Thinking of you and your family Heather Mattieu.
Mattieu
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FlyingHighNow's Nephew's shunning - tragic ending
by Incognito inflyinghighnow (heather) updated her thread last evening about her nephew's shunning treatment by his own mother.
this story has now taken a tragic turn and because heather had updated the original thread, it has been buried and has not gotten the recognition it deserves.. the third page of the original thread is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/196991/3/my-lovely-jw-sister-just-said-this-to-her-oldest-son last evenings post is about half way down.. .
please provide heather some kindness and support that she needs at this time.. .
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New Little Miss Neal arrives...
by garyneal inmy wife and i became proud parents to a 7 pound 2 ounce baby girl on september 16, 2010 at 4:50 a.m. est..
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Mattieu
Congrats to your whole family garyneal
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hi i am new here
by dawntodaylight ini had started studying with jw because i was curious about the religion because my bf then(now husband) was a witness.
i am a very open minded person and really had i known what i know now i prob would not have been baptized.
i always had my doubts but i really enjoyed the positive aspects that i was learning at the meetings...i studied with my mom in law.i prob shouldn't have done that because she has taken it very personal that we have stopped and even had the nerve to say i started studying to get in good with the fam!!
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Mattieu
Welcome dawntodaylight, congrats on taking the big step away from the borg, look forward to hearing more from you. Cheers, Mattieu
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What's the saddest movie you've ever seen?
by JimmyPage ini'm asking because i just watched "the road".
it may not be the saddest but it's up there.
"my sister's keeper" was a real tearjerker too..
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Mattieu
Watership Down
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Would you invite Jehovah to a party?
by JimmyPage ini think he would be a real buzzkill.
for example, if someone were fornicating upstairs, he'd probably want to annihilate them with fire.
or if someone were tapping the keg too much he'd want to take them to the back room and give them some strong counsel.
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Mattieu
Sure!! Why not, imagine what he could do to the water, would have to be a lot better wine than his son produced - Almighty Chardonnay Label
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Today's my birthday and I anti-witnessed to my co-workers! Can I count my time?
by QuestioningEverything inmy co-workers brought me flowers and a cake.
i was also able to anti-witness to them about the jw's.
it feels good sharing with others the real reasons why i never celebrated my b-day.
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Mattieu
A very happy birthday to you QE, hope it was a great day for you! Cheers, Mattieu
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The Devil is in the Details...
by rhodesboy inyes most of you in your analysis of the 09/15 wt study our active leader today have missed a golden nugget new prophecy courtesy of the gb.. very discreet but read carefully the highlighted text:.
13 christs presence since 1914 has gone unnoticed by most of earths inhabitants.
(2 pet.
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Mattieu
G'day Rhodesboy, welcome to the board, nice 1st post. Cheers, Mattieu
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Oz Govt following UK & French lead on Tax/Charity status
by Mattieu injust another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
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Mattieu
Hi Debator,
Firstly thank you for reading my post and making a comment. Great thing about this board is that we can have a view. Though could you please consider your following quote:
Unless a religion is actually breaking the laws of the land the governments should not be dealing with them
Now, when any religion, including JW's sign up to receive (and enjoy) a tax free exemption, they agree to abide by the legal requirements and the spirit of those regulations. Now once any religious organisatoin is found to be taking advantages of any loopholes in tax free legislation or abusing the system for a financial gain, they deserve to be investigated. Particuarly when a religion is asked what charitable acts they perform in the local community to deserve this tax status and the reply is "we go door to door teaching the Bible" then they desrev to be looked at.
And they certainly should not be taxing our beliefs.
They are not taxing anyones beliefs, just taxing the super profits that these religious corporations, including JW's make.
Food for thought. Cheers mate, Mattieu
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Oz Govt following UK & French lead on Tax/Charity status
by Mattieu injust another update on 1 australian senators quest to squash the tax free status of scientology/jw's and other cults:.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html.
now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass.
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Mattieu
Just another update on 1 Australian Senators quest to squash the tax free status of Scientology/JW's and other cults:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/call-for-independent-charities-commission-20100912-1570g.html
Now the election is over, hopefully wont take too long for legislation to pass. Interesting that the Oz Government want to use the same French agency that helped overturn the JW's status in France.a
Hmmm, will they close the local bethel or downsize?? Cheers, Mattieu
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Service numbers are gone
by Samuel Thorsen ini just stumbled over the october issue of our kingdom ministry in norwegian.. the service report numbers are no longer printed.
why not?
and do they still print the numbers in your language?.
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Mattieu
They removed them from the Australian kingdom ministry as well. They just give "Service Highlights" now, like an increase of 10% in East Timor (which means 66 publisers this month, 60 last month....) Cheers, Mattieu