was a big deal to me in realizing the tatt.

  i searched high and low for a rational basis for concluding that god was communicating in a type/anti-type format that wasn't special pleading and circular.

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  Mass Killer Joseph McEnroe stops studying with Jehovah's Witnesses after talking to elders

  by jwleaks in

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  2. scandals

  on 25 march 2015 joseph mcenroe was found guilty of the 2007 mass killing of six members of his then-girlfriend's family, including two young children aged 3 and 5. a jury is currently deciding whether he should be executed.. associated press has recently reported that.... mcenroe confirmed that he felt some sort of acceptance with jehovah's witnesses until he told elders he didn't have a guilt-free conscience.

  he stopped studying to be a minister.. mcenroe was quoted as stating the reason why he stopped studying being that.... "i felt that i had failed and that i had been rejected by god at that point.".

  read news report here carnation killer testifies in sentencing trial.

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  The Custom of having Congregation Meetings

  by Quarterback in

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  the wt study (feb study edition) for today stated "the jews had established a pattern.

  of worship.

  they regularly met together.

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  Leaked application letter?

  by Lemonp in

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  i saw a letter leaked on this site that was an application for pioneering/ some school/ something.. it had a part that said "you must not have watched pornography in the last two years" or something similar.. i cant find it now, can someone help me out?

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