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  CRA screwup for WT Canada?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
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  okay, they've posted their 2015 return - i am very confused.. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/t3010form23-eng.action?b=119288918rr0001&fpe=2015-08-31&n=watch+tower+bible+and+tract+society+of+canada+%2f+la+tour+de+garde+soci%c3%a9t%c3%a9+de+bibles+et+de+tracts+du+canada&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cra-arc.gc.ca%3a80%2febci%2fhaip%2fsrch%2fbasicsearchresult-eng.action%3fk%3dwatch%2btower%26amp%3bs%3dregistered%26amp%3bp%3d1%26amp%3bb%3dtrue.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/311690001/canada-branch-finances-whats-going-on?.

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  talesin

  I know, right? WTF?
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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

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  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  Look, I just have to bring it up because mental health diseases are so stigmatized, and there might be (probably are) people on this site that also have a serious mental illness. The worst message they could possibly internalize is that medication is bad. Because, like you said, people die from these illnesses and medication noncompliance is a big reason why.

  GT, I so agree! Especially since we are exJWS, and were taught that MI is Satan's way of messing with us. They also do NOT want people seeing shrinks - too much to hide.

  The indiscriminate prescribing of unnecessary medications is what I am against. It's happening to so many people, and is an huge problem for seniors (especially with drug interactions).

  I lost 4 friends IRL, who stopped taking their meds, and bipolarism killed them; not the noose, the razor blade, nor the samurai sword, but the illness. It's so important to stay on the meds, and understood. Meds for schizophrenia are really hard on the body, too. I wish we had better alternatives, but in the meantime, it's the best we have for these serious MIs (including depression, which can be either a temporary, reactive depression, or long-term - reactive depression may require short-term meds, but also will heal with time and therapy). xx
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  CRA screwup for WT Canada?

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  okay, they've posted their 2015 return - i am very confused.. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/t3010form23-eng.action?b=119288918rr0001&fpe=2015-08-31&n=watch+tower+bible+and+tract+society+of+canada+%2f+la+tour+de+garde+soci%c3%a9t%c3%a9+de+bibles+et+de+tracts+du+canada&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cra-arc.gc.ca%3a80%2febci%2fhaip%2fsrch%2fbasicsearchresult-eng.action%3fk%3dwatch%2btower%26amp%3bs%3dregistered%26amp%3bp%3d1%26amp%3bb%3dtrue.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/311690001/canada-branch-finances-whats-going-on?.

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  The absence of the detailed financial report is curious, and based on these conditions.......

  Complete Schedule 6 if any of the following applies to the charity:
  a) The charity's revenue exceeds $100,000.
  b) The amount of all property (for example, investments, rental properties) not used in charitable activities is more than $25,000.
  c) The charity has permission to accumulate funds during this fiscal period.

  Apparently, they received less than $20,000 in donations for fiscal year 2015, and own virtually zero property.

  Huh? No employees, either.
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  This Thursday they are going to announce my disfellowshipping and I don't give a $%^&

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

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  hubby is on my team.

  i know i'm going to be way happier.

  i might even meet up with the apostafest in colorado with you guys.

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  Congrats! *clink*
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  Pairing!!!!!

  by brandnew in

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  dangit.......like i gotta cook for this hot chick tonight, ........i rented a suite at the mayaguez beach hotel, and she's totally into me.

  i have my jeep....im still sore from my wreck....but dangit...im into this girl and i need y'alls help.

  im californian....kinda been in the tropic forrest..bout 2years....and need some southern help.

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  talesin

  Cooking dinner. Check

  Flowers, or one 'perfect' flower, just like her. Check

  Hotel suite? Hmm, first date? Depends on the gurl.

  I like OUTLAW's choices of wines (you'll never go wrong with a good Chardonnay), though I do think the red-meat/white-chicken rule is not quite as strict as it once was, a 'light' red is fine with chicken (some people don't care for white).

  Have fun, be safe. ; )
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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  GT - If you note my post, you will know why I feel that way. Too many physicians are ready, scrip pad in hand, to write up the latest drug. I, too, take one necessary drug per day.

  About 15 years ago, I had to go through my mother's medicines with my pharmacist - her doctor was a pill pusher (as are many, it's so easy!, and the drug companies send them on those all-expenses-paid vacations, ermm, 'seminars', so they tend to support their benefactors - information told to me by my very own GP).

  Another example - my friend's wife died, after a battle with cancer (4 years of hell, too much to go into). About a month after she passed, he said that his doctor gave him a second anti-depressant (stacking meds, gotta like that - NOT), to help enhance the first one, because he was SO SAD - bursting into tears, sleepless nights, etc. I was horrified - he was SUPPOSED to be depressed, and working through the 5 stages. Well, 2 years later, and he is no further along. Still looking for bandaids instead of taking care of business.

  Most people need meds in their older age. Like James Brown, I have high cholesterol problems - it's genetic. Exercise has kept my numbers low, but with this foot injury, and aging, I know that eventually, I'll be a candidate for Lipitor or whatever other drug is necessary. Until then, though, I shall keep my cholesterol down by eating the proper foods, exercising, etc.

  I think that eating healthy foods, and exercising properly could help a lot of people with fibromyalgia. That is another great example of overmedication. Having had it (severely) since age 4, I've kept up with the pharmaceutical journey, as well as the leaps and bounds in research. Many people with this dis-ease turn to meds ... they are depressed, overweight and wretched. But do they eat white food? Yup. Do they exercise daily? Nope. Their doctors usually have them on "Lyrica" (an anti-seizure med that's been around for decades, and now being used to treat the SYMPTOMS of FM - a drug with dangerous side effects); or they may be taking amitriptylene (sp?) or another addictive anti-depressant.

  Let's talk PPIs - also extremely addictive, and being handed out like candy for 'acid reflux disease' (when most of these patients need to lose weight and change their diet, instead of being handed a drug that will ruin their digestive system).

  Drugs when I need them. And hey, if I was dealing with bipolarism, I would take my meds religiously. That is one scary disease, and has taken the life of 5 people I knew, including Oompa, one of our most liked board members. xx tal
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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  macys - I can't afford organic flesh products (meat), and other things all the time. It can be done if you buy a quarter or half carcass with a friend, direct from the producer, and i know, that's not always possible. But I buy from the farmers when in season, and do the best i can - Whole Foods is a ripoff (imho). xx
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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  talesin

  I'm open to discussion and never closed minded. I'll take medication if I need them but that is a last resort. They have their place but not the way the industry pushes it like candy.

  Since I left the JWS at a young age, I've relied on nutrition and exercise to help with my physical ailments, and, like you, take drugs only when necessary. When I was very young, I'd been given far too many scrips, and by age 20, already had stomach bleeds from NSAIDs and resistance to antibiotics. Pharma has its place, but I don't rely on popping pills to solve my problems.

  Some people take issue with the term 'holistic', because it has been co-opted (mostly in the USA) by snake-oil salesmen selling their hooey. "Holistic" means treating the patient as a whole, the mind and body are one. Period.
  
  I'm with you on the organics, too. Good for you! They taste better (for sure), and hey, if people wish to believe that ingesting pesticides and hormones via our food supply is not harmful, they can have at it. Ignorance is bliss!
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  Fade Fail: Not as Easy as I'd Like

  by Hadriel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this has been tough.

  very tough actually.

  because i'm so integrated into things including certain tasks which i can't say as it would be a dead giveaway i find myself constantly bombarded by things.. i'm literally a lying every day.

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  talesin

  Not sure why I can't just keep it in and ignore it all but it drives me crazy to lie at every turn it seems.

  It would make me crazy, and that's why i gave it up at age 18. All I have to do is hear that phrase "would you consider" or "have you changed your mind" and I freeze. It's a very hard row to hoe. Stay strong! xx
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  talesin

  I have nothing to prove to you, Cofty, and have no wish to engage in one of your twisted battles of semantics. You are the one who used a statistic that is almost 20 years old, and deliberately stated that I was not reading the bar graph correctly, with its coincidental "7%". You are the person whose "use of the statistics is very misleading".

  No, you cannot browbeat me into submission. You, who respects some Bishop as an honest man (when every believer on this board is labelled by you as 'intellectually dishonest'). You, who claims that people are threatening him via PM, when in fact, they are not. You, who sneers at philosophy, yet yells "Socratic Method" to the rooftops. No, I shall not waste my time, because you have 'thrown down the gauntlet'. You've already lost any challenge, you're too easy.