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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  StarTrekAngel

  Go check out this other one, apparently from the December 2015 WT

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127866869178/new-light-the-inspired-word-of-god-can
  
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  This is the worst attempt yet.

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sorry, i don't mean to repeat things someone may already have posted but there are some jewels out there in jw-archive.

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127866869178/new-light-the-inspired-word-of-god-can.

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  StarTrekAngel

  Sorry, I don't mean to repeat things someone may already have posted but there are some jewels out there in JW-Archive

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127866869178/new-light-the-inspired-word-of-god-can
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  StarTrekAngel

  The screams of "apostate lies" have already started pouring in to the post.
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  StarTrekAngel

  LOL. Yes. What I found shocking is the person posting it. I believe he or she is the site admin. She claims to have put it there for archive purposes. Doesn't it sound ironic?
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  StarTrekAngel

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread
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  WTB&TS has invested $40,000,000 in November 2007 in a Hedge fund located in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven

  by sammy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wtb&ts has invested $40,000,000 in november 2007 in a hedge fund located in the cayman islands, a tax haven.

  the document is from the official website : securities and exchange commission:.

  http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/vprr/07/9999999997-07-048801 .

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  StarTrekAngel

  One of the things that helped me wake up and begin questioning was this in part. I did not have any of the documents but as the financial crisis went on starting in 08, I could tell something was changing. Obviously I could not tell for sure because I was only exposed to my congregation and nothing else. After a few years went by I could tell, not having been a JW before, that things have began shifting almost in tune with the crisis. The pressure for more money and the constant reminders. One of the things that shocked me was the arrangement for donations where you could get a return. Apparently this is only good enough for tax planning and they never give you the details at the hall, you are supposed to call the "Office of planned donations" (or at least that is what it was called in spanish). Later on I realized that they won;t disclose the details because if you don't understand what it means, then chances are you don't have enough money to invest. The only thing they would explain is that you could make a donation and receive an annuity for the rest of your life. I could not understand how it was possible for you to donate money to a church and get something back. Doing some research later, I realized that chances are that you would never really "make money on it" but certainly would help you save on taxes. I just don't think your church should give you any kind of material benefit other than whatever you may need if you are poor.
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  WTB&TS has invested $40,000,000 in November 2007 in a Hedge fund located in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven

  by sammy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wtb&ts has invested $40,000,000 in november 2007 in a hedge fund located in the cayman islands, a tax haven.

  the document is from the official website : securities and exchange commission:.

  http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/vprr/07/9999999997-07-048801 .

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  StarTrekAngel

  Do we have any finance brains that can help us review this?
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  Name Things You Can't Do If You Are JW...or not supposed to do

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  witnesses are not supposed to stand for the national anthem but can stand for a flag salute.. you can't say bless you if someone sneezes, good luck!, or " you too" if someone says, happy holidays.. it is a religion of cannot dos.

  everything is pagan and worldly.. what are things that are unacceptable to jehovah's witnesses that really are no big deal to everyone else?

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  StarTrekAngel

  Mad Irishman,

  Me and my wife do many things that are actually frowned upon. We just can't tell anyone or the judging will begin. Now do I care?? No I don't, but I know she does. You can't take this things in isolation. You can't discount the influence put on by the different constructs that you get from being there for decades.

  One of the meetings this summer happened to be in one of the hottest Sundays of the year here in Texas. We 112 F in the shadow. I told my wife.. I am not going to wear my coat today, just shirt and tie. She said, why don't you just take it off right after we walk in? I said, because the heat outside is what I am trying to avoid, the inside of the KH is fine. She then asked.. Why don't you just take in your hand, put it on right before the door and take it off right after you sit down?

  I rolled my eyes secretly and just put the coat on and left for the meeting.
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  Governing Body member Jackson's amended statement to the Australia investigation dated 9-2-2015

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  statement of geoffrey jackson to royal commission of australia regarding child sexual abuse.

  published september 2nd.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.

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  StarTrekAngel

  I too understand it to mean literal sickness. I depart from the fact that If I am to believe in a superior, all loving, all knowing God who left behind scriptures for me to follow, with no other means of knowing he exists, then it must be easy to understand. I should not need a PHD in linguistics in order to understand what this God wants.

  While one could say that the spiritual application is valid, is still referred to healing, not judging.
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  Hot New Ford GT, and the GB!!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i was reading a story about fords new ford gt, one hot extreme muscle car.

  the story tells about how a car like this normally takes 6 or more years from, first scratches on paper to finished project.

  their small handful of specialist, pulled it off in 2. and right until it was finished, no one out side of the small circle of people (about 25 people ) really knew anything, except something special was in the works!.

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  StarTrekAngel

  I believe the quick builds are one of many cases where is evident, that despite the faith being real or not, humanity can achieve great things when greed and selfishness are removed from the picture. When we all are convinced that we are working on something bigger than us for the common good of the community, we are unstoppable.