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  Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  this isn’t a usa question.

  is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.

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  The past 9 years my annual pay raise has averaged 2%. For 2018 I received a 12% increase.
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  In search of custody hearing advice ...

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't have kids, but i recently found that someone with kids that lives in my town is also an ex-jw.

  she just happened to post on an apostafest thread on facebook for an event that i attended, saw that we lived in the same place, and i met her for the first time tonight.

  pretty cool.. she has a 14 year old boy that is super smart and very articulate.

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  truth_b_known

  It would help if the 14 year old wanted to -

  1. Go to college

  2. Join the military

  No judge on the planet would support a parent who wanted to suppress their child's desire to get an education or serve their nation.
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  Jehovah had a wife the ancient Israelites also worshiped Asherah

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  recent archeological discoveries have found that the ancient israelites were not exactly monotheistic to yahweh, apparently the israelites also worshiped a god which was seen as yahweh's wife asherah.

  small carved sculptures have been found in places of worship and homesteads to support these findings.asherah's connection to yahweh, according to francesca stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in the bible and an 8th-century b.c.

  inscription on pottery found in the sinai desert at a site called kuntillet ajrud.

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  truth_b_known

  Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a favorite of mine. Thank you so much for this exciting post.
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  Strange first names among jw's

  by fulano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

  i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

  can you believe it..

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  truth_b_known

  This topic is a sore spot with me. My parents named my brother and I after biblical characters. His name isn't as bad as mine. Growing up it was not a common name as it is becoming.

  Like most Witness parents who name their child after a bible character, my brother and I were given names of Hebrew decent. Old Testament. I have no Jewish ancestry and I no longer believe in the Judeo-Christian faith. I have no attachment to the name.
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  Tax question: How are illegals paid at farms, lawn care, construction, etc?

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was wondering how exactly is it that illegals can get paid and be under the radar?

  a business takes in cash.

  at farms, construction, etc, most probably comes in from checks and credit.

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  truth_b_known

  Paying cash "under the table" is not happening. Most contractors do not do the labor themselves. They subcontract all that out.

  You don't need a SSN to open a bank account. You can apply to the IRS for an EIN number. After opening a bank account, the criminal alien usually just cashes their check at their own bank or at the employer's bank.

  Employers may or may not be 10-99 the criminal aliens. If they do they are scott free. 10-99 employees are not employees of the company.
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  Birthday

  by TheFadingAlbatros in

  1. social
  2. family

  since when does the organization of jehovah's witnesses prohibit the celebration of birthdays?

  and who in particular has officially imposed such an interdiction within this organization?

  this prohibition has no biblical foundation, but plays a vital role in separating families, making non-jws out to be idolaters in the eyes of jws...

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  The birthday prohibition is an example of a Jehovah's Witness dogma. There is no prohibition found anywhere in the Bible. It is a drawing to a conclusion based on a subjective opinion with the goal to look different.

  When Rutherford completed him hostile takeover of Russell's organization he wanted to make sure there was a clear division between those in his organization and those who were not. This is one example.
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  C.T.Russells followers were never Jehovahs Witnesses they were Christian Witnesses of Jesus Christ.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i.b.s.a.

  were all about witnessing to, for ,and about jesus christ and not jehovah.

  , c.t russell started the magazine titled " zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" in the late 1870`s .. stating that jesus christ had appeared invisibly on his return in 1874 and was now present in the heavens.so according to them at the time they could rightly say as the wt pronounced they were heralding jesus christs presence then.. charles taze russell and his followers were witnesses of jesus christ and not witnesses of jehovah.. the christian greek scriptures /new testament are full of the prime purpose of christians is to witness about ,too, and for the person/ name jesus , that has been given above any other name either in heaven ,on earth ,or under the earth phil.2:10. it was only the usurper of c.t.russell joseph rutherford who hijacked the religion and made it a jehovian/old testament religion shifting the emphasis away from jesus christ and putting it on a catholic name of the "old testament god jehovah" invented by a 13th century monk using the four letters of the tetragrammaton into latin and adding some vowels to come up with the name jehovah.. no where in the christian greek scriptures the new testament are followers of jesus christ told to be witnesses of jehovah ,however countless times at least (20+) they are told to be witnesses of jesus christ..

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  You're actually on to something with this. I do know the big "Jehovah" push didn't come until after Russell died and Rutherford completed his hostile takeover of the WBTS. Russell's death turned his religious sect into 3 separate sects. Rutherford wanted the public to know beyond a doubt that his sect was different. The whole doctrine of "being know part of this world" comes from Rutherford's reign of the company.
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  FYI- Some KH Annoucements Aug 2018

  by stumbledbyothers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of these kh letters may have been mentioned already:.

  starting sept - $14 per publisher toward taking care of the needs of the co in us.. love never fails 2019 regional conventions.. memorial april 19, 2019.. there will be jw contact cards with blank space to write notes..

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  truth_b_known

  If there was a Circuit with 10 congregations of an average of 100 publishers each that would be $168,000.00 annually.
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  Teenagers fascinated by the military

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  2. family

  they seem to be rebelling by studying every aspect of the military behind their mother's back.

  i tell them to keep their noses clean and become coasties if they must trod that path.

  is this par for the course?.

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  truth_b_known

  The only real regrets I have in life -

  1) Not getting out of the Witness organization earlier.

  2) Not enlisting in the military,
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  Alternate ending video for 2018 Regional Convention.

  by notjustyet in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/_w_iamhd_oy.

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  truth_b_known

  It would be funnier with out the extra/edited in footage and edited out the Jesus stuff.