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WireRider
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Farewell
by EdenOne in"don't be dismayed by good-byes.
a farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
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Farewell
by EdenOne in"don't be dismayed by good-byes.
a farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
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Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way
by cofty inbank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.
to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.
borrower - yeah!.
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Why not split?
Once upon a time the WT was about a religion. Not any more. Rutherford embezzled about $50,000,000 in donations during the great depression. Now people are donating their money for luxury accommodations in NY, and paying into the great real estate empire. Why?
The WT has been called out time and time again with absolute Biblical truth as being false prophets, but people keep sending their money to the WT without any idea of what it's really used for.
It's right there. Written in the Bible. You cannot believe in the Bible and the WT at the same time.
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Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way
by cofty inbank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.
to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.
borrower - yeah!.
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Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way
by cofty inbank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.
to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.
borrower - yeah!.
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Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way
by cofty inbank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.
to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.
borrower - yeah!.
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Interesting Factoid - Religious Decline
by WireRider inon the news today - pew research center study on religion.
(sampling size about 40,000. us samples.
margin of error +/- 0.6 %)americans who say that are "absolutely certain" that god exists2007 = 71% 2014 = 63%americans who say they are "religiously affiliated"2007 = 83% 2014 = 77%americans who consider religion is "very important"2007 = 56% 2014 = 53%i just thought it was interesting to see.
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Does anyone have copies of the WT tax exempt paperwork?
by WireRider inthe wt/jw has a presence in my town.
tax exempt status.
from what i understand the wt/jw is a for profit group that is taking advantage of the community as a whole.
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Does anyone have copies of the WT tax exempt paperwork?
by WireRider inthe wt/jw has a presence in my town.
tax exempt status.
from what i understand the wt/jw is a for profit group that is taking advantage of the community as a whole.
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Many organizations have lost their tax exempt status as religious frauds. The proof would really be in the paperwork. The WT created (changed) the JW specifically as a tax dodge to bypass taxes. If it were shown that the printing/real estate are the primary for profit entities, it could change.
So if the Watchtower (for profit) has a new building they can just claim it as sub-company as JW and dodge taxes by claiming "religion". I don't know why many more real estate companies don't pull this scam.
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Interesting Factoid - Religious Decline
by WireRider inon the news today - pew research center study on religion.
(sampling size about 40,000. us samples.
margin of error +/- 0.6 %)americans who say that are "absolutely certain" that god exists2007 = 71% 2014 = 63%americans who say they are "religiously affiliated"2007 = 83% 2014 = 77%americans who consider religion is "very important"2007 = 56% 2014 = 53%i just thought it was interesting to see.
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cofty - yes, there are various parts of the US with religious emphasis. I wouldn't be a JW knocking on doors in far south Baptist territory. They have their Bible and shotgun. Don't knock on their door and tell them they're wrong.
Levity aside - the US regions are very diverse. The study was nationwide and rather agnostic. It included all religions. JW are by random sampling, part of the study.
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