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  Any Stock Holders out there? I need Financial Advice. No...not which stocks I should buy.

  by Voices in

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  ok first off let me ease your worry...i'm not asking you 'what stocks i should invest in.

  ' i have a stock in mind that i have seen progress steadily up and up.

  before i could even think about investing, i knew this company was going to take off and it's slowly climbing.

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  I think James Woods provided excellent advice. If you are a novice investor start with a 401k with your employer. Likely, you will have several mutual fund choices and even advice on what funds are appropriate to your situation. Normally, novices should not invest in individual stocks. The risk is pretty high with a single stock investment. If you know the management team, the products, the customers and the capital structure really well maybe you know enough about the risks to invest in a single stock.

  Regarding taxes - you do not pay tax unless you make money. If you receive a cash dividend you will pay tax. If you sell the stock for more than you purchased it you will pay tax. You do not pay tax unless you have a taxable event like the two mentioned above.

  Best,

  zarco
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  Thanks everyone!

  by MrFreeze in

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  i would like to thank all of the posters to this board.

  had i not stumbled upon here, i may never have been armed with the courage and information i needed to stand up for myself and leave this religion.. i'd probably still be going to meetings, giving talks on the service meeting, public talks, going out in field service.

  i might even have been guilted into going off to mts within the next year... yikes!.

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  Mr. Freeze - well written and I am glad you have a life now.

  Best
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  JWFreak

  by zarco in

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  jwf did some very brave things to bring full transparency regarding the wts.

  he also left the organization.

  i respect him very much.

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  Thanks! He said in that thread

  "Ok I am starting my memoirs this weekend.......

  It is all about the writing dept...so hopefuly it will be informative"

  I had not heard anything sense then and hope he is doing well. The transition period can be pretty tough... at least it was for us.
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  JWFreak

  by zarco in

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  jwf did some very brave things to bring full transparency regarding the wts.

  he also left the organization.

  i respect him very much.

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  JWF did some very brave things to bring full transparency regarding the WTS. He also left the organization. I respect him very much. He has not been on the boards lately. For anyone who knows him, is he well? Please pass along best wishes.

  zarco
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  Watchtower - Taxes and Grassley

  by zarco in

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  2. bible

  startfragment.

  charles grassley of iowa has for years been very concerned about abuses in the use of money by charitable and religious organizations.

  he recently stated, the constitution does not exempt churches from federal income taxation or from filing tax and information returns.. his goal is complete transparency of how the dollars are used.

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  Charles Grassley of Iowa has for years been very concerned about abuses in the use of money by “charitable” and religious organizations. He recently stated, “the constitution does not exempt churches from federal income taxation or from filing tax and information returns”.

  His goal is complete transparency of how the dollars are used. Interestingly, well respected Billy Graham did not classify his organization as a church. He opted for full accountability and transparency.

  As many of you, I feel that true transparency in how the Watchtower uses it funds and full transparency in doctrinal and other matters – blood issue and child abuse issues – would crush the Watchtower.

  So for those of who wish that to come true, encourage Senator Grassley to fight on!

  http://www.economist.com/node/18010759

  Best,

  Zarco
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  I just participated in my first Christmas activity today

  by sd-7 in

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  there was a 'white elephant' gift exchange at my job today.

  i finally got involved, for the first time ever.

  (i couldn't last year because i needed plausible deniability, as i was still a jw on paper at the time.

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  Welcome to the wonderful light.
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  I'm starting to develop a real hatred toward this religion

  by man in black in

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  this past week i flew out of town to attend a seminar for work, then afterwards i drove 150 miles extra to go and visit my dad.. two years ago my mom died, and the lack of concern/caring from the so-called "friends" from two different states was a major reason why i walked away from the jw religion.. anyway, my dad is depressed and his local hall has him doing more fs, and attending the meetings,,, ok so that could be a good thing for him.. but i noticed that service and meeting attendance is the only thing that they are pushing on him.

  nobody seems to check up on him, he just jumped at the chance to go out to eat with me.

  and the negativity !!!

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  Sorry MNB - The Witnesses are not very good at doing things that really matter. The only elderly ones that really get enough care are the older "heavy" at Bethel. I am sorry about your dad not getting anything close to what he has has likely given over his life.

  We rarely talk with Witnesses any more, but we did run into an old friend recently and the talk was all about how the economy is about to fail and how it is not time to waste trying to earn money or running a business. I feel that the next generation (over-lapping of course) is going to be even poorer than the current generation. They seem to be surpassing 1975 mode.

  Best, zarco
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  Great Books Thread

  by Open mind in

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  what are the top 5 books you would either recommend and/or have had the greatest influence on you?

  (if you only want to mention one or two that's fine as well.).

  if you feel like it, please briefly tell us why.

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  OM - what a great thread. I imagine we would be great friends if we didn't live across the world from one another. I also love:

  Fountain Head

  The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

  Guns Germs and Steel - most thought provoking book I have ever read

  A Moveable Feast by Hemingway - love all of his books, this one really provides a deep look into his thinking, friendships and profound guilt as a young writer in Paris

  East of Eden - Steinbeck's best, amazing character development and he makes the Salinas Valley come alive

  Freakonomics is a fun read

  I read a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson on the plane to Australia and laughed the entire plane ride

  All the best to you,

  zarco
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  do you miss anything from when you were a jw?

  by Newborn in

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  2. friends

  a few of my friends who also used to be jw's, say they miss certain things abt it...i can honestly say that i don't miss a single thing (my sister obviously who's still in but nothing else).. before i could sometimes miss having such a strong belief but that's also gone.

  i guess i've moved on big time.

  /newborn.

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  The only thing I miss is the homemade Mexican food at the circuit assemblies so many years ago
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  Cult...Cult...Cult...Cult!

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it seems that many people on this board get a certain amount of glee calling the jehovah's witness faith a "cult.

  " especially former jehovah's witnesses.

  and though it's true in a number of senses, we must be conscious of the fact that the early christians were considered by nearly everyone in roman and jewish society as a cult.

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  The word cult can be defined in many ways. I usually define it as having strange beliefs or practices. Consider a short list of JW beliefs and practices and see what you think:

  They sacrifice humans and their children due to the flawed blood doctrine

  They shun people because of thought-crimes

  The wickedly shun children who have the misfortune of getting baptized at a young age and then disfellowshipped at a young age - for many such ones they never get reinstated so their disfellowshipping turns into a life sentance. I personally know of several young ones DFed at ages between 13 and 18 who are serving a life time of shunning

  They speak out against education

  They do not get involved in making the community better

  They do not help clean up the environment