Rocky

LOL! As Raf said, you make a good point (I'd say, a GREAT point). However, I don't consider my role in this "discussion" as having anything to do with patience... because I have ZERO expectation for a rational outcome that might include changing anything TLC believes.

Perhaps Raf could get a part-time gig as a J-school adjunct teaching classes developed by University of Washington professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West.

Wordwolf, perhaps you didn't see the links I posted yesterday Monday from Pulitzer.org.

And don't underestimate the oppressiveness of the fundamentalism that it spawns, for one reason, that in order to buy into fundamentalism, one generally either ordains oneself or some other madman as the end all/be all of "no private interpretation." Which, it naturally follows, can only cause private interpretation.

Were you a "minister" or non-ministerial employee of TWI?

This website on ministers/pastors Social Security tax situations makes no mention of any 1984 law changes. Seca is self-employment related contributions (taxes) paid into Social Security. It also says, Can a church pay FICA for a minister to save the minister money? No. A church cannot pay FICA for someone who is a minister for tax purposes. By law, ministers are always treated as self-employed for Social Security purposes and therefore are subject to SECA taxes on their ministerial earnings. Churches that pay FICA for their ministers are not doing them a favor — they are violating the law. When churches mistakenly pay FICA for ministers, they can cause errors in Social Security Administration records that may affect future benefits. Can churches give ministers a Social Security “allowance” or “offset”? Churches can give ministers a Social Security “allowance” or “offset” to help the minister pay SECA taxes. But a Social Security allowance or offset is extra income. The minister will have to report the allowance as income for federal income tax purposes and as income for SECA tax purposes. Do churches have to pay FICA for their non-ministerial employees? Churches must pay their share and withhold the employee’s share of FICA for non-ministerial employees except in rare cases where a church has exempted itself from making these payments. Churches cannot classify non-ministerial employees as self-employed to avoid paying FICA.

Of course. As i expected, you make a claim then refuse to back it up with evidence.

You have those? Show us.

Pulitzer.org provides links to the body of work that earned the medal. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-ne-viz-school-safety-20181206-story.html What's being done to stop another school shooting?

Listed at the TOP of the page in the journalism category!

CONGRATS Raf! However, Washington Post is behind a paywall.

I doubt it.

"Because they can..." put another way, because federal law allows it. IRS Publication 517 covers related issues. One possibility is that the employee is responsible to pay the SS tax even if the organization opts out. And if the employee does NOT pay the tax, s/he may not be eligible for benefits when they need them.

Could that be confirmation bias?

Doesn't that just suck... for those twi employees anyway?

I repeat:

Ohio cold case develops new timeline, puts murder victim in Arkansas two weeks before death MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio - It's been one year since authorities in Ohio identified the murder victim in a 37-year cold case as Marcia King, a resident of North Little Rock. King had also been called 'The Buckskin Girl' due to the unmistakable jacket she was wearing when her body was found along a rural Ohio highway in 1981. "This case has really just been about technology; it's been a complete mystery," Chief Deputy Steve Lord of the Miami (OH) County Sheriff's Office said by phone on Wednesday. Authorities announced King's identity in April 2018, following confirmation through extensive research and forensic evidence. Since then, investigators have been able to build a timeline that put King in the Little Rock area about two weeks before her death. Lord says detectives have spoken to at least six people in Arkansas in connection to the case. "We've had a lot of success of getting people identified and getting information." According to the timeline that investigators have established so far, it's believed King boarded a bus in the Little Rock area on April 6, 1981, traveling to Louisville, Kentucky. Detectives say they have evidence that puts her in Louisville on April 10. They believe she was killed on April 22 and officers found her body on April 24. "Primarily, her mode of transportation was hitchhiking," Lord says. "Trying to track her and keep an accurate timeline has been challenging." Lord also revealed that it's believed King was heavily involved with a religious organization called The Way International Ministries, which is headquartered in Ohio. A 1995 news article by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette featured a Little Rock-based chapter of The Way and highlighted a woman who compared The Way to a cult. Lord says The Way has been cooperative in King's murder investigation.

Please explain HOW you can tell the difference between something you spiritually "ascertain" and a thought just popping into your head from who knows where.

Bottom line? You're not going to be convinced by any kind of rational argument/logic. Neither will I be convinced by any argument you put forth. However, the book Irrationality: a History of the Dark Side of Reason by Justin E.H. Smith includes this:

That's a completely different issue/question than we've been discussing. The issue at hand, as I have understood it, has been about "reaching into Daddy's cookie jar" for revelation in some real life situation. You can believe in God all you want. Faith is about believing without getting to see evidence. That's just not the same as suggesting/claiming you have evidence of something just because you had a thought cross or enter into your mind.

Welcome WayKid!

Of course. I doubt that he needed anyone's permission to decline to respond, however. I'm confident he could make that call on his own.