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  camping information.

  by James Brown in

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  my wife and i are planning on taking a year off and taking a jeep and a camper through all the 48 contiguous states and alaska and some of canada.. living in florida, i have always had guns and a concealed carry permit.

  but researching for our upcoming retirement vacation, it seems to me that i might not be able to legally carry firearms on my upcoming expedition.. it seems every state has different laws and licenses.

  what does a camper from florida do when he goes to new york or california?

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  cantleave 7 hours ago

  Why would you want to bring a hand gun into Canada? It's not a nation of gun loving idiots like the USA.

  
  

  While true that there are for more guns in USA than Canada the Canadians that do own guns usually have enough to supply a neighborhood. A short barrel shotgun, such as a 'stage coach gun' can be legally carried. Any unrestricted long rifle can be carried. A really nice compact 9mm - 10- round magazine, folding rifle known as the Kel Tech 2000 can be legally carried in a vehicle or back pack. [Note pic attached]

  
  

  It would probably be safer for you and your wife to travel prepared with the right frame of mind. Be friendly but be wary. Trust no one but don't travel in fear. Just be prepared. Bear spray could be put in your pocket and brought out when necessary. One ex-mercenary I worked with in construction always carried sand in his pants pocket. According to him, sand thrown into a persons eyes will incapacitate them completely. He was hard edge. He said that when they try to open their eyes to clear the sand out he would throw another handful at them. You get the picture.

  
  

  
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  What the Governing Body found out when they ' did the math'

  by Esse quam videri in

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  stephen lett may 2015 broadcast.

  14:45 ... the governing body very much feels the urgency of accomplishing as much as we possibly can, in behalf of kingdom interests, knowing that the great day of jehovah is near....

  ... in an effort to inform you of the support that is needed for this great work, i have the following information to share.

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  Stephen Lett May 2015 broadcast

  14:45 “… the Governing Body very much feels the urgency of accomplishing as much as we possibly can, in behalf of Kingdom interests, knowing that the great day of Jehovah is near…”

  “… in an effort to inform you of the support that is needed for this great work, I have the following information to share. We have looked forward to this next fiscal year and projected expenditures for all the theocratic initiatives we are scheduling. In doing the math, we found that the amount of money flowing out will be much greater than the amount of money that we have coming in, at this time. Well, why is that?

  '...Well, it's because we never did the math. We saw all this money going out and really couldn't figure out what the sam hill was going on, what with so much less money coming in. Then someone said, I forget just exactly who, but someone said, we should 'do the math.' So the Governing Body put out a request for a spiritual man, a man who was a fine example in the congregation, a man who took the lead in his family in showing obedience to the organization, oh and a man who had a calculator. So, after much prayer the Governing Body assigned this man to use his calculator to push all those confusing buttons and 'do the math.' Do you know what he figured out? He figured out that much more money was going out than coming in. And we wanted you dear brothers and sisters to be aware of this...'
  
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  Lett, the lying, deceitful TURD

  by Esse quam videri in

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  ... we just felt that you dear brothers and sisters needed to be made aware of these expenditures that were facing in the coming months and years.... .

  the may broadcast was just to make the 'dear brothers and sisters aware' and not to ask for more money?.

  lett, the lying, deceitful turd!.

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  "... So your children are buying ice cream with money that should be going to the worldwide work.

  Explain that to heaven..."
  
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  Lett, the lying, deceitful TURD

  by Esse quam videri in

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  ... we just felt that you dear brothers and sisters needed to be made aware of these expenditures that were facing in the coming months and years.... .

  the may broadcast was just to make the 'dear brothers and sisters aware' and not to ask for more money?.

  lett, the lying, deceitful turd!.

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  “… we just felt that you dear brothers and sisters needed to be made aware of these expenditures that we’re facing in the coming months and years…”

  
  

  So that's it? The May broadcast was just to make the 'dear brothers and sisters aware' and not to ask for more money?

  Lett, the LYING, DECEITFUL TURD!
  
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  No More Money!

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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  as of this june (i've already given my may contributions which are substantial) i am no longer giving money to support useless building projects that serve no good purpose.

  i am no longer giving money at conventions or assemblies.

  i am no longer giving money toward the circuit overseers upkeep.

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  I will, though, continue giving money to those in the congregation who are in need. To widows who are in financial difficulty, to brothers and sisters who have lost their job or who can only find part time work.

  Tell them they get the money under the condition that they do not give it to anyone else. Anyone or any organization. I stopped giving change to street people when I realized most of them smoked. At first I would tell them not to spend it on cigarettes. They always promised. Right. They may have kept my money, but they still spent 10 bucks for a pack of smokes. Where did that money come from? Obviously from another schmuck.
  
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  Jehovah Witness cult is Anti-christ.... proof seen in the use of BCE/CE instead of AD/BC

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
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  so being around this cult, i always found it interesting that the rest of christianity use ad/bc and the non christians use bce/ce.

  i never put two and two together.

  but, it dawned on me that once again there is hidden proof that the witness cult is and anti-christ cult.

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  Hunh??
  
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  Applying Winston Churchill's description of Ramsey Macdonald to Lett and his May broadcast

  by Esse quam videri in

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  we know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought.. .

  lett's speech in a few words.. "we need your money.

  give us your money".

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  “We know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought.“

  Lett's speech in a few words.

  "We need your money. Give us your money"
  
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  Would you warn your neighbors if a child molester lived on your street?

  by Stealth in

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  just found out that someone who lives 4 doors down was convicted of molesting a 4 year old child twice.

  the second time was after he was arrested and released on bond from the first arrest.

  having two 4 year old children living in my home, i am concerned.

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  My question is, should I notify my neighbors about this pedo on our street?

  
  If you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, NO.

  If you are not one of Jehovah's witnesses, absolutely YES.
  
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  If the Governing Body members had to take a 'lie detector test' what questions would you recommend they are asked?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  i think it is reasonable for every leader or head of any organization that has control of peoples thinking and actions should, by law, submit to a lie detector test.

  the results would be accessible to any one who had an interest in the matter.this test would be required before appointment to any position and on a yearly basis.

  questions could be submitted to a competent and unbiased committee for approval.

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  It is understood, of course, that while the members of the Governing Body are electronically attached to the lie detector, the interrogator could ask them to elaborate on their replies and give more detail, where necessary.
  
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  A nice thought for your Sunday morning.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  1) romans 8:20 .

  yhwh gave up.

  there are no secondary fulfillments as regards the end.

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  Romans 8:20-23

  20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

  22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

  Hebrews 9:26-27

  26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

  
  

  Ephesians 1:10

  10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.