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  watchtower saying that apostates are mentally ill?

  by worried in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi.

  i remember reading posts about a newer watchtower study edition, telling that apostates (or people plainly leaving the truth) were mentally ill. can anyone tell me what edition that was?

  i have searched through the forums for the last half hour, and either am i terrible at searching, or they have all vanished..

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  To be fair I was mentally ill for a while when I took the red pill.

  It's a pretty big mind f***
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  dc talk outlines YKnot

  by JWFreak in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  cant seem to contact dear yknot.

  does anyone else want to host some 2011 dc outlines.

  cheers.

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  Did you ever get hold of Yknot JWFreak?
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  Tax Exempt status - is there a way to get JWs to lose it?

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

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  Strangely someone else asked the same question earlier today about the JWs in the UK http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/215119/1/Is-the-IBSAs-charitable-status-in-the-UK-vulnerable
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  Is the IBSA's charitable status in the UK vulnerable?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  one thing that has occurred to me recently is how much money the society makes from being registered as a charity in certain countries.

  in the uk, the government contributes 28 pence for every pound that is donated (referred to as "gift aid"), effectively increasing the value of each contribution from 1 to 1.28. not surprisingly, the society in the uk are doing very well out of this arrangement, and last year according to the charity commission's website they made a turnover of 25.7 million, with profits of 7.8 million.

  i calculate that approximately 5 million of this must have been generated by gift aid.. the thing is, to my knowledge recent laws that have been passed by parliament stipulating that a charity must be in the "public benefit".

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  Does anybody feel it's worth pursuing this, i.e. getting it investigated by the papers etc? In the light of the ongoing economic downturn in the UK and spending cuts etc, it seems obscene that government money is being used to prop up an organisation that encourages people to refuse lifesaving medical treatment and abandon their teenage children if they are disfellowshipped. It certainly doesn't fit in with David Cameron's "big society"! How can all of that be claimed as being for "public benefit"?

  and yes, I agree. Given the changed political climate a 'return visit' to this issue may elicit a different response.
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  IMPORTANT: JWS and the CHARITIES COMMISSION

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear all (especially those in the uk),.

  following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.

  some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.

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  Bump for cedars http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/215119/1/Is-the-IBSAs-charitable-status-in-the-UK-vulnerable
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  Is the IBSA's charitable status in the UK vulnerable?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  one thing that has occurred to me recently is how much money the society makes from being registered as a charity in certain countries.

  in the uk, the government contributes 28 pence for every pound that is donated (referred to as "gift aid"), effectively increasing the value of each contribution from 1 to 1.28. not surprisingly, the society in the uk are doing very well out of this arrangement, and last year according to the charity commission's website they made a turnover of 25.7 million, with profits of 7.8 million.

  i calculate that approximately 5 million of this must have been generated by gift aid.. the thing is, to my knowledge recent laws that have been passed by parliament stipulating that a charity must be in the "public benefit".

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  This has been discussed before, take a look at this thread for some background http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/143526/1/IMPORTANT-JWS-and-the-CHARITIES-COMMISSION

  I wrote to the Charity Commission as did many others. I received a canned 'thank you for your letter' response and nothing more.

  Sadly Dansk, the person who started the thread above died a couple of years ago. Have a look at the thread to see who else got involved.
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  The (study) WT November 2011 Makes Me Puke !

  by Hairyhegoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this study edition is an absolute attack on kids going to higher education, and you all are getting too cosy at home with your sky tv and the internet, get out on the doors you idle dogs.. oh and if you have a good job already you could not be putting the kingdum first !.

  here is some of the crap in the mag, and the article temporary residents in a wicked world.. 10. .

  in view of the imminent end of the present system of things, as jehovahs servants.

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  That's what I think of that.
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  Prequel to "The Thing" opens in October.

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  greetings sf/horror cinema lovers:.

  i recently rewatched my tape of the thing from another world [howard hawks], considered one of the greatest sf films of all time.

  in the process of doing my usual cinematic researches, i discovered that a prequel to john carpenter's the thing is due in theatres in october:.

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  I love The Thing. I'll definitely be going to see this.

  I'm a big fan of Carpenter's earlier work.
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  Spooky Slumber Party Games: Bloody Mary, Light As a Feather, Ouija & Spoon Bending

  by headisspinning in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i bought a book for my daughter called 'the daring book for girls'.

  it's really cool and has lots of fun stuff in it but there's a section on slumber parties where they describe a few games.

  this has opened up some questions for me.... the first game described is 'bloody mary'.

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  Mickey mouse

  I remember the girls at school playing "bloody Mary" and "light as a feather, stiff as a board",

  Rites of passage.
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  Earthquake at Bethel...mysterious Bethelite speaks up on significant concerns at world headquarters .

  by koolaid-man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this post will bring out all those who love to criticise and rebut.

  the following information is timely and very plausible.

  in view of recent posts and special announcements to be taking place in the organization i found the following to have credibility.

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  Mickey mouse

  I'm fairly certain Jackson wasn't at bethel on August 23rd.