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  How do you feel about people on government assistence?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, before working with people in this situation, i would have answered this question with .... "i feel for them and i know how degrading it must be, to come to this point in their life to have to depend on the government to sustain them" .

  ... once i got up close and personal with these people, i have learned that my answer only applies to a small group of those on government assistance.

  well from my experience, those on government assistance are more often about taking advantage of the system, then they are about actually being in need of help.

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  The Adult Rate of the minimum wage (for workers aged 22 and over) should increase from its present hourly rate of £4.85 to £5.05 in October 2005, and to £5.35 in October 2006. The 2006 increase is subject to confirmation by the Commission in February 2006, that the economic conditions continue to make it appropriate.

  The Development Rate (for workers aged 18-21 inclusive) should increase from the present hourly rate of £4.10 to £4.25 in October 2005 and £4.45 in October 2006. The Development Rate can also apply to workers aged 22 and above during their first 6 months in a new job with a new employer and who are receiving accredited training.

  The Government should invite the Commission to review the operation of the 16-17 year old rate of £3 an hour and to report in February 2006.

  (Low Pay Commission report)

  I don't know the exchange rate but these are minimum wage rates in the UK - you still pay taxes, council tax, rent etc. but you can claim some benefits to help with these. I guess this was the point I was making in my last post - in the UK at least, sometimes it actually pays better not to work - behaviour I don't in any way condone but do understand though!!
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  Why do Watchtower Publications not have an ISBN number?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  open any wt publication (other than tracts) and you will not find (to my knowledge) an isbn number.. you may see (c) all rights reserved and first printing in english.. does anyone know why they would not apply for isbn numbers?.

  for anyone who doesn't know what an isbn number is, here is some information.... .

  http://www.isbn-international.org/en/whoneeds.html.

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  Hi Gary1914

  Sorry, just a bad choice of wording on my part - I put 'official' in inverted commas to differentiate between the WTS and mainstream publishers (who sell books from normal retail outlets!).

  Even hundreds of titles isn't that many when compared to the giants of the publishing world - and many of the titles would have been published before the era of ISBN's anyway, but having said this, I notice that Narkissos has found a title with an ISBN so maybe it is just that they are keeping out of the worldly system as DannyBloem suggested, but perhaps ISBN's are a legal requirement in certain countries.

  I'm getting worried about this thread now - first you can't turn off the red - I just had trouble turning off the bold type!
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  How do you feel about people on government assistence?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, before working with people in this situation, i would have answered this question with .... "i feel for them and i know how degrading it must be, to come to this point in their life to have to depend on the government to sustain them" .

  ... once i got up close and personal with these people, i have learned that my answer only applies to a small group of those on government assistance.

  well from my experience, those on government assistance are more often about taking advantage of the system, then they are about actually being in need of help.

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  lol DanTheMan!

  She probably is paying it back now. The amount of money she's raking in will mean she's on higher rate income tax (that is unless she's putting it all into 'offshore investments' )
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  How do you feel about people on government assistence?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, before working with people in this situation, i would have answered this question with .... "i feel for them and i know how degrading it must be, to come to this point in their life to have to depend on the government to sustain them" .

  ... once i got up close and personal with these people, i have learned that my answer only applies to a small group of those on government assistance.

  well from my experience, those on government assistance are more often about taking advantage of the system, then they are about actually being in need of help.

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  walkaway:

  basically anyone who wants a job can get one.

  Sorry, I just don't buy that! First you need the right skills and/or qualifications to do a job. Second, some potential employers don't help matters by offering only minimum hourly rates (which in the UK at least is below the 'minimum living level' suggested by many poverty action organisations) for work which really deserves better pay. Others demand long hours, while at the other extreme some offer only part-time hours because part-time workers have fewer employment rights. Sometimes the 'pay' is better on Government benefits - and so the cycle begins...

  Would you seriously take any job you could get? No matter how low paid it is?

  All that said, yes I agree that there are still some people who are merely out to milk the system and they make me mad!
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  witness vs. cathlics

  by aoxo in

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  i attended an ex witness group for the first time a couple of weeks ago and a comment made was that jw's are just like any other religion (cathlics, lutherans) in that when someone breaks away from it the same reactions are made from the persons family and ex members such as not talking to them, claiming that the new religion is wrong, dismissal from the congregation because of wrongdoing (fornication) and other cultish stuff that the jw's inflict on us ex's.

  is anyone else from another religion that can verify this?

  i dont think this is true.

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  peacebaby - I agree, I think it does depend on the person rather than the religion.

  I was raised in a strongly RC family. When I finally left, many of them were (probably understandably) confused about my decision but they respected it. One of my sisters however refused to speak to me for two years. Although she does speak now, she is still very hostile about me leaving.

  Re the links - if you put your pointer on the topic heading of the post you want to edit, you should get a drop down menu. Maybe the link doesn't work because you put 'url' in front?

  (sorry if there's already a solution - I'm very slow at typing!!)
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  Why do Watchtower Publications not have an ISBN number?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  open any wt publication (other than tracts) and you will not find (to my knowledge) an isbn number.. you may see (c) all rights reserved and first printing in english.. does anyone know why they would not apply for isbn numbers?.

  for anyone who doesn't know what an isbn number is, here is some information.... .

  http://www.isbn-international.org/en/whoneeds.html.

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  tryagain is probably closest. If they aren't sold through 'traditional' outlets, there's no real need for an ISBN (or ISSN in the case of magazines) as there are no stock control issues etc.

  Plus, in the bigger scale of things, they don't have very many titles so it's probably not worth them getting registered as an 'official' publisher.
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  Why do you read the Literature?

  by lime05 in

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  as a non-jw why do you read the society's literature.

  i do it because it saves me money, i dont have to buy comedy dvd's to have a laugh.

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  I actually like reading them.

  I have found some of the articles useful too.
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  Do you have a problem with grammar ?

  by oldflame in

  1. jw
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  for those who have spelling problems you can go to google and down load their tool bar.

  it has spell check in it and works pretty easy.

  then you will no longer have to listen to us that bitch about spelling.

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  My spelling is good but 'serious' grammar is terrible. We were never taught anything beyond the basic at school - verbs, nouns etc. I'm studying NT Greek grammar at the moment but have found myself having to learn English grammar alongside.

  Spelling checkers are fine as long as I remember to set them to UK English!
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  Did Jesus fulfil Micah 5:2?

  by scout575 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  christians believe that micah 5:2, which predicts the coming of a ruler from bethlehem, was fulfilled by jesus.

  however, does the context support that belief?

  micah goes on to predict what this ruler would accomplish.

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  Double post - thanks again aol!
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  Did Jesus fulfil Micah 5:2?

  by scout575 in

  1. jw
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  christians believe that micah 5:2, which predicts the coming of a ruler from bethlehem, was fulfilled by jesus.

  however, does the context support that belief?

  micah goes on to predict what this ruler would accomplish.

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  hi scout

  Arnold Fruchtenbaum links this verse with Isaiah 7:14 because Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah. The two specific bits of the verse he points to are

  1 the 'One who will go forth for Me' - meaning this ruler was to have a specific mission.

  2 'His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of Eternity' - he says the Hebrew wording is the strongest use for eternity past, comparing them with similar occurences in Psalm 90:2 and Proverbs 8:22-23, when they are used of God and Wisdom respectively.

  you really should try get hold of his book - it's very good in spite of the slight bias!