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  Planning for the future: Funerals

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad is now the only jw in my family.

  i am technically inactive.

  i am concerned about when he dies.

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  I remember going to my great aunts catholic funeral. I was very disappointed no one took the time to talk about her life. It was all catholic mass traditions.
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  Planning for the future: Funerals

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad is now the only jw in my family.

  i am technically inactive.

  i am concerned about when he dies.

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  My dad is now the only Jw in my family. I am technically inactive. I am concerned about when he dies. I don't know if I should have a typical Jw ceremony to fulfill his wishes or ignore them. They are only going to advertise the religion to the family. I assume the burden would be laid on me or my dads catholic sister. Then again he might have made arrangements to keep me out of his funeral.

  What would/will you do when a Jw family member dies?
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  Sparlock 3d Printer

  by enigma1863 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so i have access to a 3d printer for a short time and i want to print out a 3d sparlock i don't have time to design my own.

  does anyone know if there is a stl or any 3d files available to print out a sparlock?

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  So I have access to a 3d printer for a short time and I want to print out a 3d Sparlock I don't have time to design my own. does anyone know if there is a STL or any 3d files available to print out a sparlock?
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  Petition to Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  fyi, if you feel that scientology's tax-exempt status should be revoked, you can sign a white house petition to revoke its tax-exempt status at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-scientologys-tax-exempt-status.. i signed the petition even though i have mixed feelings about this petition.

  i would prefer that dangerous cults like scientology be reformed by suspending its tax-exempt status until it makes needed changes and i do not like targeting a specific organization when the whole system should be changed.

  on the other hand this type of action may help to promote debate about revising the tax codes in the us.. i do prefer revising the tax code like i wrote about in revise tax code to protect children from sexual abuse .. peace be with you and everyone, who you love,.

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  Well it only received a little over 30,000 signatures. I cant believe Going Clear has been seen by more than 5.5 million people and not even 1 percent could sign the petition.
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  Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

  " (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

  they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

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  Three Elders walk up to a house, sounds like the start of a joke.
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  The mathematical probability of spontaneous order (no designer/creator)

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there seem to be many prerequisites for life as we know it.. to name a few: order, function, compatibility, availability, sustainability, intelligence, consciousness, intuition and so on.. focusing on only one, namely order.. what are the chances of order arising spontaneously, by chance, with no creator/designer?.

  i have often pondered this and recently came across a mathematical summary of the big picture:.

  if every particle in the known physical universe (10^80 particles), participated in one trillion interactions (10^12 interactions) per second, for the entire 30 billion years of the universe's existence (10^18 seconds), then we would by now have covered only 10^110 permutations.. if you had only 100 components in a container, what are the chances that a blindfolded person could lay them out in order on a table?.

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  don't think it's probable for them to have formed without some kind of guidance.

  Kate That guidance would be natural selection. The life forms that survived long enough to replicate are the ones we see today.
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  Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint (Referral) Form

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey are you guys familiar with this form?

  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf.

  are there any instances where the watchtower is abusing their tax exempt status?.

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  No one knows anything? I found this document after watching a documentary on Scientology, I didn't know you can file complaints to the irs.
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  HBO Scientology Documentary

  by tresdecu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone else seen the hbo scientology documentary 'going clear' - wow...cults are just mind-blowing you wonder how people can fall for that garbage, then you (those of us former/fading jws) look in the mirror.. i would love for someone to make a major jw documentary like this.

  'going clear' is getting a lot of press.

  poor tom cruise...he looks like quite the whack job in it too.

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  Well its not highly distributed but "Truth Be Told" is a pretty good documentary.
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  Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint (Referral) Form

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey are you guys familiar with this form?

  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf.

  are there any instances where the watchtower is abusing their tax exempt status?.

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  Hey are you guys familiar with this form?

  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf

  Are there any instances where the Watchtower is abusing their tax exempt status?
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  Petition to Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  fyi, if you feel that scientology's tax-exempt status should be revoked, you can sign a white house petition to revoke its tax-exempt status at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-scientologys-tax-exempt-status.. i signed the petition even though i have mixed feelings about this petition.

  i would prefer that dangerous cults like scientology be reformed by suspending its tax-exempt status until it makes needed changes and i do not like targeting a specific organization when the whole system should be changed.

  on the other hand this type of action may help to promote debate about revising the tax codes in the us.. i do prefer revising the tax code like i wrote about in revise tax code to protect children from sexual abuse .. peace be with you and everyone, who you love,.

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  I signed it after watching Going Clear.