A very happy birthday to you QE, hope it was a great day for you! Cheers, Mattieu
Mattieu
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Today's my birthday and I anti-witnessed to my co-workers! Can I count my time?
by QuestioningEverything inmy co-workers brought me flowers and a cake.
i was also able to anti-witness to them about the jw's.
it feels good sharing with others the real reasons why i never celebrated my b-day.
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The Devil is in the Details...
by rhodesboy inyes most of you in your analysis of the 09/15 wt study our active leader today have missed a golden nugget new prophecy courtesy of the gb.. very discreet but read carefully the highlighted text:.
13 christs presence since 1914 has gone unnoticed by most of earths inhabitants.
(2 pet.
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Mattieu
G'day Rhodesboy, welcome to the board, nice 1st post. Cheers, Mattieu
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Oz Govt following UK & French lead on Tax/Charity status
by Mattieu injust another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
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Mattieu
Hi Debator,
Firstly thank you for reading my post and making a comment. Great thing about this board is that we can have a view. Though could you please consider your following quote:
Unless a religion is actually breaking the laws of the land the governments should not be dealing with them
Now, when any religion, including JW's sign up to receive (and enjoy) a tax free exemption, they agree to abide by the legal requirements and the spirit of those regulations. Now once any religious organisatoin is found to be taking advantages of any loopholes in tax free legislation or abusing the system for a financial gain, they deserve to be investigated. Particuarly when a religion is asked what charitable acts they perform in the local community to deserve this tax status and the reply is "we go door to door teaching the Bible" then they desrev to be looked at.
And they certainly should not be taxing our beliefs.
They are not taxing anyones beliefs, just taxing the super profits that these religious corporations, including JW's make.
Food for thought. Cheers mate, Mattieu
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Oz Govt following UK & French lead on Tax/Charity status
by Mattieu injust another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
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Mattieu
Just another update on 1 Australian Senators quest to squash the tax free status of Scientology/JW's and other cults:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html
Now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass. Interesting that the Oz Government want to use the same French agency that helped overturn the JW's status in France.a
Hmmm, will they close the local bethel or downsize?? Cheers, Mattieu
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Service numbers are gone
by Samuel Thorsen ini just stumbled over the october issue of our kingdom ministry in norwegian.. the service report numbers are no longer printed.
why not?
and do they still print the numbers in your language?.
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Mattieu
They removed them from the Australian kingdom ministry as well. They just give "Service Highlights" now, like an increase of 10% in East Timor (which means 66 publisers this month, 60 last month....) Cheers, Mattieu
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A letter to my parents stating I dont believe in the Org anymore.
by cyberjesus ini just sent this letter to my dad 3 days ago.
i roughly translated it from spanish, so it has many weird sounding sentences but i just wanted to shared it with the board.
practically i just say good-bye to my family.
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Mattieu
Really nice heartfelt letter...
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Any weird/funny local needs in your congo?
by XPeterX inwe were told to "be more generous" and that we should stop criticising the elders on how they handle matters.
(the next week a jw got df'd).
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Mattieu
Local needs talk on how to hold a microphone when giving talks/demos at the k/hall or ASSemblies. Most anal brother gave it (later came out he forgot he had the talk so had 5 minutes to "come up with a theme"... Showed up how unorganised the whole body was. He stretched the bloody thing out for 20 minutes....
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A Newbies Story
by Lets Think inresigned as an elder last week.
briefly this is my story.
i was raised as a witness in the 60s and 70s.
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Mattieu
Welcome Lets Think, thanks for sharing your story, hope to hear more from you. Cheers, Mattieu
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New Zealand earthqauke 7.0
by Mattieu inblack sheep & karter, hope you guys are ok, looks like it made a mess of christchurch... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/earthquake-pf-74-magnitude-rocks-christchurch/story-e6frf7l6-1225914075673.
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Mattieu
Lol Black Sheep, that is exactly what I think we are going to hear when all the jw experiences with the Christchurch earthquake start coming through! Cheers, Mattieu
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New Zealand earthqauke 7.0
by Mattieu inblack sheep & karter, hope you guys are ok, looks like it made a mess of christchurch... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/earthquake-pf-74-magnitude-rocks-christchurch/story-e6frf7l6-1225914075673.
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Mattieu
Black Sheep & Karter, hope you guys are ok, looks like it made a mess of Christchurch..