Posts by Dogpatch

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

Thank you Talesin,

As Lee says, if you actually LISTEN and look for what contradicts WT teaching, it is mind-blowing!

And she knows nothing of the WT besides what we told her, and what she comes across in her work. So...

IT IS NOT APOSTATE!

Someone could do a step-by-step commentary on Joy Frideys interview!

Randy

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March 2012 Interview with Dr. Fridey, CEO of the Red Cross headquarters in Pomona, Calif.

by Lady Lee in

people need to see this video.

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

You can embed the playlist of all three on your site using the embed code:

or the shorter version if it works or you want to email it:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDF36F5BFDB9AFCC8

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March 2012 Interview with Dr. Fridey, CEO of the Red Cross headquarters in Pomona, Calif.

by Lady Lee in

people need to see this video.

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

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March 2012 Interview with Dr. Fridey, CEO of the Red Cross headquarters in Pomona, Calif.

by Lady Lee in

people need to see this video.

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

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March 2012 Interview with Dr. Fridey, CEO of the Red Cross headquarters in Pomona, Calif.

by Lady Lee in

people need to see this video.

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

OK it is azll public, ready for comment, sharing, etc. It just had to process my last 6 gig AVI file. :-))

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDF36F5BFDB9AFCC8&feature=edit_ok

SHARE THIS PLAYLIST far and wide!

Randy

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March 2012 Interview with Dr. Fridey, CEO of the Red Cross headquarters in Pomona, Calif.

by Lady Lee in

people need to see this video.

if you have any lingering doubts about those who critisize ex-jws who try to refute the jw stance on blood transfusions or are unsure where you stand on the issue regarding accepting or even donating blood this is a must see.

it is long but worth watching.. now if only i can figure out how to embed it.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzotomct38 .

Dogpatch

Sorry but I am having trouble uploading the intermediate video(s), the ones with the actual walk-through Zen took. This is very good. I guess Youtube didn't like my 6 gig file. :-)) Tryng again right now...

Randy

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Why You Shouldn't care about offending Jehovah's Witnesses

by Dogpatch in

why you shouldn't care about .

offending jehovah's witnesses .

[partial quote, please read the whole article with pictures].

Dogpatch

Why You Shouldn't care about
offending Jehovah's Witnesses

[partial quote, please read the whole article with pictures]

Posted by author Kyria Abrahams

05.14.12 11:00 am

http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-care-about-offending-jehovahs-witnesses/

About a month ago, the New York Public School System released (and then quickly backpedaled on a list of words they would like banned from standardized tests.

To recap what you probably already know, the list included 50 potentially upsetting or offensive terms such as birthday, dinosaurs, dancing, pepperoni, and swimming pools.

The thinking was this: Words such as “birthday” or “Christmas” should be banned because they might upset Jehovah’s Witnesses who don’t celebrate. The same held true with swimming pools (because not every child has one) and dinosaurs (because they make Jesus cry) and dancing (which is made of rape). They also banned the word Schadenfreude because—little-known fact—it is actually pronounced “Jewfro.”

However, having been raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, I can tell you that the only thing I ever found offensive about the word “birthday” was that I could not have one. In fact, glancing at the word “birthday” on a standardized test actually was the extent of my birthday party. Looks like it’s just you and me, math test. And thus ended the best day of my childhood.

Here’s the part you didn’t know: Fundamentalists actually want to be offended. I know this sounds counterintuitive—what religion wouldn’t want to be respected, after all? In reality, it’s part of their culture to be seen as martyrs. Jehovah’s Witnesses have absolutely no interest in fitting in or being understood or, god forbid, having people be sensitive to them. They refer to themselves as “no part of the world” and everyone else as “worldly.”

In that way, they’re much like Hasidic Jews; in fact they even own a giant chunk of Brooklyn, which they are now selling for a ga-billion and four dollars.

To illustrate the JW’s martyr complex, here’s the cover of a monthly Jehovah’s Witness publication called Awake! This particular issue’s title is: “Youths Who Put God First.”

Read the rest (see link above)

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New US Government Petition re: Cults and Tax Exemptions

by mind blown in

this is on the official us government site.. note: someone was under the impression this was unconstitutional and it wouldn't pass, however, steven unthank replyed that tax exempt status (re: usc title 26 501 tax exemptions requirements) is not a constitutional right and can indeed be regulated by the us government through the irs.

freedom of religion does no mean freedom from tax.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/protect-americans-dangerous-cults-modify-usc-title-26--501-tax-exemptions-requirements/zhpbvhfx.

Dogpatch

All non-profits, with the exception of churches and religions, must spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year accounting the the government (U.S.). Believe me, I took my first class on forms 990-199 for Calif. years ago because my tax man (who is supposed to know non-profits) messed it up. And chanrged me $500. After the class, I did all my own returns and never got any notices from the IRS. For the next few years I did my own, but the formd got more complicate as time went on, and I hired a CPA to do them. Even HE made mistakes! The codes are changing every year, but not for religions.

Few religions, except for the Catholic Church, reach out to non-members like Jesus did. They become corporations, and corporations will fight and claw and lie to survive. But, at least in Calif., they are weeding out phony non-profits. It is harder than ever to navigate the forms and account for every last dollar you spend. Much harder than a for-profit organization in most cases.

Churches? Just look at what Scientology gets away with. Why? Some consider it blackmail.

But why are RELIGIONS exempt from form 990s? Because of the non-willingness of the govt. to touch them (political reasons, mostly). All you have to do is petition that religions/churches have to abide by the same law as other non-profits. Believe me, it would shut down most of them!

I have, in the last 30 years, seen millions of dollars bilked out of churches because the tax/accounting person was crooked and took MILLIONS over a period of years on the side. They get mentioned in the newspapers. But often the churches are reluctant to prosecute them. (A load of reasons why.)

Believe me, it's not educational non-profits, especially in Cali, but the churches, who can do damn well anything they please.

"Yes, I think I want a new yacht so I can visit Tuvalu and start a new church." RIGHT.

I come from a background of a seed/church planting megachurch (3000 members) that is legit (Hope Chapel... technically a Foursquare Church). They have started dozens of churches. Years ago a female accountant had been caught bilking them out of like a million bucks, maybe a little less. NO ONE KNEW.

Why?

No accountability to others. That's why I post my 990s on my site and on GreatNonProfits.org as well (actually THEY get them from the govt. and then make YOU upload them, too!) It's unfair, but a necessary evil. You miss reporting for three years in a row, you lost your exemption and must refile.

ALWAYS, before you donate to a non-profit, EVEN ONE YOU KNOW WELL, check out their status with the IRS. Many have been removed recently, some whom you are familiar with, and they are doing great harm to their own selves, let alone others. If they lose their tax status, and you have donated $10,000 to them over 2-3 years, you will have to pay taxes on that donation. You have just been RIPPED OFF.

It has to stop... but I doubt it will happen soon. We are not Europe, who is a little more jaded towards phony religions.

Randy