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  Cost of Attending the International Conventions

  by RubaDub in

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  i have never been invited/requested/applied to any international convention, other than it happening to be our own convention in new york city where we were already assigned (i think back and maybe this happened two times or so when i was growing up).. anyway, people here keep commenting about the cost to attend; the inflated airfares, rooms, transportation, etc.. does anyone have some actual numbers to provide?

  i realize that the cost of attending a convention in a different country will be affected by some variations in airfare from the departure city but generally how much do these things cost?

  are they comparable to a tour from an expedia, travelocity or other travel site?.

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  blondie

  Cash is more confidential. The accounts servant sees checks, and if your donation is over $250 in cash in the US, a taxpayer is required to get a special form from the congregation for IRS tax purposes. Soon cash will not be used per some news stories; I hardly use cash myself, though I make sure we have some for those stores/individuals who do not accept credit cards.
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  Funerals

  by Theonlyoneleft in

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  so i have a question about a not so spoken subject.

  so if you feel inappropriate please feel free to ignore me!

  has anyone given a thought about what they would like for their funeral one day?.

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  blondie

  Upright burial takes up less space. In some cemeteries today and in the past became so crowded, that people were buried in layers and some were dug up and discarded to make room for new dead. I saw a program that explained why the catacombs in Paris with many skulls carefully stored. It seems it was to make room for a housing development in the 19th? century. Yes, cemeteries were crowded even then, mostly in urban areas.

  Cremation is what I prefer, less space and cheaper. Now green burials do not appeal to me. Some people donate their bodies to "body farms."
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  Do You Think Trump Bares Any Responsibility For The Mass Shootings Occuring?

  by minimus in

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  when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?

  i’m talking over the last few decades..

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  blondie

  The Democratic party is not the same Democratic party today, In the election of 1860, the northern Democrats opposed the expansion of slavery while the southern Democrats believed that slavery should exist across the US. Since then this has been a great divide regarding Democrats.

  Here is a summary of the switchover from democrat to republican.

  In the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956 Republican nominee Dwight David Eisenhower, a popular World War II general, won several Southern states, thus breaking some white Southerners away from their Democratic Party pattern. The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a significant event in converting the Deep South to the Republican Party; in that year most Senatorial Republicans supported the Act (most of the opposition came from Southern Democrats), but the Republican Party nominated for the Presidency Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who had opposed it.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats
  

  So it is possible that some southern Democrats in past supported and were backed by the KKK.
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  PO (slightly) MI

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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  this video features radio personality charlamagne tha god and actress/host sherri shepherd, both raised in da troof.

  charlamagne's mother is still active, and sherri's father is disfellowshipped.

  even though they're physically out, you can clearly see that there is a small part of them still connected to the organization.

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  blondie

  Yes, I have seen that in the comments by the Williams sisters. It confuses many jws and ex-jws as to their real status as jws.
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  STOLEN CHILDHOODS--CALVARY GOSPEL CHURCH (PENTECOSTAL)

  by blondie in

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  here is a comprehensive article about the policies of this church over the last 30 years regarding child sexual abuse in its midst.

  it is so eerily like that of the wts, i thought i should share it.

  the article deals with the experiences of 3 women who have come forward, what the reporting laws are like in wisconsin, and how the pattern of handling abuse is widespread throughout religion and non-secular organizations (boy scouts recent news article).

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  blondie

  Yes to both Vidiot and Biahi.

  It helps me remember how wide-ranging a problem child sexual abuse is. There is no institution or group that is not affected. Some are just better at hiding it.

  That's why I encourage those interested in helping find a way to help, it means dealing with all of it not just part of it. Eliminating one religion is not going to do it.
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  Funerals

  by Theonlyoneleft in

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  so i have a question about a not so spoken subject.

  so if you feel inappropriate please feel free to ignore me!

  has anyone given a thought about what they would like for their funeral one day?.

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  blondie

  Zing, that's true, for jws it may be a seed that sits there festering that finally bursts forth, it will definitely enlighten non-jws.
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  Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood (My review)

  by Terry in

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  once upon a time in... hollywood my review.

  i rode my bike through 3-digit temperature and watched quentin tarentino’s new film.the title harkens back to sergio leone’s trilogy titles.. i wanted to see it for personal reasons.

  the time span covered is the background to much of my life.

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  blondie

  I thought I wanted to see that movie, Terry. But not such much now. That was not a really happy time for me personally.

  I tend to switch back and forth on which movies I will go to. I thought I wanted to see The Kitchen Friday (but I will wait). I'm in a Dora mood right now. Both seem to be female affirming themes though.

  Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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  Funerals

  by Theonlyoneleft in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have a question about a not so spoken subject.

  so if you feel inappropriate please feel free to ignore me!

  has anyone given a thought about what they would like for their funeral one day?.

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  blondie

  Zing,

  I have a very special letter to be sent to a newspaper to be published the day after.

  ---A good idea. I may add such a letter after consulting with my husband should he die after I do.
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  Three Billboards of anti jw message

  by zeb in

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  i saw a mention of this.

  in the us someone funded three billboards telling ttat it seems.. does anyone have a picture of these billboards please?.

  thanks.

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  blondie

  Thanks, FF. I can see it. I have noticed a delay when clicking on Like. So some of you are getting more than one Like.
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  A Must Read Update on WBTS and Darkspilver from reddit

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  many of us know that watch tower (yes, two words in this case) has issued a subpoena to reddit to try to gain darkspilver's identity due to accusations of copyright infringement:.

  tl;dr: on april 9, watch tower filed a response to the eff's motion to quash (filed march 26) regarding the subpoena submitted to reddit in an attempt to find /u/darkspilver's identity.. the wt response is publicly available here as a pdf, from the site court listener.. a number of other documents relating to the case are available on the same site, here.. and the eff's motion to quash is available on the eff's website here.. details: as i'm sure many of us know, watch tower (yes, two words in this case) has issued a subpoena to reddit to try to gain /u/darkspilver's identity due to accusations of copyright infringement.

  specifically, watch tower is claiming copyright infringement for two things: first, darkspilver posted the back page of the november 2018 watchtower which was an article entitled "what gift can we give to jehovah?” which explained how to donate.

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  blondie

  Welcome back for another week of What’s Next, where we report on the intersection of law and technology. This week, copyright law is in the eye of the beholder as U.S. District Judge James Donato weighs in on a Jehovah’s Witnesses organization’s efforts to uncover the identity of a Reddit user. Plus, Facebook attempts to cleanup the fallout over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, but it faces another challenger. And a district judge takes a stand on attorneys fees. Let’s chat: Email me at [email protected] and follow me on Twitter at @a_lancaster3.

  I could see the whole article at first: Try e-mailing the author at this location. I have no idea how to circumvent the sign in process.