religious organizations, must abide by certain rules:
n their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder
or individual,
n they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests,
n they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to
attempting to influence legislation,
n they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political
campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for
public office, and
n the organization’s purposes and activities may not be
illegal or violate fundamental public policy...
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I'm shocked!! I think I found the REAL reason for no voting, for tons of preaching and no public charity!! The IRS and taxes!
by EndofMysteries inthe wt controls every part of it's members lives.
now if they really allowed voting, then obviously since they have the only channel to god, they would be expected to provide guidance as to who is the best candidate and best party, etc.
well, if you look in the irs booklet for tax exempt organizations, including religions and churches over here, go to page 5, "jeopordizing tax exempt status".
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I'm shocked!! I think I found the REAL reason for no voting, for tons of preaching and no public charity!! The IRS and taxes!
by EndofMysteries inthe wt controls every part of it's members lives.
now if they really allowed voting, then obviously since they have the only channel to god, they would be expected to provide guidance as to who is the best candidate and best party, etc.
well, if you look in the irs booklet for tax exempt organizations, including religions and churches over here, go to page 5, "jeopordizing tax exempt status".
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The WT controls EVERY part of it's members lives. Now if they really allowed voting, then obviously since they have the only channel to God, they would be expected to provide guidance as to who is the best candidate and best party, etc.
Well, if you look in the IRS booklet for tax exempt organizations, including religions and churches over here, go to page 5, "jeopordizing tax exempt status". http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf
One of the things that will make them lose the tax exempt status,,,"they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office"
Another thing, it seems they MUST provide some sort of charity. And if they don't, then religious services and the PROMOTION of religion.
Unless I'm reading it wrong, that means if they didn't keep pushing for more door to door, then they would be forced to give back money for real charity!!
Reading the IRS guide, I think they really could lose their tax exempt status if it was exposed they are really working that system and not giving any sort of charity and it's all a smoke shield to make money for those high up who contract all the services being done.
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Florida' s Gold Coast-- Latest WatchTower REAL ESTATE
by rip van winkle inhttp://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.
watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.
watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.
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jwdaughter - I'm sure they may do that somehow, the JW's w/ a huge estate and loads of money, to sign over to the WT for when they die. To not appear to be completely corrupt they will throw in occassional bro. Hineykisser who is broke as broke gets but only because bro. richestate they've signed up as well will more than cover his expenses when he passes. But you wouldn't find any filled up with the poor ones unless there is a guaranteed profit somehow.
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Florida' s Gold Coast-- Latest WatchTower REAL ESTATE
by rip van winkle inhttp://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.
watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.
watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.
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Yup, pool, trails, racketball and tennis court, rooms, cafeteria. The GB will get their free slaves to cook, clean, launder, etc in the tiny slaves quarters while they relax and enjoy themselves during the winter months in Florida's mild climate occassionally skyping back their orders to publish another brochure on jw.org on how them, the faithful slave, have decided it's best if people buy their own paper to print from home their literature, and how they need to be up to date in giving donations and regular at meetings for the wonderful food such as they are reading at the moment. And how they should be sending in their money and not planning for retirement because it's so close.
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Florida' s Gold Coast-- Latest WatchTower REAL ESTATE
by rip van winkle inhttp://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.
watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.
watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.
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Sounds like the GB bought a winter home for themselves and buddies. The NY estate for summers and the FL estate for winters.
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Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?
by objectivetruth ini've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.
i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..
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Objective - I have thought that perhaps the tree of knowledge of good and bad, a person would die because as Jesus said I think, if a person doesn't know it's sin or it doesn't bother their conscience, then it's not sin. But doing something out of conscience is a sin. So if tree of knowledge of good and bad meant that being told what is good and bad and if being human inclined to do things that technically are bad, had they not known it would not have been sin. Tree can also mean more than just a tree, it could be another entity as in Enoch, one that spoke and told them things, "eating of the words" same as when Jesus says eating the bread of the pharasees.
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The no voting/no political doctrine is very flawed!
by EndofMysteries inyou all know the doctrine, it's satan's system, can't participate, voting means putting faith in man instead of god, etc.
if so, if god put them in place, then he put faith in them to handle things to an extent and so if you happen to live in a country where people vote on how that government does things, should they not be voting?
now here is a real contradiction...... as the bible says, it's impossible to get outside of the world.
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Nice article, thanks. That reminds me of the jw.org FAQ's where they say that DON"T shun ex members. Or play with words to make it appear they don't.
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THE CURRENT FADING OF BRAND NAME "THE WATCHTOWER"
by steve2 inthe current fading of brand name "the watchtower" & the rise, rise, rise of jw.org.
the watchtower as brand name is in the process of being imperceptibly faded from visibility in the organization.
who'd have thought you could make a watchtower fade and disappear?
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The no voting/no political doctrine is very flawed!
by EndofMysteries inyou all know the doctrine, it's satan's system, can't participate, voting means putting faith in man instead of god, etc.
if so, if god put them in place, then he put faith in them to handle things to an extent and so if you happen to live in a country where people vote on how that government does things, should they not be voting?
now here is a real contradiction...... as the bible says, it's impossible to get outside of the world.
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You all know the doctrine, it's satan's system, can't participate, voting means putting faith in man instead of God, etc.
Do they not say though that God put the governments in place to keep order and handle things until he personally takes charge? If so, if God put them in place, then he put faith in them to handle things to an extent and so if you happen to live in a country where people vote on how that government does things, should they not be voting?
Now here is a real contradiction.....
As the bible says, it's impossible to get outside of the world. You can't be fully no part of the world. You must live somewhere. Voting is to make choices on things that affect where you live.
The GB and the WT society practice voting, board meetings, GB meetings, and legal requirements, etc. They are voting on things that impact the society, where they live. Yet it's not okay for people to vote on things that impact where they live?
And how do they come up with voting means putting your faith in man? If you vote for John Schmuck because you like his plan to build a city park, is the WT saying that God said he had plans to immediately do something else or build a library there and you are choosing John Schmuck over God? Didn't the GB say God put the governments in place to manage things for now?
I wonder, has anybody been disfellowshipped for voting in a homeowner's assocation? They live in a community, they vote for who runs and what is done to that community. Or in a company they own? What is the difference when it's a city wide, then statewide, then nationwide vote?
Even while I was in it didn't really make sense to me.
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Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?
by objectivetruth ini've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.
i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..
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The book of Enoch is amazing!
I had read in the book of Genesis through hebrew interlinear and noting many words and phrases that are cut out in all english translations. I noticed that it's because the translators are assuming what the message was and not wanting it to sound confusing. But what they did in a sense is comparable to taking all the symbolism in the book of revelation and translating it to a literal story with all real world literal events that has absolutely nothing symbolic.
When I had done that though, reading the book of Genesis and seeing a very clear and consistant alternate version that is all symbolic and not literal, it could have been coincidence. Then I read about the creation in the book of Enoch and the levels of heaven and it aligned with the symbolic explanation from Genesis.