My JW mom and her oddball "brothers and sisters" NEVER cease to amaze me. I own a Christian bookstore that carries curriculum for homeschoolers. Today I'm LITERALLY minding my own business, when "sister-so-in-so" comes in. WEIRD I'm thinking...I'm watching her eyeballing some curriculum she obviously finds "offensive"...some of the publishers a la carte "bible study" and others integrate "bible" into all subjects. Her teenage son sees something and next thing I know they are rattling on in spanish. Then came the BOMB..."sister-so-in-so" makes a "living" placing those .25 cent candy machines in local businesses. She wanted to know if I'd be interested in letting her place one...no commission for me of course...cause she hardly makes "anything" and afterall she'd be doing ME some kind of favor! Yeah...cause, "Parents like having something for the kids to do while they shop." I told her I didn't have the space. She wanted me to think about it...no prob...so think I did! Doesn't it bother her squeeky clean JW sense of superiority and spiritual cleanliness to (in an indirect way) do business with Babylon??? Is she a weird duck OR is this typical JW thinking?
KistByQpid
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Belly up...to Babylon's trough!
by KistByQpid inmy jw mom and her oddball "brothers and sisters" never cease to amaze me.
i own a christian bookstore that carries curriculum for homeschoolers.
today i'm literally minding my own business, when "sister-so-in-so" comes in.
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JWs Are the Cleanest People on Earth
by comforter inone benefit that jws get from being jehovah's people is the knowledge of good hygiene.
before i came to be a witness, i did not think it was important to brush my teeth thoroughly or wash under my arms real good and use deodarant.
i also tended to be a pack rat with a messy car.
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KistByQpid
In terms of logical fallacies...a "hasty generalization" refers to the mental gymnastics of drawing conclusions on the basis of insufficient evidence. Your claim echos WT wishful thinking. Just because an individual OR organization (yep...this includes the WT) claims something as "the truth" or better yet, "The Truth" doesn't make it so. All sorts of prejudices are a result of this type of thinking...
As a worldly person...I don't "know" Jw's are the cleanest people on earth. This is your prejudice and perception at work. Perceptions are the stuff opinions are made of...and we all know what they say about those.
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JWs Are the Cleanest People on Earth
by comforter inone benefit that jws get from being jehovah's people is the knowledge of good hygiene.
before i came to be a witness, i did not think it was important to brush my teeth thoroughly or wash under my arms real good and use deodarant.
i also tended to be a pack rat with a messy car.
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KistByQpid
Your "need" for a WT hygiene tutorial is only surpassed by your apparant ignorance regarding logical fallacies. Your so-called rationale is what every junior high school debate student knows as a HASTY GENERALIZATION.
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How many here work for yourselves?
by Leander insome of you may have read some of my earlier posts about my job issues, well i followed the advice that some of you contributed and i'm on my way to starting my own business.
i have a fairly good strategy that i will attempt to follow but i'm back again for more advice.. my first goal is to obtain a business license and establish a business name.
tomorrow i'm going to spend a few hours at the library and try to read up a bit on the different ways to proceed with a small business.
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Forgot to add...your tax ID will be your social security number ONLY if your business is a sole proprietorship. If you choose to incorporate, you will most likely have to deal with your state's Secretary of State's office. They will need the IRS's form SS-4 (you can download it on the IRS's website) or just pick it up at their office when you fill out your articles of incorporation. Call your state's Department of Licensing or check their web site...most have fairly detailed lists of what steps you need to follow...which forms you'll need...and which offices you'll need to file with and in which order, to get your business license.
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How many here work for yourselves?
by Leander insome of you may have read some of my earlier posts about my job issues, well i followed the advice that some of you contributed and i'm on my way to starting my own business.
i have a fairly good strategy that i will attempt to follow but i'm back again for more advice.. my first goal is to obtain a business license and establish a business name.
tomorrow i'm going to spend a few hours at the library and try to read up a bit on the different ways to proceed with a small business.
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KistByQpid
Yep...hubby and I have been self-employed for close to nine years now. I would recommend reading EVERYTHING you possibly can on business structures NOW. Understand all the pros/cons of each and every structure. For simplicity, the sole proprietorship is probably the easiest and cheapest to start BUT there are big drawbacks. The biggest drawback is that YOU the individual are responsible for any and all liabilities incurred by your company. Partnerships are easy to form as well BUT I'd strongly advise NOT getting involved in any partnership. The incorporated structure IS more paper work/money to set up. However, the advantage to a corp is that they are their OWN separate legal entity. This structure protects you and your personal assets. There are Limited Liability Corps, S corps and C corps. You need to do your homework and see which one gives you the best advantage. In my case, my husband's business is set up as a C-corp...so is mine...However, it is done so that one is a subsidiary of the other. This relationship between corporations is done by one owning stock in the other...big benefit. If it is possible to start TWO businesses (even if they are not related in service or product) I'd suggest you take a look at this option. Let's say one of your business makes a big profit...and the other doesn't. The subsidiary set up allows you to to file a consolodated tax return so that the profits of one, offset the losses in the other. In other words, if the losses in ONE corp equals the profit of the other...you have absolutely no tax liability because the net profit (combination of the two, from the two corps amounts to zero. Take some time to consider tax strategies and as already mentioned...consult a CPA <---a good cpa will cost you BUT tax ignorance will cost you more. Good luck in your business venture!
Edited by - KistByQpid on 20 July 2002 21:26:21
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Volunteer Work is Never Encouraged
by Mary ini always find it so annoying whenever there's a wt study on the good samaritan.
no one at the hall ever suggests that the idea behind it, is that we should be helping our "enemies" in a charitable way, such as feeding them, clothing them, helping them out in a physcial way.....nope they always turn it around to where it only means we should be preaching to our enemies, cause lord only knows, actually helping someone out in a charitable way means less than nothing in the organization.. anyhoo, the last time we had an article on that (couple of years ago), i specifically put up my hand and said "this is not talking about preaching to our enemies.
the samaritan did not preach to the jew nor vise versa.
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I volunteer at a Christian non denominational food pantry. Sometimes the work is breaking down cardboard...other times it's nasty...like picking out the good fruit from the spoiled stuff. My JW mom made some smart @ss remark that this "so-called" Christian organization would NEVER change THE WORLD. I've gotten pretty good at ignoring some of her more inflammatory remarks. BUT I was like HUH??? Who said they were trying to do anything other than feed needy families? She asked me if it was like a mission, where those needing help had to endure a sermon BEFORE recieving anything. I said, "nope." WELL....Irony has it's moments....it wasn't a month later, she asked me if I could see about getting some "help" for "sister so-in-so." Apparantly, sister so-in-so's husband walked out on her and left her high and dry. I gave my mom the pantry's address and phone number...haven't seen sister-so-in-so BUT it takes some degree of moral dishonesty and nerve to belly up to Babylon's trough...don't ya think?
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Let's talk about my kids (or "pets" i...
by joeshmoe inwhew!
i was just reading an earlier thread on disciplining kids.
exhuasting!
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KistByQpid
Although we have a cat..."Crybaby"...he's an antisocial pain in the @ss. He wants nothing to do with us and has taken to living between the garage and front yard. Guess I'm a dog person...my pack:
Jonesy--Australian shepherd/Blue heeler, she's getting old now but she is a wonderful outdoor watchdog.
Chico--He's my black chihuahua. Loveable, loyal and not at all yappy, nervous or "shaky."
RECON--He's a Jack Russel Terrorist. Fearless. Lot a dog in a little body. Psychotically protective.
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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KistByQpid
Hi Beck,
I know what you mean about the illustrations. Whacked. Don't know about you gals...but can you imagine Paradise = ugly floral dresses and heels? Weird.
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KistByQpid
That's just wrong! I feel sorry for her GYN!!!
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non-jw family might hire jw nanny--r we crazy?
by fred inwe are a non-jw family with 2 kids under 5 thinking about hiring a jw live in nanny.
she is in her 30's, active jw.
we all have talked about mutual respect for each others religions, and all agreed to a hands off policy.
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KistByQpid
Fred,
Ever hear the expression, "wolves in sheeps clothing?" My JW mom has attempted to infest (yes that's the word I meant) my kids with her bs...behind my back AND after REPEATED requests not to. Solution: she has little to no unsupervised time with my kids. She also watches her non JW next door neighbors daughter after school...you guessed it...she can't resist making her judgmental/sarcastic remarks about "pagans" and "so called Christians" and "The WORLD" you see what I mean? She will not miss an opportunity no matter how small or inappropriate to "witness." The JW's may "mean well" after all they think they MUST witness. However, this mindset allows them (with a clear conscience) to have absolutely NO respect for other people's beliefs and develop UNHEALTHY BOUNDARIES. Your children's spiritual well being is equally important as their physical safety...listen to what those here who were once children raised in "the truth" have to say about the psychological effects.