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  Assembly Assessment increased 300%

  by James Jack in

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  while at the assembly, when reading the financial statement, i noticed our expenses went from $2500 to almost $9500 so i questioned an elder and said that the assessment per publisher is at $10.50 for all in the us branch territory.. he added this helps the society know how much is coming in and helps them plan out future projects!.

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  Don't contribute anything. You and I need it more than they do. If they are so in need of cash, they can sell one or 2 of those expensive German offset presses that 'we' purchased earlier. Now that they are going digital, who needs expensive printing equipment anyway?

  I will always remember getting reamed by an elder (who I thought was a friend) for daring to ask why the expenses were so high for the CA. Lots of good old threads here from former CA account servants who were kind enough to explain how it worked.
  
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  POLL: Will You Be Attending The Memorial & If You Are---Why?

  by minimus in

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  i was just invited.

  i thanked my old elder friend and he left.

  (i'm not going).

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  No way. (I left out the other word). I went to last years JW.org infomercial as a courtesy to my wife. Never again.
  
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

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  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  Still done in Poland.
  
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  Minister Creflo Dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet

  by Oubliette in

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  minister creflo dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet.

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  in related news, seven other televangelists seek untold millions to build a religious compound in upstate new york: .

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  I haven't seen a performance by Mr Dollar, but I bet he puts on a much better show than any of the GB judging from what I've seen at Jw.org TV. The man has obviously found his niche.
  
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  Zone visit meeting Australasia region 7th march...

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i'm sitting here now going insane with this program of fear, obligation and guilt!.

  oh man....seriously mind numbing.. i can't bring myself to share too much of it all now.... but i just want to get out...... tell you all more soon about the manipulative trash..... .

  anyone else go to this?

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  I'm happy that Viv M. is back in Australia. I have no idea what he was doing here in Poland a couple of years ago. I actually told him 'jokingly' that the translated talk was better than his at one of the last CA's I attended.
  
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  in the april 15th watchtowerstudy ed why is the article about how loving dissfellowshipping is curiously missing from simplified addition ?

  by poopie in

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  thoughts

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  Is it usually one for one? I mean same articles, just 'simplified'? If so, I wonder if any JW's will notice and then ask why...
  
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  The Mentally Diseased Apostates Latest re-mix of JW video

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  happy @ bethel michael jackson.

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  Nice job. I will have to take a look at the original to compare, but the sad fact that everyone in the video seems to know the moves (well mostly) just screams 'epic fail' to me. Isn't this 'worldly'? I'm pretty sure Knorr and Freddy Franz would not be 'happy'.
  
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  Devouring the Forbidden Fruit - Higher Education

  by cappytan in

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  well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.

  she is 100% supportive of it!

  apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.

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  If you have already been employed in the field of computer technology for some time you don't need to worry about getting a degree in that field. Pursue what you love while your other job continues to pay the bills and put food on the table.

  Funny that you are interested in Biology and Physics. I was actually interested in taking some courses just for fun in molecular/unicellular biology. I'm near retirement age so not looking for a new career. My 30 plus years experience programming in telecommunications/networking made this possible.

  I am also a 'rural' type guy although at the moment I work in the city but get to work remotely a couple of days/week. Last 4 years I worked remotely from home (next to national forest - think moose/boars/fox/etc) and beautifully clear skys at night.

  Good luck and best wishes...
  
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  Nethanyahu speach to US Congress - not in sync with NRA position on weapons

  by RubaDub in

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  i don't quite understand why mr. nethanyahu is so fearful if iran or other nations have nuclear weapons.

  as the nra espouses, the more people are armed and the more weapons on the street, then the safer we should feel.

  we all should have the right to protect ourselves.

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  good point cappytan: also, Pakistan and India both have nuke's and are not on the best of terms but somehow limit their responses to each other's 'hostile' acts. Not sure how much use of nuclear for power either of them are using. Need to check.

  I know Iran has argued that they need nuclear power for electricity in the past. The real test would be, are they peparing for it or something else. I takes 10-20 years get nuke plants up from conception to producing.. I also know that Russia has offered to help them with nuclear power plants, but not sure what the current status is.
  
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  Nethanyahu speach to US Congress - not in sync with NRA position on weapons

  by RubaDub in

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  i don't quite understand why mr. nethanyahu is so fearful if iran or other nations have nuclear weapons.

  as the nra espouses, the more people are armed and the more weapons on the street, then the safer we should feel.

  we all should have the right to protect ourselves.

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  I'm racking my brains trying to come up with a good example of an 'outstanding/upstanding' whatever country. Just looking at the last century or so... Who could possibly qualify? Possibly one of the Scandavian countries? Any other candidates? I actually find the US to be the worst, simply because they hide behind a facade of virtue, freedom, and democracy. IMHO, they could have gone down a different road, but in the end it was just too hard to resist 'full-spectrum' dominance.

  I realize this will not be a popular opinion with the Fox-News crowd, so don't tell me if I don't like it I can leave: because I already did...