During my final argument with the Elder. I am trained to recognize emotional abuse and his grandchildren are under the age of 6, I made the comment which BTW got no response So when are you going to take them to see the next horror movie that comes out in the movie theater, no different then those magazines you give them at the KH and the talks about ammagedon. They know their great grandpa and their very favorite aunt are not JWs.
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Photo from Bible Teach book was one of the top posts on /r/WTF today
by Richard_I ina pic from the bible teach book was posted on reddit's popular /r/wtf subreddit where people post things that make you say "what the fuck" out loud.
this was the photo and you can read the thread's comments here.
it was one of the most-upvoted pictures today on the subreddit.. i visit that subreddit once in awhile and laughed out loud when i saw the thread..
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Book Burning and other burning of materials done by JW. Any experiences Please post
by adjusted knowledge inas a very young child i have memories of several book burnings done by jw families.
it wasn't something arranged by the congregation, but elders did participate in it.
it was actually scary for me as a child of only about 8 years old.
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Okay, I thought this religion was strange but this thread just topped the cake!!! Really these things really go on.
It is a good thing the Elder never came to my house, we would be having a huge fire for several days (LOL). If he ever found out what I allowed as a single parent, althougth I think he may suspect. My son had D&D and Majic the Gathering parties. Both of my kids turned out with super manners, praised by employers and super well liked. The Elder and I am sure none of you and neither do I agree with their philosophy on marriage but I cannot blame them. As they both have told me live together first make SURE it is right before we become you.
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Sense of Humor
by rebelfighter inmust have a sense of humor when you live my crazy life.
so i moved from one state to another and they require you to connect the dots of the last name.
last name on birth certificate must match last name on marriage license.
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Must have a sense of humor when you live my crazy life. So I moved from one state to ànother and they require you to connect the dots of the last name. Last name on birth certificate must match last name on marriage license. I never did anything in my life that required my birth certificate -- no travel nothing. So I was trying to get this document, filled out the required form, emailed inquiries hey I need this, lots of phone messages -- my daughter and I are sorta like driving around this state and are vehicles are not registered properly, I cannot get a valid driver's license. Finally, I am driving the car my daughter is with me, I am 62yr 10 mo 13 days (never forget this day) the clerk of the court calls. OH, you are driving your car I will call back, NO. She repeats that again I say NO, please I need this birth certificate we are so illegally driving around this state. She proceeds, is it possible that you were adopted. Well anything is possible since my mother is a pathologicall liar. Long story short the only name that matched her first & middle, my first & middle. For her last name she went back a generation. For my last name she used her maiden name. For father's name she put down my grandfather.
When we questioned her don't know anything about it. I think he was a cop. She is a sever Alz patient.
So I ordered a DNA through Ancestry dot Com it sat on my dresser for 6 months because -- what if -- this guy was not faithful to his wife and his kids are about to find out they have a half sister they knew nothing about. I HATE hurting people.
Turning point to send in the DNA, I love Josh Groban, You Lift Me Up. He was on the show tracing his ancestry. The next day I sent mine in.
SENSE OF HUMOR -- got the results this past week, LOL. My father was 60 and a widow when I was born. His wife died the same year my mother was born. There was a 35 year age difference. If any of my 5 siblings are still alive they will all be well into their 90s. So all those months I worried about what? LOL. Just rolling my eyes. Just so glad my mother is in another state far away.
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Welfare and Witnesses
by adjusted knowledge ini'm ignorant to the social welfare programs outside the us, but listening to others i have to assume in europe it is more generous.
i've not had deep personal conversation with active witnesses for nearly 20 years.
last year i made contact with a family and some elders came to my house.
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Bangalore
this was my very first impression of the Witnesses
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Does Tithing at Church Count as a Charitable Donation?
by OrphanCrow init has been interesting to see the shift in financial strategies that the wts is implementing recently.
from reading recent threads, it appears like 'they' are adopting a tithing donation system, similar to what is practised in "those wicked churches of christendoom".
i am curious as to who it is that stands to benefit the most tax wise in this recent shift.
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JeffT,
In a prior post I provided a link to the IRS publication covering cash contributions. You obviously have not been audited. You might want to review this document, as a little help you might want to look for this paragraph:
Contributions of $250 or More
You can claim a deduction for a contribution of $250 or more only if you have an acknowledgment of your contribution from the qualified organization or certain payroll deduction records.
If you made more than one contribution of $250 or more, you must have either a separate acknowledgment for each or one acknowledgment that lists each contribution and the date of each contribution and shows your total contributions.
The reason I point this out is that I know for a fact I have had to track down these receipts every year when filing my tax return. Now I make sure I get the receipts within 30 days of making the donations, makes tax preparation time a little easier.
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outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.
by brandnew incrofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.
6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.
engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.
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Somewhere in these current threads is another one Are JWs Gullible -- Well you just need to combine these two threads together. Obviously, NO ONE in New York believes "we are in the final hours of the last day of the Last Days". -
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Does Tithing at Church Count as a Charitable Donation?
by OrphanCrow init has been interesting to see the shift in financial strategies that the wts is implementing recently.
from reading recent threads, it appears like 'they' are adopting a tithing donation system, similar to what is practised in "those wicked churches of christendoom".
i am curious as to who it is that stands to benefit the most tax wise in this recent shift.
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RubbaDub, Unless I am reading it incorrectly, I believe the limit has been lowered, according to the IRS publication attached above an organization has to issue statements starting at $75.00 annually. -
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Does Tithing at Church Count as a Charitable Donation?
by OrphanCrow init has been interesting to see the shift in financial strategies that the wts is implementing recently.
from reading recent threads, it appears like 'they' are adopting a tithing donation system, similar to what is practised in "those wicked churches of christendoom".
i am curious as to who it is that stands to benefit the most tax wise in this recent shift.
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The organization should be issuing statements at the end of the year if you are donating in excess of $75.00. If you are audited they will ask for these statements. The amount deductible per year is based on your income verses the amount that you contribute per year. There are limitations as to how much total contributions that you can have in a single year -- the good news is if your contributions exceed the limitations you may carryover the excess into the next year (I know this from experience -- a couple of times).
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#en_US_2014_publink1000229790
Please note that to be deductible the organization has to be a qualified charitable organization!!!
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my intro to the JW world
by rebelfighter insomeone suggested that i should introduce myself and how i got here.
this has been a crash course in the jw world.
i got an email that said "good bye, have a nice life".
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RoyalFlushPhil, the first thing I must say over again the Child issues Emotional, physical and sexual. The Elders parting words were "I hoped you would see differently", we call 911 for a bruise. The February cartoon is totally outrageous I would have sat through that and my opinion would have been made very clear at it's end right there in the KH without the mic. TOTAL emotional abuse.
Financial -- I am a financial accountant -- May broadcast. Where are the mumbers?!?!?!? What are we talking about?!?!?!? You want money WHY!?!?!?!?
Charity -- I have been involved in extremely large charity work for over 50 years. May broadcast. Let's see. Why are we raising money, our goal is....., the time frame is, other sources supporting the endeavor are...., would be nice to have a better spokeman.
Word should get out to the R/F about the resort condominiums up in NY that is disgusting, while they broadcast about the man who gave up his job for interference with worship and went on welfare. That is a bunch if bull!!! I have listened to each of these broadcast I truly feel they need to return to their hiding place. If these people are spiritual appointed it came straight from Satan. Hiding pedophiles, slave labor, contributing to the community around you that you live in (NOT), taking tax deduction and not returning anything.
I have seen a few negative comments randomly about the Masonic community. This is an outstanding community we personally spend a huge amount of our own money to belong, to attend, to go to fund raisers ALL for CHILDREN. If a child needs help we are there no questions asked we will get them and their parents help. We Do NOT Ask About Religion child needs Help we take care of them.
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my intro to the JW world
by rebelfighter insomeone suggested that i should introduce myself and how i got here.
this has been a crash course in the jw world.
i got an email that said "good bye, have a nice life".
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JWDaughter, just got cut off while posting that last post.
...while everyone is singing Old Rugged Cross.
Those are only 2 of many songs about the cross.
About being assertive, go for it, when you want something go for it, do it. Sounds hard so start small little steps then medium steps. Bigger and bigger. Just don't let people walk on you. When they tell you you can't do something OH HELL YES I CAN!! Rebel can watch me. The funniest one that happened to me was the day my mother looked me in the eye and said you need to go out and get a real job. I actually laughed in face for the first time. Never told her why. By that point my salary was 3X hers but she didn't think financial accounting was real work.
I am assertive, my biggest problem which my friends, kids and the Elder all get after me about is I have a far to caring snd loving heart and care to much about people and come to their aid and I end up getting hurt everytime emotionally and financially.