It is not that uncommon. In the US those in special full time service gets free checking through Citi because the US Branch has some large accounts with that bank and it is a perk for those accounts.
Richard Oliver
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March 30, 2017 Re: New Agreement with BBVA for 2017
by wifibandit inmarch 30, 2017 to the bodies of elders, circuit overseers and assembly hall servants that have accounts in banco bbva re: new agreement with bbva for 2017.
30 de marzo de 2017 a los cuerpos de ancianos, superintendentes de circuito y siervos de salones de asambleas que tienen cuenta en el bbva asunto: nuevo convenio con el bbva para 2017. condiciones de servicios bancarios para testigos cristianos de jehová.
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How much $$$$ will have been spent on the letter writing campaign to Russia?
by OrphanCrow ini have been following the jw chatter online about the letter writing that has been furiously undertaken by the jws around the world.
a global effort done on the command of the gb in ny.. several jws have mentioned the cost of mailing letters (and packages of letters, where allowed) to russia and the cost is substantial.
some jws have mailed dozens of letters.. the jw boast is that the russian postal system will be overwhelmed with letters.
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Richard Oliver
Nope i confirmed mailing a envelope under .20 ounces is $1.15
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How much $$$$ will have been spent on the letter writing campaign to Russia?
by OrphanCrow ini have been following the jw chatter online about the letter writing that has been furiously undertaken by the jws around the world.
a global effort done on the command of the gb in ny.. several jws have mentioned the cost of mailing letters (and packages of letters, where allowed) to russia and the cost is substantial.
some jws have mailed dozens of letters.. the jw boast is that the russian postal system will be overwhelmed with letters.
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Richard Oliver
If sending from the US a letter to Russia costs $1.15. So if you figure 4 million people will actually send letters to all 6 officials that is 24 million letters. 24,0000,0000 x $1.15= that is 27.6 millions dollar for postage. -
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'Asking Questions' & JC's
by Tallon inon another forum, a user posted that their partner is being hauled before a jc for asking questions and, that the jc will go ahead regardless if in attendance or not.. the post does not say what questions were being asked.
another user responded with - possibly viewed as 'brazen conduct'.
here is the link to jw.org - brazen conduct: https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-glossary/brazen-conduct/.
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Richard Oliver
I hope you know the branch couldn't care less if you try and Sue them over a disfellowshipped at least in the US. Recent case law shows there is nothing a court can or will do.
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The Watchtower are Right About Blood...
by cofty in... but, they fail to take note of one important detail.. i believe that if we are going to have any chance of reasoning with a jw about blood, this is the place we need to begin.. don't try to convince them that it was only a dietary law.
it wasn't, and they will never go along with it.. don't tell them that saving a life is more important than obeying a law, even a seemingly trivial one.
they take pride in obedience.
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Richard Oliver
The Hebrew Scriptures do consistently bring out that it was forbidden for worshippers of Jehovah to consume the blood of animals. In fact that is why the Apostles were so shocked when Jesus said Drink my blood and eat my body, to them that would not only be cannibalism but it would also be the consumption of blood.
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Russia and the letter writing
by Listener inthis is the whole of the instructions that the watchtower gave jws when writing to russian officials -.
content • you are writing to the official to request his intervention.
express the hope that the russian authorities will stop the legal action being taken against the branch office and the congregations in russia so that our brothers and sisters can continue to gather peacefully for christian meetings without interference.
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Richard Oliver
Well first of all the article you listed is inaccurate in the first paragraph, Jehovah's Witnesses are not banned in Russia at least not yet. And I cannot speak for what other people are doing but none are specifically assigned by either the Governing Body or by an entity used by the Governing Body to do that. And those individuals are subject to the laws of that land so if they do preach in a country where it is banned then they are in violation of that law. I know of a country committee member in Vietnam who is Australian, he and his wife do not go in service because preaching is banned in that country. The country does allow for meetings to take place legally and in the open so they attend meetings and assist witnesses in that way, but they do not preach.
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QCS Telecom signs up with Allied Fiber
by StarTrekAngel ini don't recall seeing this come up after the document regarding qcs telecom.. leasing 288 miles of dark fiber is not cheap.
in fact, it borders in the crazy.. http://www.alliedfiber.com/news/press-releases/qcstelecom-signs-20-year-lease-agreement-with-allied-fiber/.
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Richard Oliver
I also just learned what dark fiber is. Dark fiber is just extra fiber that carriers lay when they are laying down their fiber. It is not that Watchtower or this QCS Telecom laid fiber exclusively for this project. It was most likely in conjunction with the installation of fiber for other customers and they are leasing one of the lines for their own use. There are a number of companies that offer this service to larger corporations with multiple locations.
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The reason it is called Dark Fiber is, that it is not being used and light fiber is fiber that is being used.
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Russia and the letter writing
by Listener inthis is the whole of the instructions that the watchtower gave jws when writing to russian officials -.
content • you are writing to the official to request his intervention.
express the hope that the russian authorities will stop the legal action being taken against the branch office and the congregations in russia so that our brothers and sisters can continue to gather peacefully for christian meetings without interference.
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Richard Oliver
And I agree with you that there is a law about extremists and I already stated this, the letters and what Watchtower is asking for is not that the law be repealed but that the law is being misapplied to them. It is that are defending themselves using whatever means is morally at their disposal.
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Russia and the letter writing
by Listener inthis is the whole of the instructions that the watchtower gave jws when writing to russian officials -.
content • you are writing to the official to request his intervention.
express the hope that the russian authorities will stop the legal action being taken against the branch office and the congregations in russia so that our brothers and sisters can continue to gather peacefully for christian meetings without interference.
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Richard Oliver
Yesu:
I accept that your opinion that they are not in the same legal position because those writing the letters are not citizens as Paul was a citizen of the Roman Empire. But using the legal system is not taking a political stand either.
I can relate it to the ARC where Mr Stewart stated that he has received over a 1000 letters from people around the world concerned for that action, were all of those people taking a political stand with Australia or trying to present facts to a quasi-judicial body. Or on this forum a number of non-Australians signed a petition to get the Australian parliament to look at revoking Watchtower's charity status, so you will agree unless they were Australian Citizens then they should not have signed the petition.
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In the yearbooks, why 'lands' not 'countries'?
by LoveUniHateExams inwhy does watchtower say that the 'world-wide preaching work' occurs in x amount of lands, not countries?
well, i have a theory.
hear me out.
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Richard Oliver
I think that the official answer is based on the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The convention defines what is a state-nation and what is not. They probably go with land so as not to interject their definition of state-nation. Some countries may recognize another country and independent while others do not, so not to wade into that political mire they went with land. Good example is that China does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation but as China property, for trade reasons the US considers is a quasi-sovereign nation, that is why there is no embassy in Taipei but there is the American Institute in Taiwan and no Ambassador. So by calling everything a land it removes that headache.