in some european countries, "church tax" is levied against members of certain religions.
how each country handles this differs depending on each country's tax laws.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/church_tax.
in germany, a member of a religion that has "public law" status pays an additional 8 or 9 percent on their tax assessments.
I have been to the branch in Vienna a couple of times. I am trying to make sense of the picture on the previous page. Is the bethel the small building on the bottom right hand corner? It looks a bit like I remember. In that case the apartments on the video are aross the road. Not sure if the building is intact or not.
Austrai doesn't seem to have street view for some reason.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
I wouldn’t say Assad is a good man. But is he worse than Tony Blair or Bush for example? They gave orders that caused the deaths of millions, and not when they were under immediate threat as the Syrian government has been. There was a Syrian on Radio 4 yesterday who asked why so many are fighting for Assad and why so many Syrians support him if he is a brutal dictator? I don’t know. The people opposing him seem to be mainly violent fundamentalists and western powers, not his own people. I admit I find it confusing. I don’t think we have a clear picture of what on earth is going on. It is no wonder many people are not convinced these chemical attacks are what they are presented to be. These things can be so easily faked now that no amount of footage is convincing. It is a very strange world we live in now. I don’t trust Putin or Theresa May to tell the truth. Everyone has their own agenda.
avon lake ohio.
while new mega church being built right down the street!.
It was just 3 years ago when the WTS rolled out their traveling all-star dog-n-pony PowerPoint slide show to all elders across the USA with promises of how many thousands (yes, thousands) of Kingdom Halls were going to be built in a short period of time
Now, instead of building new Kingdom Halls, they are merging congregations into super-sizers and selling Kingdom Halls.
Don’t worry the collapse deniers will be along any moment with an explanation. It’s all part of a plan. The Society has never been better off.
over the past several months, i have been assembling a study dealing with the life and times of satan, the devil.
it is my intention to release the first draft in a few weeks.. i have provided the draft of the last chapter at:.
http://www.jwstudies.com/pages_174-200.pdf .
What does the WTS say about Satan?
He’s Abbadon.
No hang on that’s not right.
in 1991 we build a 250 seat hall and had 125 publishers so about 175 in attendance and filing fast.. just spoke to someone from my old congregation they now have 50 to 60 publishers and 100 in attendance on a good day.. very few pioneers.. seems this is happening everywhere.. karter..
It’s happening everywhere. We need to reverse shunning policy to promote revival.
william miller.
do you know how important this man has been to your life?.
do you know your life would have been entirely different (without a doubt) had he not lived?.
I’m tempted to connect nineteenth century millennialism in the US with the frontier thesis in American history, although the exact connection I am not sure how to draw.
william miller.
do you know how important this man has been to your life?.
do you know your life would have been entirely different (without a doubt) had he not lived?.
From what I gather, William Miller didn’t just issue a one time apology for the Great Disappointmeny, but he repeatedly apologised for the unset that his false prediction had caused and tried to help people who suffered hardship as a result.
in some european countries, "church tax" is levied against members of certain religions.
how each country handles this differs depending on each country's tax laws.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/church_tax.
in germany, a member of a religion that has "public law" status pays an additional 8 or 9 percent on their tax assessments.
Maybe Watchtower in Germany was told that if they claim the church tax then they needed to provide services of benefit to the public and they decided it wasn’t worth the hassle.
I’d be curious to know if the New Apostolic Church in Germany collects tax. It would be an indication how far along the sect-church continuum they’ve travelled.
in some european countries, "church tax" is levied against members of certain religions.
how each country handles this differs depending on each country's tax laws.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/church_tax.
in germany, a member of a religion that has "public law" status pays an additional 8 or 9 percent on their tax assessments.
Good to have information from someone in Germany,
While in Germany I saw a poster with a joke possibly aimed at JWs (since they are the main “sect” in public consciousness). It said:
Warum gehen Ameisen nicht in die Kirche?
Weil die Insekten sind.
Which works in English too, except we generally say cult instead of sect.
Why don’t ants go to church?
Because they are in sects.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
Oh good Lord.
