Posts by FadeToBlack

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Assembly Assessment increased 300%

by James Jack in

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!.

FadeToBlack

I suspect that those 'out of court' settlements are starting to add up.

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Ever Think About This One? Another Bible Contradiction

by freemindfade in

8you must not make for yourself a carved image+ or a form* like anything that is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.-deuteronomy 5:8. .

18 you are to make two cherubs of gold; you will make them of hammered work on the two ends of the cover.+ 19 make the cherubs on the two ends, one cherub on each end of the cover.

20 the cherubs are to spread out their two wings upward, overshadowing the cover with their wings,+ and they will face each other.

FadeToBlack

SonoftheTrinity said: Exodus was really written by Moses

Really? In what written language?

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Assembly Assessment increased 300%

by James Jack in

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!.

FadeToBlack

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

jw
friends

i was just invited.

i thanked my old elder friend and he left.

(i'm not going).

FadeToBlack

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

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.

FadeToBlack

Still done in Poland.

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Minister Creflo Dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet

by Oubliette in

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: .

FadeToBlack

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

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?

FadeToBlack

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

jw
friends

thoughts

FadeToBlack

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

happy @ bethel michael jackson.

FadeToBlack

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

jw
friends

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.

FadeToBlack

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...