If you made a gift or loan in writing with conditions attached and deducted it on your taxes, go for it. My guess is that 99% of JWs donate (if at all) though small cash or check drops into the "worldwide work" black hole, which means you (and I) gave them permission to do whatever they want with it.
Chaserious
JoinedPosts by Chaserious
-
7
Not on JW.ORG: Wall Street Journal : Can unhappy Jehovah's Witnesses demand return of donations to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society? Some thoughts.
by Balaamsass2 inmenu
markets dan's journal
live help
-
-
-
98
Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
-
-
Chaserious
Is it just one hostage-taker? Wonder if possible it could be one extremist acting on his own following the calls to attack the infidels.
-
98
Is is Muslim terrorist cafe seige Sydney...hundreds of hostages! looks bad.
by Witness 007 inlindt chocalate cafe martin place in city people pressed against the glass with hands up...this will not end well..
-
-
Chaserious
Surprised this isn't being covered much stateside. Just flipped through 6 around-the-clock news networks, none of which are covering this right now. Hoping for the best possible outcome for the unfortunate hostages who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time...
-
77
Just quit quietly - the law is on your side!
by Ajax infreedon of religion guarantees any individual the legal right to abandon any religion at any time for any reason.. if you are a citizen of a country which champions human rights, then your government doesn t care what religion you join, but they will uphold your freedom to join it, without interference, coercion or persecution.
your countries human rights legislation will conversely uphold your rights when it comes time to abandon any religion you so choose.
those (elders) who incite others interfere, coerce or persecute those who have left will be in transgression of the human rights statutes.. a person is only obligated to ecclesiastic law if he exposes himself to it or transgressed it while still a member of a religious community.. when your time comes to abandon the jw-wt cult, do it while still in good standing, be proactive - be decisive -put it in writing!..and do it before the hounders set sights on you.. write a card or letter with as much or as little explanation as you one day might wish to share with pharisees and lawyers.. take this card to a notary public to have your signature witnessed and have the writing overstamped in several places with the date.
-
-
Chaserious
Azor, sorry to hear about your son. It's tough not to be bitter when you realize how much of your life you gave for the whims of the corporate leaders and how much of a grip they have on those you love. I wish you the best with your son and your family.
-
77
Just quit quietly - the law is on your side!
by Ajax infreedon of religion guarantees any individual the legal right to abandon any religion at any time for any reason.. if you are a citizen of a country which champions human rights, then your government doesn t care what religion you join, but they will uphold your freedom to join it, without interference, coercion or persecution.
your countries human rights legislation will conversely uphold your rights when it comes time to abandon any religion you so choose.
those (elders) who incite others interfere, coerce or persecute those who have left will be in transgression of the human rights statutes.. a person is only obligated to ecclesiastic law if he exposes himself to it or transgressed it while still a member of a religious community.. when your time comes to abandon the jw-wt cult, do it while still in good standing, be proactive - be decisive -put it in writing!..and do it before the hounders set sights on you.. write a card or letter with as much or as little explanation as you one day might wish to share with pharisees and lawyers.. take this card to a notary public to have your signature witnessed and have the writing overstamped in several places with the date.
-
-
Chaserious
Please provide your feedback to this preemptive approach
My feedback is that mailing a letter to yourself and stuffing it in a drawer is going to have no legal effect whatsoever. Try cancelling your gym membership that way, and see what happens when you complain about continuing to be charged membership fees.
Filing lawsuits over being DF'ed/DA'd under their current standard practices for those scenarios is a waste of time, money and court resources.
-
5
This could be an interesting court case to watch.
by JeffT inhttp://www.christianpost.com/news/kansas-church-that-left-presbyterian-church-usa-takes-property-fight-to-court-130936/the short version: a presbyterian congregation voted to leave the presbyterian church (usa) and join a more conservative presbyterian organization.
the lawsuit is over who owns the building.
obviously, this is of interest to the xjw community given the recent land grab by the watchtower society.
-
-
Chaserious
There was a similar dispute in the DC suburbs over a historic church property worth millions:
The national church won, despite the congregation appealing all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court (although the Supreme Court didn't take the case).
Most of these schisms in the U.S. recently arise from disagreements between local and national over attitude toward gays and lesbians and/or same-sex marriage. There have been other similar cases and the result has varied by state. The South Carolina Supreme court allowed a local congregation to keep the property. There are other factors involved - what type of organization the church is, and how the property is held.
-
-
-
Chaserious
Nice job!
-
75
Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 inhttp://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
see last item:.
"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
-
-
Chaserious
For anyone who knows how to read this, could this have anything to do with society (appellant) attorneys having to jaunt about the country putting out fires (eg the Zalkin cases)?
OA means "Oral Argument" and in this context probably means other appeals arguments, of which I don't think there are any other WTS cases scheduled for right now. Their lead attorney on appeal is with a private law firm specializing in appellate advocacy, so it probably just relates to other cases not connected to the WTS.
-
75
Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 inhttp://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
see last item:.
"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
-
-
Chaserious
blames the elders and the WTS policies for the reason of why it is not reported to the authorities.
As far as I am aware, none of these lawsuits are about the elders/WTS not reporting the plaintiff's abuse to the authorities. They are about the congregations/WTS having knowledge that these men were molesters from previous incidents and continuing to allow them to occupy positions of responsibility in the congregation. And this in an organization that routinely expels people, thus giving the impression to gullible parents that it would never allow such a person to occupy a position of trust.
Sir82: this is for the Conti case.
-
75
Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 inhttp://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
see last item:.
"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
-
-
Chaserious
Well, that was probably not a docket entry the WTS team was happy to see. The media triggered the intense scrutiny against the RCC probably more than the financial impact of the lawsuits. The Boston Globe reporting really set the whole thing off.