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  JW Studios, LLC - for commercial purposes?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws have always used non-profit corporations to publish their work, from print to audio and video.

  so why is their new mega-studio with the hollywood-sounding name "jw studios" an llc, or limited liability company?

  doing some searching here are some things i found:.

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  mynameislame

  found it

  https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ny/5184805
  
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  JW Studios, LLC - for commercial purposes?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws have always used non-profit corporations to publish their work, from print to audio and video.

  so why is their new mega-studio with the hollywood-sounding name "jw studios" an llc, or limited liability company?

  doing some searching here are some things i found:.

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  mynameislame

  JW-Studios seems to be fairly common on a google search.

  Are we sure it is our jws?
  
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  Panic buying of gas and price gouging

  by mynameislame in

  1. social
  2. current

  the news had mentioned how some stations were charging over $6 a gallon for gas.

  they also brought up that the government had promised to come down hard on anyone that was price gouging.. my question is, is it possible to price gouge when there isn't an actual emergency?.

  i think there are some benefits to raising prices even in an emergency.

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  FFGhost

  Wish Granted

  Idiot in Hummer filled 5 gas cans expecting shortages.Put them in his car and lit up a cigarette. Hummer destroyed
  

  
  
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  If you are vaccinated you don’t have to wear a mask

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  so president biden says..

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  I haven't had a cold for two winters now. I'm kind of hoping we'll go the way of japan and just keep wearing them.

  Of course it might be that I started washing my hands
  
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  Panic buying of gas and price gouging

  by mynameislame in

  1. social
  2. current

  the news had mentioned how some stations were charging over $6 a gallon for gas.

  they also brought up that the government had promised to come down hard on anyone that was price gouging.. my question is, is it possible to price gouge when there isn't an actual emergency?.

  i think there are some benefits to raising prices even in an emergency.

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  mynameislame

  The news had mentioned how some stations were charging over $6 a gallon for gas. They also brought up that the government had promised to come down hard on anyone that was price gouging.

  My question is, is it possible to price gouge when there isn't an actual emergency?

  I think there are some benefits to raising prices even in an emergency. For example to prevent hoarding and panic buying along with not having anything left to sell later.

  But in this case there wasn't even a real emergency. More like the news fanning the flames of panic so they can produce more news.
  
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  J Dublethink

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm just thinking of examples of jw doublethink.. here's one - jws will tell a bible study or unbaptised publisher that there is no hierarchy within the org.

  they typically remark on christendom's hierarchy but then say 'we are all brothers'.

  but as a person gets further into the cult, jws will constantly stress the need to obey the governing body.. jw hierarchy .

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  mynameislame

  don't have a lot of rules

  it's a conscience matter
  

  don't solicit donations

  free to leave

  not inspired\prophets

  other religions are a snare and a racket

  news is fake unless it promotes their agenda

  happiest people on earth

  are humble
  

  lying is wrong but it's only lying if the person being lied to deserves the truth
  

  believe the message is urgent

  love their neighbors
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  I am still not able to solve this God's name paradox...

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am finishing to read the entire bible (nwt 2013) for my first time (my fault) and i wrote down hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions not clear to me, but one especially came in my mind meditating on god's name.. if i wanted to summarize the entire bible in one phrase i would say (even before the kingdom): god’s name sanctification.. god is jealous about his name.

  he does everything for the love of his name, and he wants to be called and prayed using his name.

  no doubt about all this (repeated several times in the bible), but it involves the pronunciation of his name.. god left us his name in the form of יהוה which is unpronounceable.

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  The JWs over use the name, genericizing it to the point of being offensive. Well offensive if you are Jehovah. They don't seem to have any reverence for it. They even try to cleverly use it in the name of their religion. Yet after all these years, I bet 99% of the world has no clue what the term Jehovah's Witness even means. It wouldn't surprise me if half the JWs out there hadn't made the connection. If god is who they say he is you'd think they would treat his name with a lot more respect.
  
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  Chipotle says employees can make $100,000 after just 3 years on the job

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/business/chipotle-wage-increase/index.html .

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  Have you ever seen who gets promoted to management from the rank and file workers? Not to mention, based on the rest of the article, it's probably BS or literally a one in a million chance. And have you ever seen a retail manager that looks happy? You couldn't pay me enough to manage a crew of unmotivated entitled low wage workers. Don't forget, management is a salaried position so you'll likely be working 80+ hours a week.
  
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  $15.00 minimum wage

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while we are talking about economic stimulus i thought i’d bring up the $15 minimum wage.

  pros and cons?.

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  mynameislame

  I don't know what the minimum wage should be but I feel like if your business model doesn't allow you to pay a decent wage maybe you need a new business model.

  Also the minimum wage discussion needs to include a discussion about affordable healthcare. A couple years ago I had surgery. The surgeon's bill for 3-4 hour of surgery was over $20,000, insurance knocked down to $4000. Keep in mind this was just the surgeon. The hospital got their cut as well as the anesthesiologist physical therapy, follow up visits etc.... If I didn't have insurance I would have been toast no matter what kind of job I was working.
  
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  new series "The Good News According to Jesus"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this concept was leaked here not too long ago, and it was just announced at the next section of the 'annual meeting' on jw broadcasting.

  they allude to it being a half hour series and say that it will cover literally every detail in all four gospels in chronological order through the course of all episodes.

  they also insinuate that it's the most ambitious project yet (i guess making use of that new media production facility).

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  mynameislame

  Makes me wonder exactly how long this last picosecond of the last nanosecond, of the last microsecond, of the last millisecond of the last centisecond of the last desisecond of the last second of the last minute of the last hour of the last of the last of the last of the last of the last days is going to last.