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  I Went To A Catholic Mass Yesterday And What A Waste of Time!

  by minimus in

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  the priest acted as if he was the reason why people were there.

  he was about 80 and totally disinterested in the affair although he married the deceased and her husband 15 years earlier.. his sermon's gist was that we need faith to accept that the reason why god has us die is so that we can go to heaven.

  and that's it.. the only interesting (touching) time was when the grandkids gave testimonials about their beloved grandma.. oh, and one more thing.

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  Minimus I think you would like the Anglican church we as a family go to we have very few rituals. Apart from the Apostals creed and the litergy of communion and the absence of the WT book there is little ritual there. The Anglican priest doesn't mind if a person wants to be baptised by immersion or infant baptism can be also arranged. We meet in a school hall so there is no religious artifacts
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  I Went To A Catholic Mass Yesterday And What A Waste of Time!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the priest acted as if he was the reason why people were there.

  he was about 80 and totally disinterested in the affair although he married the deceased and her husband 15 years earlier.. his sermon's gist was that we need faith to accept that the reason why god has us die is so that we can go to heaven.

  and that's it.. the only interesting (touching) time was when the grandkids gave testimonials about their beloved grandma.. oh, and one more thing.

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  the JW religion also has rituals but most JWs are to close to it to see them
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  Which country is better to migrate Canada or Australia?

  by His Excellency in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am sure nowhere is perfect but if we want to compare these two countries from different prospectives like racism, job, income/spending, quality of life, standard of living etc.

  can you please give me a rough idea by sharing your experiences.. .

  by the way, i am considering applying for a masters progrmme in any of the two countries.. .

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  One New Zealand prime minister made the statement that immigration to Australia improves the IQ of both countries. Now how does that work? In his deluded mind the New Zealand people that are out of work immigrate to Australia to find jobs are the lower IQ of New Zealand and the lower IQ of the New Zealanders is still higher than that of the Australian population as a whole.

  I'm Australian and I don't appreciate that one.
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  A House Divided Against Itself Falls-Luke 11:17

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

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  that text reminds me of one of a handful of problems peculiar to the ex-jw community.

  second only to the wild beast's internal divisions, is the divided makeup of the ex-jw populace.

  you know the one thing that indicates jehovah's blessing upon the worldwide association of kingdom proclaimers, is not only the continued success of the preaching work, but along with it the unity and love amongst the brothers and sisters.

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  Stand for pure worship,

  I don't question your sincerity but may I point out to you the question that decides who is christian and who isn't is the belief about Jesus Christ. Some say Jesus is a good man some say just an historical figure christians say he is the son of God. There is the biblical evidence of who Jesus is as well as the developement of the doctrine through the ecumenical councils. The doctrine of the trinity should be studied with the aid of history because christian doctrine is developed as explained by John Henry Newman in his essay 'An essay on the developement of christian doctrine'.

  At church we say the Apostolic and the Nicean creed which divides christianity from non christian religions. Muslims and the witness religion believe in Jesus too but are not a christian religion because they both don't believe Jesus is the Son of God.
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  Aust. Election in 1 week - A review of Kevin Rudd, PM

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.

  if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).

  they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.

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  I haven't got a red neck yet it's only spring here, but when I do I will wear it proudly
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  Aust. Election in 1 week - A review of Kevin Rudd, PM

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.

  if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).

  they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.

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  Slimboyfat, In the post above yours I didn'tactually mention muslims now did I?I mentioned sharia which I detest.
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  Aust. Election in 1 week - A review of Kevin Rudd, PM

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.

  if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).

  they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.

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  Frazzled, During Julia Gillards term as Prime Minister Muslims have demanded they should have Sharia law in Australia but I might remind you even Julia Gillard told them to go back where they came from to a place where sharia law is presently practiced. Australia allready has sharia law in some areas but it is kept quiet. Australia has underage marrages but it is also kept quiet. Female circumcission is also kept quiet.

  Slimboyfat, So you believe our borders aren't worth much? Why is it when I travell into every country in the world I have to have a passport and a visa as well in some countries. Why is it even in poor third world countries they have staff to check documents of those arriving.

  Maybe you should get a job and travell to all these countries and tell them their borders aren't worth anything and how they could save millions of whatever currency they use. It would be a great saving to every taxpayer on earth.
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  Aust. Election in 1 week - A review of Kevin Rudd, PM

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.

  if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).

  they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.

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  Our borders are important for all sorts of reasons. Australia being an Island needs protection from all sorts of diseases and pests just to keep our agricultural industry in good shape and why wouldn't we want the immigration of people to controled too. Sharia law for example would change our way of life into that of a third world hell that even the people comming here would one day realise when they woke up from their cultic idealogy.
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  Aust. Election in 1 week - A review of Kevin Rudd, PM

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.

  if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).

  they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.

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  I just read an artical "Do-gooders would be kind to be cruel" in the Telegraph October 7 just to highlight some points.

  .The Artical presented talks about the Pope's irresponsible claim of "disgrace ' when 300 people lost their lives and a fortnight ago we got it from the Greens when an asylum seeker boat sunk just 50 meters off an Indonesian coast and our aircraft was unable to locate their position probably because they were still in indonesian waters and of course the asylum seekers wouldn't like to be rescued by them would they?

  Andrew Bolt writes. But the truth is seeping out. SBS interviewed relatives of passengers on the boat which sank off Indonesia and was told that one family paid $80'000 to get smuggled into Australia in order to escape 'poverty' Some poverty.

  It must be said now escaping poverty is not a reason to claim asylum.

  Also last week Ling Yoong, former director of medical health services sor our offshore asylum processing said boat people had asked doctors for breast enlargements, IVF treatement and botox.

  I remember boat people in the past just wanted Pert 2 in 1 hair shampoo when they got off their boats according to newspapers I have read .

  Andrew Bolt goes on'Should we stop the drownings simply by offering safer entry to however many 'asylum seekers' come knocking? Or do we slam the door shut against these illegal migrants?

  Either way , the fundamental question remains . What are our borders worth? What our culture?
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  Which country is better to migrate Canada or Australia?

  by His Excellency in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am sure nowhere is perfect but if we want to compare these two countries from different prospectives like racism, job, income/spending, quality of life, standard of living etc.

  can you please give me a rough idea by sharing your experiences.. .

  by the way, i am considering applying for a masters progrmme in any of the two countries.. .

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  Australia is also good for skiing I live 2 hours from the ski resorts in the snowy mountains. This time of year I can see the snow on the mountains.