Posts by iwasblind

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What Would Happen if the Watchtower Loses Their TAX EXEMPT STATUS?

by John Aquila in

would it really affect them?

how would it affect volunteers at any construction project since that work would now be taxable.

any materials they buy would be taxable.

iwasblind

It would affect their property strategy. At the moment because a hall is built by unpaid volunteers the tax laws in the US allows them to buy and sell properties and not pay a scrap of tax. I think it is similar in Australia and UK.

All of their running costs would still be an expense, but I believe a lot of their expenditure is capital - and we all know they donate nothing to help poor countries - so they would lose some money for sure.

Then all of a sudden we will be meeting back in homes, no need for Kingdom Halls as we would be under attack.

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Need a good laugh?

by FadeToBlack in

if you could use a good laugh please have a look at page 7 of the july 2015 awake.

my wife leaves the latest issues on my pillow when she gets back from her meetings.

i often scan through them looking for nonsense.

iwasblind

His pants look a little tight to me. I think he needs some counsel.

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Charity

by aintenoughwiskey in

jw
friends

we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

iwasblind

Thanks for your post. As we were awakening we noticed right through the greek scriptures it refers to helping the poor. Even when Jesus appointed Paul to do the preaching work he said "only don't forget the poor". Then we realized that the Borg gives nothing to anyone. Even the tele-evangelists whom they run down give millions to charity.

We realized we don't contribute at all to anything. So we stopped donating and now are supporting some charities, but also give to any genuine charity who knocks on our door also.

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getting drivers licensene not same as getting baptized

by poopie in

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if you get in an accident you will not be shunned by everyone in your family.

iwasblind

How stupid. David Splane used the illustration in Oz once that if they can get a job at Maccas they can get baptized.

Uhh hello - I don't think working at MacDonalds as a 14 year old is a major lifelong decision.

Maybe when they get a license they can get married, start a family, move into their own house?

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Jehovahs Witnesses to pay 6 figure sum to sex abuse victim. UK.

by The Scotsman in

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.

story just broke in uk!!!!

a woman who claimed jehovah's witness elders failed to protect her from sex abuse carried out by a convicted paedophile has won a six-figure payout.

iwasblind

Bring it on UK. It would be great to get stuff started in Australia. I can't imagine how many have been affected here also.

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Help needed

by moley in

as many of you on here will know, my sister and myself (along with others we know) were abused by a ms. .

my first memory as a child was of abuse and i've had and still am suffering from the affects due to mental health problems.

the abuser is now dead, but he was jailed for abuse of his own son previously so that nest of vipers will have known he was an abuser.

iwasblind

Hi Moley

I am so sorry this has happened to you under the care of this organisation. I will pray for you and your sister.

You could try reaching out to Barbara Anderson on this forum, I am sure she will know the best legal avenue.

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Christians don't know the Bible.

by cappytan in

yep.

i said it.. christians don't know the bible.. you know how i'm going to prove it?

i'll use the same amount of credible evidence they use for the existence of god.. here it is.. [start of evidence].

iwasblind

Hey Cappy stick to videos, your graphic editing stinks :-)))

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Paul said NOT to be "Harsh" in Shunning

by FusionTheism in

the apostle paul warned the corinthians not to be too harsh in their shunning of a man who was guilty of sexual immortality / adultery:.

2 co 2:5-11: now if anyone has caused sadness, he has saddened, not me, but all of you to an extentnot to be too harsh in what i say.

this rebuke given by the majority is sufficient for such a man; now you should instead kindly forgive and comfort him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sadness.

iwasblind

Hi Fusion

It is very interesting too, that it is some bible scholars say that the case in 1 Cor 5 where Paul told them to throw the immoral man out of the church, is the same man that Paul said in 2 Cor to welcome him back. These books were written in the same year also.

BUT, funnily enough there is no mention of 3 men coming to judge if he is "repentant in a Godly way", making him wait for months alone at the back of their meetings, writing a letter to be reinstated, etc.

As Oubliette says: Let's review - it's a cult!

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Who or What is the Holy Spirit?

by FusionTheism in

tradition within christianity has long been that any time the phrases holy spirit, holy ghost, or spirit of godare used in the bible (especially in the new testament), it always refers to the mysterious third divine person of the trinity, who is fully god, co-equal to the father and son, yet somehow distinct.. i want to present a simplified alternative view: let the context determine the meaning!.

(one thing to keep in mind is that the meaning of the bible words used for spirit basically is unseen force or invisible presence.).

the holy spirit as the mind and personality of god.

iwasblind

Hi Fusion

Nice summary. We are studying about the Spirit at the moment because JW's don't really have it in their lives or really grasp it, and in our "innocent" questionings, they can't explain it beyond the stupid remote control illustration.

It is clearly far more than that. Thank you for more scriptures to contemplate.

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John 21:23 a new argument for JW's regarding false prophecy promoted being OK

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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i want as many minds put into this as possible.. there is a new argument among the extreme jw apologists, saying that even the disciples promoted mistakes.

they base themselves on john 21:23. keep in mind, i am not a believer but i want the answer from a believer's standpoint, please.. .

nwt:.

iwasblind

It was not doctrine, it was heresay. Just like many JW's speculate about the paradise or space travel in the future.

The difference is simple, it was not stated as a doctrine, you could not get disfellowshipped for refuting it, and it was not printed in every single WT like 1914 and the like.