https://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelicals-oppose-removal-of-tax-status-in-canadian-proposal.html.
the proposed change will revoke charitable status of canadian churches who have an anti-abortion position, and will not give tax exemptions to organizations whose sole claim is to promote religion, which is the basic claim for all jw related entities in canada.
this will be interesting!.
" whose sole claim is to promote religion "
Doesn't that describe most churches including those with no specific anti abortion stance ?
Or would churches that also engage in charitable activities be exempt? Most churches , certainly here in the UK , do strive to help people who are not congregation members in all sorts of ways .
However preaching the Gospel is the raison d'etre of all churches .
Jan from Tam
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.
it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.
he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
Dio yes that does seem sensible in that situation.
Thank you
Jan from Tam
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.
it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.
he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
I got married for the first time at the age of 16 . I had to have my parents written permission. My now late husband had just turned 19 .
We had 42 happy years together until he died .
So l don't know what to think of the new law . I was pregnant at the time and we wanted our child to be legitimate.
This law would force young people to give birth while not married. I know that to many people that's not important but to some it might be .
Jan from Tam
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.
it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.
he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
Surely there should be a safeguarding officer.
Jan from Tam
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.
it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.
he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
Is there no safeguarding policy to report anything that you find suspicious or worrying?
Jan from Tam
as we live in the last hour of 2024, i want to wish all of you a happy new year.
all of us have come a long way.
we have faced the dragon and spit in his face.
Happy New Year to all of the JWN family
Xx
Jan from Tam
so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.
i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.
lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.
Infant mortality was bad then . 😒
Jan from Tam
.......and one or two other lucrative individuals!
https://www.heraldweekly.com/meet-the-wealthiest-religious-leaders-in-the-world/61?xcmg=1&_d=d.
happy to be fleecing the sheep who leave the folds of the multi-billion dollar "established" empires - like wtbts..
A very mixed bunch , some obviously gained wealth from being authors and nothing is said in the article about any ' good works ' that they might do with their money .
Others who have mega wages from the donations of church members.. mmm not sure about that .
Certainly donations to churches in the UK are nothing like those in megachurches in the US . They are mostly used for building upkeep ( many UK churches, like mine , are very old ) . Also we pay for our Parish administrator and give donations to charities.
Jan from Tam
so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.
i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.
lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.
Happy New Year Joey Jojo .
Jan from Tam
so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.
i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.
lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.
I'm wondering if they don't make much ( if anything) of the circumstances of Jesus's birth because they point to the Holy Spirit being His Father . So that coupled with the first 14 verses of John's Gospel kind of support Trinitarian teaching .
Off course it's also that not celebrating Christmas keeps JWs separate from other denominations.
So maybe l am way off in my speculation.
Jan from Tam
