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   From: one_brow@not.in.an.org   
      
   "Cracklin'"  wrote in message   
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   > "One Brow"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Cracklin'"  wrote in message   
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   >>> "One Brow"  wrote in message   
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   >>>> "Cracklin'"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>>> A tornado would be a news-attracting event.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ##  So?  What disaster isn't a news-attracting event?  Handing out   
   >>>>> sandwiches and hot coffee/tea to the homeless at night does not   
   >>>>> attract the News media and they still do it.   ...   
   >>>   
   >>>> With government funding, and not every church.   
   >>>   
   >>> $$ The Government doesn't fund the women and men from the churches who   
   >>> do this.   
   >   
   >> What do you think "faith-based" initiatives are?   
   >   
   > ## The people here who do this are not Gov. funded.  The local churches in   
   > my area are now taking up collections of food, personal items and clothing   
   > for the victims of Katrina.  The Gov. is not paying them a cent and the   
   > church itself pays the bills for the building and utilities used.   
   > Volunteers will drive the trucks down south....  no Gov. involved.  Where   
   > are the JWs?  What are they doing to help the non-JW victims of this storm   
   > and flood?   
   >   
   Once again, Katrina is a news-attracting event.  The JWs are not   
   advbertising the assistance they are providing, as usual.   
      
   >> Further, every donation to these projects is tax-deductible.   
   >   
   > ## See above.   I don't know of any churches where I live that are getting   
   > Gov. funds.   
   >   
   We were discussing "Handing out  sandwiches and hot coffee/tea   
   to the homeless at night ...", not Katrina.  Yes, churches receive   
   governemnt funding, and their members tax breaks, for this work.   
      
   >>> $$  And the Watchtower Society now hands out bus fare to people with   
   >>> broken down cars?   
   >   
   >> I'll go along with the WTBTS being no different from other churches.   
   >   
   > ##  Oh, they're different.  Try going to the Watchtower in Brooklyn and   
   > asking for any kind of help.  See how far you get.   
   >   
   >>> What does the WTS pay for where the JWs are concerned?  They don't even   
   >>> get buried by the WTS should they be killed while peddling WTS magazines   
   >>> door to door.   
   >   
   >> Exactly how many deaths occur from door-door? LOL.   
   >   
   > ##  You tell me.  Are you saying the WTS would pay medical expenses or   
   > burial expenses if it happened?   
   Do yo have any evidence they would not?   
      
   > They didn't pay one dime when the Lililids were murdered here in TN on   
   > their way home from an assembly.   
   That's very different from going door-to-door.   
      
   > They didn't pay one cent towards the boys medical expenses who survived   
   > the massacre. Short memory One brow?   
   >   
   I had not heard abut this, but your desciption makes it different from   
   going door-to-door anyhow.  I would not expect my employer to pay   
   for collision damage to my car driving to and from work.   
      
   >>> $$ We're not discussing the people as individuals,... but the churches   
   >>> themselves.   
   >   
   >> The churches are made of the groups of people.   
   >   
   > ##  So then you mean all JWs have access ... Patterson Complex in NY, to   
   > their own glory.   
   Ranting is not evidence.   
      
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   One Brow   
      
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