I would call WT legal and tell them they are about to get kicked in the ass with a shit load of lawsuits for compromising confidentiality.
DesirousOfChange
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ExElder Friend Had To Go To His Former Kingdom Hall and this what he told me!
by minimus inhe was the secretary before he resigned years ago.
he has a business that kept him involved with the kingdom hall.
the hall was sold to another church.
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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed numerous JW tax cases against Armenia
by Corney inby three decisions handed down over the last year, the strasbourg court has declared 12 complaints, all named "christian religious organization of jehovah's witnesses against armenia", inadmissible.
the cases concerned imposition of value-added tax (vat) on imported literature - on 67 shipments received between 2007 and 2015, to be exact.
in short, the organization claimed that, first, the shipments should be tax-free pursuant to article 12 of the freedom of conscience act ("monetary and other gifts received by religious organisations, as well as income received from citizens shall not be subject to taxation"); secondly, the customs authorities arbitrarily determined the customs value of the imports based on, for example, the prices the bible society of armenia (affiliated with the dominant armenian apostolic church) sold imported religious literature.. up until march 2007, there were constant problems receiving regular shipments of religious literature, which should be tax-free but which customs arbitrarily reassessed at unpredictable higher values and then imposed a value-added tax of 20 percent.
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DesirousOfChange
Regardless of ones opinion of JWs, this is an example of Government oppressing religious freedom.
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Friend Is Worried About My “Mental Health”...lol
by minimus inone of my tennis friends who happens also to be a nurse, told me today that he is concerned about my mental health because i support donald trump.
i believe he got shafted but i also recognize that very little will probably change regarding his being re-elected.
this man voted for the “green” candidate and said he personally agrees with most of trump’s views but he thinks he’s morally corrupt.
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DesirousOfChange
Still hoping (quietly) for a "December Surprise".
Not really expecting it at this point. But hoping.
Kinda like I hope I win the $300 million Power Ball.
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I miss old posters!
by Biahi inblondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
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DesirousOfChange
Exactly.
Overlook the political tripe being served up here if it gets your panties in a twist. You don't have to agree with everything posted.
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JDub Beer
by HappyDad injust thought i'd put this out there.
this is from a brewery in sarasota, florida..
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DesirousOfChange
I thought the official JDub beer was Bethel Lite
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Covid fatigue advice from mom
by road to nowhere inwife just listened to this new one on jworg.
it put her to sleep.
it has lots of experiences, says to maintain a routine, next month they will probably say to break routine (they should, better idea).. it has the maddening footnote: "jehovah is god's name".
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DesirousOfChange
There should be a footnote that says these experiences are made up
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How much do Elders actually get along with each other?
by Davros ini was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.
i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?
or, are they often in conflict with each other?
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DesirousOfChange
It just hit me as I was reading this OP again that the greatest animosity I saw between elders was always between the elders of two (or more) congregations that shared the same Kingdom Hall. Those "other elders over there" were always the shit disturbers.
Anyone see that?
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DesirousOfChange
TD — where is “here” that you speak of? (PM if you like)
Similar rules in our State. No arguments about fraud.
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DesirousOfChange
But apparently none in Alaska where Trump won by a landslide.
Guess there are not enough Democrat mob bosses there to "fix" things.
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DesirousOfChange
I think there are far too many "irregularities" in the election process that have been documented (cell phones make everything public record) for anyone (either side) to really believe that this was a "fraud free" election.
I'd like to see the entire election made VOID and do it all over again in 2022 with the next congressional election. Biden supporters won't like Trump remaining in for 2 more years. Trump supporters won't like Trump getting screwed out of 2 of the 4 years.
But then in 2022-- NOTHING BUT HARD COPY PAPER BALLOTS should be accepted with mandatory photo ID.
Absentee ballots (those REQUESTED) must require a copy of the photo ID when mailed back.
No fucking electronic anything than can be manipulated under the table or in the dark smoke filled rooms.