http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/dawson-creek/churches-non-profits-worry-about-changes-to-property-tax-exemptions-1.2071538.
the city currently exempts 2.19 per cent of its annual tax revenues, a total of around $318,000 in foregone income.
a policy brought forward by city staff would cap exemptions at one per cent of revenues, or around $159,299.
For Bethel Pentecostal Church, a change in policy could mean a surprise tax bill of $15,000. Rev. Shawn Robillard said that could force the church to close Networks Ministries—a free store and food bank operated by the church.
During times of financial crunch, sacrificing programs for the poor is always the norm while salary cuts for the hierarchy is not even considered.
It's just business.
any takers?
we can pick a date and pull the plug?
lol .
i've been thinking, "what if it does fail and there is a mass exodus?".
i have been wronged and damaged greatly by these ones.
every one needs to handle this situation in his or her own way, but as for me if it does happen, i will meet them with open arms.
I would have an easier time helping former friends and acquaintances than I would ANY family member. The whole experience was very damaging, yes, but what I went through at the hands of family was beyond traumatic.
I think the best I could do with them is be in a place where I wished them no harm. I have dealt with it, moved on and I am not going to allow anyone to take me for a stroll down that memory lane again.
One of you nice folks will have to tend to my old family members.
long time no post.
couldn't help myself when i saw this in my facebook feed.. .
the caption that followed:.
"It gives me chills to see how often the covers of magazines (Watchtowers) reflect current events so far ahead of time."
Popes wave from balconies.
Heads of state wave from balconies.
Popes wave from balconies with heads of state.
Heads of state wave from balconies with Popes and other heads of state.
Heads of state wave from balconies with their wives.
[Popes do not wave from balconies with their wives.]
"It gives me chills to see how often the covers of magazines (Watchtowers) reflect current events so far ahead of time."
IT'S A COMMON OCCURRANCE!!!
To cite a very familiar picture as an accurate Watchtower prediction is just STOOPITT!
what will it cost jws in australia if the arc recommends that all au.
churches contribute to a compulsory victims compensation commission (for the want of a better name).
it looks as if every au.
The GB would start by sending a letter to all Australian congregations to fork up the money.
A motion would be presented to the congregation to pay X amount each month and Brother Brainwashed would second the motion and the vote would be unanimous.
what happens to ex-bethelites is really of no concern to the gb.
and equally no concern to us as ex-jws or those who question jw organization.. layoffs have happened at headquarters and elsewhere for many, many years - although the scale this time is larger than previously, being an all time high: 1,600. .
for the record, we should spare any sympathy/empathy for those who are about to sent packing this time.
We have all had to go through our own version of hell as we woke up and learned TTATT. If the cold hard reality of a Bethel layoff is what it takes to awaken those 1600 and those who audience the spectacle, so be it.
But I will not have the human in me dictated not to feel bad for them.
no doubt that atrocities were perpetrated against jehovah's witnesses in 1972-73.. but what about the reports in 1975?.
here is an excerpt from a diplomatic cable sent to the us secretary of state in 1977.. the cable was released/declassified in 2009.. .... re jehovah's witnesses, why do we go back to the.
events of 197273?
a world of difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=74p8p3yekoc.
fast forward to 3:12 .
one of the most disturbing aspects of the recent cut backs is the big brother communist undemocratic aspect to it..
in china in the fifties untold millions died of starvation when on a whim the great leap forward made the economy do a u turn.
anyone who objected even slightly was in big deep trouble.
SLIDIN, you just need to learn how to obey so you can have Jehovah's blessing.
For your review:
when the gb cuts loose 1600 volunteers, what makes them think they can continue telling them how they will spend their time?
i've read on many of these threads that the 1600 will be reassigned.
what, are they still under some sort of contract?.
Thanks for the responses. It makes sense now to view the rhetoric as wishful thinking on the part of WT... or good 'ole fashioned spin and marketing.
I know the GB feels it OWNS Christ's belongings, but to presume to dictate such an assignment after you fire someone is a bit much even for those egomaniacs.
