Posts by rebelfighter

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The "Ice Cream Video" - is it real?

by freddo in

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the "don't buy ice cream give us the money video" that is the subject of other threads.. i am not very good with computer stuff - would someone tell me where it is to be found on jworg please?

i can't find it.. thanks..

rebelfighter

In the Masonic community we have 3 different youth groups. I have been involved with one of them first as a youth then as an adult leader. Our youth is ask to pay annual dues (normally around $15, the surprising thing is a Masonic group will pay these for the girls each year). This is an international group of girls between the ages of 10 and 12. They learn many things BUT each year they raise money for HIKE -- Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment. In the US last year alone these girls raised $130,000. To be eligible to receive assistance from this charity all YOU have to do is complete the form, have the doctor complete his part of the form. The funds are available for any child in need between the age of birth and 20. We never ask about race, religion etc. Just need based.

I have said on other threads that these cartoons are emotional abuse. As the Elder had said he had hoped I would see differently -- no chance -- my heart goes out to these kids. I read this stuff and I cannot tell you how much all this hurts from where I come from. If you all could only experience how the Masonic community treats kids. All the time, work and money we personally put into children. Before responding to this just look up Shriner's Hospitals for just one of the things we do.

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Brave high school student exposes abuse and corruption within Jehovahs witnesses

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls&feature=youtu.be.

rebelfighter

I am very proud of this young lady. She is a fantastic speaker, all points cover ed very well. I think your suggestions of this video being shared on Cedar's & JWSTRUGGLES sites are great but I think you seriously need to get this video and the ice cream, baptism and that Noah videos all on a program like 20/20. Just a Worldly person's view. Oh, and the one preaching to my grandkids at school - that one too. Someone should be made aware of the emotional, physical and sexual abuse in this organization.

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WT Conspiracy Theory - Pinky Ring - DUMB, I know

by cappytan in

oh man, i know i'm gonna catch flack for this.. everyone sees masonic conspiracies everywhere.. i am not a conspiracy theorist.

i don't honestly believe the governing body are freemasons.. yet, probably due to cruising this site and seeing all the masonic conspiracy threads, i saw this when looking for a shot of lett's pinky ring to show how he wore one in october, but then took it off in may to ask for money.. .

original is on the left, and on the right, i played with the brightness/contrast to get it to show up a little better.. what does the pattern on his ring look like to you?.

rebelfighter

DATA-DOG36 minutes ago

There is no proof that they aren't some schism from Freemasonry.

Trust me they are in NO way a part of the Masonic community. Absolutely NOT!!!

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WT Conspiracy Theory - Pinky Ring - DUMB, I know

by cappytan in

oh man, i know i'm gonna catch flack for this.. everyone sees masonic conspiracies everywhere.. i am not a conspiracy theorist.

i don't honestly believe the governing body are freemasons.. yet, probably due to cruising this site and seeing all the masonic conspiracy threads, i saw this when looking for a shot of lett's pinky ring to show how he wore one in october, but then took it off in may to ask for money.. .

original is on the left, and on the right, i played with the brightness/contrast to get it to show up a little better.. what does the pattern on his ring look like to you?.

rebelfighter

Vidiotan hour ago

At least the Freemasons seem to have some demonstrable impact on society.

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The WTS are pretty much Freemason wannabes...

The majority of the Masonic community is ALL about the children. We raise huge amounts of money for their benefit. One group has just completed it 23 hospital dedicated to children. Parents pay ZERO. One of the women's groups makes sure that all the parent's needs (hotel, travel, etc) are taken care of while the child is being cared for. We never ask any religious questions, just need and medical based questions.

This is one group that is very protective of ALL children theirs and everyone elses.

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WT Conspiracy Theory - Pinky Ring - DUMB, I know

by cappytan in

oh man, i know i'm gonna catch flack for this.. everyone sees masonic conspiracies everywhere.. i am not a conspiracy theorist.

i don't honestly believe the governing body are freemasons.. yet, probably due to cruising this site and seeing all the masonic conspiracy threads, i saw this when looking for a shot of lett's pinky ring to show how he wore one in october, but then took it off in may to ask for money.. .

original is on the left, and on the right, i played with the brightness/contrast to get it to show up a little better.. what does the pattern on his ring look like to you?.

rebelfighter

Neither of his rings are Masonic. It would include both the square and compass. It is very rare that it is a pinky ring. It will normally have the letter "G" in the center. These rings are big and bulky never seen one that was small.

Even the ladies groups our rings are not that small.

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Photo from Bible Teach book was one of the top posts on /r/WTF today

by Richard_I in

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a 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..

rebelfighter

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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Book Burning and other burning of materials done by JW. Any experiences Please post

by adjusted knowledge in

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as 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.

rebelfighter

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 in

must 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.

rebelfighter

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 in

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i'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.

rebelfighter

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 in

it 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.

rebelfighter

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.