I think you may be on to something here. However, I think the long term goal may be to completely rebuild the religion once they've eliminated the people most likely to complain. It would give them a way of dodging lawsuits over a change in blood doctrine, and reset the clock (or get rid of it) regarding the approach of Armageddon.
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58Beautiful New "Kingdom Hall"
by Sea Breeze inthese images were posted on one of my fb news feeds.
they are legit.
looks like an upscale commercial bldg.
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Scanning and Sending Medical Records Through Emails--Circuit Overseer Letter!
by Atlantis inatlantis, do you have the circuit overseer's letter, where they say they scan and send your medical records through emails?
isn't that against the law?.
you would need to speak with those on the board with legal knowledge on that subject, because i am not qualified in such legal matters.
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JeffT
Wasanelder: If that was before 1996 I'm not sure what the law was. HIPAA became law in that year. Under HIPAA the docs would have had to have either your father's signature on a form to release information to you, or a HIPAA release as part of a Health Care Power of Attorney in his will.
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Money Laundering
by Solzhenitsyn inwell friends how about another update straight from the mole in the treasurers office?
fact: tens of thousands of bethelites have taken a vow of poverty and live/work in branches all over the world.
fact: they all get a stipend based on local need, "cost of living", tenure, ect.
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JeffT
I'm a retired accountant.
None of this makes any sense, nothing you describe is "money laundering." In the U S gifts from one inidividual to another are not taxable. If the WTBS is taking money sent to individuals without their permission its called "stealing."
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Poop đź’© Patrol Map in San Francisco To Help People Avoid Poop On The Streets
by minimus inwhat a shame that the streets of san francisco has turned into a s hole.
i wonder why this is happening.
any ideas?
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Add Seattle to that list. In my opinion a big source of trouble is the way we deal with drugs and mental illness. Too many alcoholics and addicts refuse to go into housing facilities where they can't use. I work in a 28 day recovery center and I hear this frequently. And the courts have decided that if people don't want to go into a shelter they don't have to, even if they don't have enough functioning brain cells to make a good decision. These factors are to often ignored when discussing the problem.
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Days Text for today, a clue the Governing Body could be raptured soon?
by BourneIdentity insaturday, april 20. keep proclaiming the death of the lord, until he comes.​—1 cor.
11:26.. regarding the great tribulation just ahead of us, jesus said: “they will see the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
and [jesus] will send out his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together.” (matt.
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The US has an extradition treaty with the Cayman islands. It won't be that great a place for them to run to. Escaping to a foreign country AND keeping whatever money you took is a lot more complicated than most people think.
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The Mueller Report....will it affect Trump negatively?
by minimus inthey say it will be out any day soon.
do you think the report will do major damage to trump?.
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Flipper, its obvious that the Democrats will keep throwing stuff at the wall until something sticks. That is NOT how our jucidical system is supposed to work. Whatever happened to the presumption of innocense?
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So Many People Are Overly Emotional and Acting Crazy Spoiled!
by minimus inyouths in school have meltdowns anytime someone “offends” them.
grownups at a dinner table flip out on each other over politics.
drivers are ready to smash each other up if someone disrespects them on the road.
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I've been reading articles that boil down to something like the OP for decades. Most of them blame somebody the author doesn't like for the problem.
Instead we all need to ask ourselves if we are part of the problem or part of the solution.
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What woke you up?
by HappyBlessedFree ini’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.
how did you realize the organization was false?.
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JeffT
I converted in 1973, at age 22. I was caught up in the 1975 business. I became discontent over the years as nothing ever happened. In the spring of 1988 there was a talk about the evils of higher education, and how unnecessary it was since the new system was so close. My children were entering their teenage years, and wanted them educated. I started a major research project, and was on the road out.
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US WITHOLDING TAX PROCEDURS CHANGE NEXT YEAR
by blondie inhttps://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/another-tax-headache-ahead-irs-100101435.html.
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The first thing you need to do is decide if you want a big refund of your own money back, or do you want to take it home and spend it now. Which is more useful to you? With a modicum of planning and restraint you can put the money in the bank and collect interest on it. This will give you more money next year if you just hang on to it. Remember, the government is happy to take your money now and give it back to you later with no interest.
We need to make basic financial management a required course for high school graduation. Also a simpler tax code.
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Just noticed something about my membership here
by JeffT ini've been a member of this board three years longer than i was a jehovah's witness (eighteen vs fifteen).
i'm sure i've put in more hours here than i did in field service, it was more fun as well.
anybody else with similar numbers?.
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JeffT
I've been a member of this board three years longer than I was a Jehovah's Witness (eighteen vs fifteen). I'm sure I've put in more hours here than I did in field service, it was more fun as well. Anybody else with similar numbers?.