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  Give me a reason not to go back

  by chukky 594 in

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  been out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.

  starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.

  why shouldn't i consider going back?.

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  Don't be a lemming.. find your own centre.
  
  
  
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  Is the ice bucket challenge for true christians?

  by hoser in

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  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/96026163083/would-taking-the-ice-bucket-challenge-raising-monee.

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  Just another social media fad .
  
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  Ice Bucket Challenge: ALS Foundation Admits Less Than 27% Of Donations Fund Research & Cures

  $95 Million Later: Only 27% Of Donations Actually Help ‘Research The Cure’

  

  As a huge proponent of serious charitable organizations, it always is disturbing to see trends such as Kony 2012 and various Susan G. Komen for the Cure initiatives take the social media atmosphere by storm. From the ultimate backlash against the celebrity-driven Kony fraud to the embarrassment of the KFC ‘Buckets for the Cure’ campaign backed by Susan G. Komen, I was immediately hoping that the infamous new ‘ice bucket challenge’ would in fact be an exception to the series of misled social media fundraising campaigns.

  As soon as the ALS Association published its official numbers and my contacts within the investigative community confirmed the worst, however, it was apparent that once again we have been shoveling (or dumping in this case by the bucket-load) our hard earned funds into an organization that only uses about 27% of its financing to actually fuel research ‘for the cure’ — which just so happens to be based on pumping up the bloated pharmaceutical industry.

  But don’t just take my word for it.

  $95 Million Later: Only 27% Of Donations Actually Help ‘Research The Cure’

  Reaching over 94 million in donations at the time of writing this article, thanks primarily due to the viral ice bucket challenge marketing campaign, you may be surprised to see the admitted breakdown of the company’s donated resources. You may be even more surprised to see the income breakdown within this non-profit that prides itself in helping ‘find the cure’ for ALS — now the most common among the five motor neuron diseases. From the company’s own records, we find the following cost breakdown for the year ending in January of 2014:

  

  Research, as you can clearly see, sits at only 27% of the organization’s overall expenditures. Fundraising (marketing), stands at around half at 14%, and 1.9 million in administration (7%) was spent on their roster of highly paid non-profit executives. In fact, we even have the salary figures for each executive, including the ALS Association CEO’s six figure total:

  • Jane H. Gilbert – President and CEO –$339,475.00
  • Daniel M. Reznikov – Chief Financial Officer – $201,260.00
  • Steve Gibson – Chief Public Policy Officer – $182,862.00
  • Kimberly Maginnis -Chief of Care Services Officer – $160,646.00
  • Lance Slaughter -Chief Chapter Relations and Development Officer – $152,692.00
  • Michelle Keegan – Chief Development Officer – $178,744.00
  • John Applegate – Association Finance Officer – $118.726.00
  • David Moses – Director of Planned Giving – $112,509.00
  • Carrie Munk – Chief Communications and Marketing Officer – $142,875.00
  • Patrick Wildman – Director of Public Policy – $112,358.00
  • Kathi Kromer – Director of State Advocacy – $110,661.00

  When it comes to private business and commerce, it benefits us all to see growing numbers among a company and its members. This, however, is not the case for a ‘non-profit’ organization that is based around the concept of ‘searching for the cure’ and ‘funding research’ as its primary goal. Especially when this organization is being funded with close to 100 million dollars through a viral social media campaign in which it appears no one truly took the time to investigate the very company they are shoveling their assets into.
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  jw.org madness

  by Gorbatchov in

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  more and more jw.org special campain pictures made by the r&f flush over the internet.. it's crazy how this jw.org madness becomes a phallus inside the witness world.. observing it from some distance, it is clear: jw.org is the central theme of the current witness beliefs.

  every step they make, is for promoting jw.org.

  when they speak, they only speak about jw.org.

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  After years of not having an internet home and the net being demonised the WT controllers have realised as what utter addiction people have with sites like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and the like and the sheer potential to have access to peoples minds across every device they own 24/7 so they have created a haven for the rank and file to have a frenzy with on a site of their own and at the same time be able to effortlessly continue the indoctrination and mind control via it's steady stream of heavily controlled one way content. The 'flock' will never come off that site now it's been given the full blessing by the GB. It will become as addictive to them as social media was and is to the rest of the world.

  It's a whole new level of manipulation and control.
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  Is Faith Immoral?

  by Coded Logic in

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  when people willfully believe something without evidence, or contrary to evidence, are they neglecting thier moral responsibility?

  so many people say faith is a virtue but i just can't comprehend why anyone would think that.

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  Terry

  If you are alone on an island, there are no moral acts beyond maintaining life itself.

  To NOT TRY to maintain life (build a fire, make a "HELP" sign out of rocks, search for food, go fishing, attempt to purify sea water, etc.) is immoral.

  To give up HOPE is to condemn yourself to non-existence.

  FAITH is a form of HOPE.

  Hope says, "I will maintain a positive outlook and effort even though I acknowledge the possibility of failure."

  Faith says, "I am absolutely convinced things will turn out for the best no matter what comes."
  
  Faith is irrational, but has the side-effect of giving you a fighting chance.

  Terry sir I don't know how you do it but you have wonderful ability to crystallize some of the most difficult to realise concepts into bite sized digestible chunks. This is a beautiful gift. I really enjoy your solid and clear thinking as it helps me to understand how I am evolving with TTATT.

  You really should write a book sir!
  
  I don't even think about faith now. I have no reason to have any. But I do have great hope, and that is what keeps my flame inside alight and burning.
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  JW Pedophile Henricus Landmeter shows no remorse; sentence not suspended

  by blondie in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/father-tells-young-daughter-not-to-worry-about-sexual-abuse-as-jehovah-sees-everything-and-will-sort-it-out-court-hears/story-fnii5yv7-1227038869989?nk=17930d6057db2d68aa89a987482d58a3.

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  1,400 kids sexually abused in UK town, council turned blind eye

  http://rt.com/uk/183104-rotherham-sexual-abuse-children/
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  Why would a God let this happen?

  by Dis-Member in

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  1,400 kids sexually abused in uk town, council turned blind eye.why would a god who watches over 'sparrows' and the 'fatherless child' allow 1,400 innocent childrens lives to be destroyed?.

  http://rt.com/uk/183104-rotherham-sexual-abuse-children/.

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  1,400 kids sexually abused in UK town, council turned blind eye.

  Why would a God who watches over 'sparrows' and the 'fatherless child' allow 1,400 innocent childrens lives to be destroyed?

  http://rt.com/uk/183104-rotherham-sexual-abuse-children/
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  My summer camp job experience

  by d in

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  2. relationships

  this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.

  i grew to really like her as a person.

  i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .

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  Hey There, so...what have I missed in the last couple of years?

  by PSacramento in

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  hi everyone,.

  so...what have i missed in the last couple of years?.

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  Did your theological studies and research into the Bible satisfy you? Do you still think it's accurate and all true? Inerrant?
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  Introductions

  by Onager in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've made a few posts here already so i thought i'd introduce myself.

  i'm an ex-jw from cheltenham pittville (uk) congregation.

  i've been free and clear for a few years now so i'm through the anger phase and in the happily getting on with my life phase.

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  I'd love puppy!! Can you post a photo?
  
  Greetings Onager.
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  How have you changed since finding TTATT ?

  by Phizzy in

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  on coftys thread about his former pastor trying to re-convert him, which is very long but a tremendous discussion of the problem of evil, a poster, sunny23, wrote :.

  " having been 7 months since i first posted on the first page of this topic i have just read those posts and acknowledged a huge transfromation in myself for the better."..

  i was only thinking the other day how, as i discovered this site and ttatt, i really changed as a person in so many ways, and i think mainly for the better.. i have been "born again" !!.

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  After the initial shock, disbelief, hurt, anger, rage.. there is now a most pleasant calm, peace, acceptance, relief, an indescribable renewed sense of freedom to think and feel and be. I don't know the answers and and am not in the slightest bit worried about not doing so. Guilt too is no longer a part of my life and my sense of self-worth is gradually re-balancing itself to acceptable norms.

  I have regained my empathy and love too towards all people everywhere instead of having it choked and confined to only those the org told me I should love.

  Being truthful about the truth is maybe the best and most important single thing that has happened to me on the last 30 years. I am immensely grateful for this.