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Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

by Powermetal4ever in

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so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

barry

I think that some people are confused about what is a refugee

Someone can be classified as a refugee for the following reasons.

1 Fleeing persecution for political reasons

2 Fleeing persecution because of sexual orientation

3 Fleeing persecution for political reasons

4 A person fleeing is qualified as a refugee by reporting to a refugee centre closest to the country he or she is fleeing. A refugee doesn't have the privilege to travel around the world to find the richest country to claim refugee status there. Asylum seekers have come to Australia from the middle east, India, Sri Lanker, Afganistan all for a better life by there own admission.

5 A person is not a refugee fleeing a war or poverty.

These terms are according to the UN charter

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Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

by Powermetal4ever in

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friends

so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

barry

Gday Loveunihateexams,

I'm glad we agree on most things but using special forces to eliminate people smugglers isn't that going a bit overboard. The people smugglers would be put out of business by turning the boats around and the illegals know then not to try it again. I don't think Australia used special forces just putting the people smugglers out of business was all that was necessary to close them down.

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Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

by Powermetal4ever in

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friends

so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

barry

Australia has the answer in the royal commission and also the answer to illegal refugees. Turning the boats around in the last year there have been zero people drowned on a dangerous passage to Australia. Before that there were thousands lost at sea.

In the last 10 years there has been zero number of massacres because of the restrictions on guns here. Before that we had one every year.

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JW UN Rumor

by ivanatahan in

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yes, i have returned.. a short recap of major events since my inactivity began: i finally revealed to my parents that i do not believe the same thing they believe in (after i was caught smooching my girlfriend by a family of good-for-nothing pieces of human feces), and of course they view themselves as failed parents who were unable to brainwash their children.

that is, of course, the reason why they are much more controlling over what i do in my life now (my mom even tried having a "bible study" with me).

i told them everything and i was unable to dent their jw imposed mind force field, while also exposing a clear jw misunderstanding of probability, evolution, history, logic/reason, and the big bang theory.. in a conversation i had with my mother a few weeks back (i also heard this rumor before, but my mother told me it again), she mentioned how the un held a summit of all religions and when the jws presented themselves and mentioned their preaching work warning of the coming un ban on religion (referring to an international organization who can't even prevent genocide, much less impose human rights), a un official came up to the jw who presented the cult and told him to "speed up the preaching work", because they plan on doing the ban soon.. it saddens me to think of how ignorant jws are in relation to the principles upon which the un was founded and being unaware that the un at least has some sense as to not ban religion, but this rumor, as ridiculous as it is, needs to be put at rest.

barry

Gday Ivanatahan,

I remember at a bible study the teacher rubbished the big bang theory. I made the point that just as we study nature to find the truth about things the big bang theory is not in any way in disagreement with the bible. The bible teaches 'how to get to heaven' not 'how the heavens go'.

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Where's this going? American soldiers call on Jehovah

by fulltimestudent in

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the song is 'days of elijah,' and the bit i'm referring to is about half way through, as they sing, "there is no god like jehovah":.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjz_ilp9c5a.

barry

When I went to the SDAs they have a hymnbook and many of the hymns are Anglican or written by other christians. Many hymns have the name Jehovah in them 'Oh though great Jehovah ' and many more.

When praying other christians don't use in general the mantra of Jehovah

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Whoa ! maybe it's not as good here in Oz as I thought!

by wozza in

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found this on my facebook page that someone had posted , just a joke i hope .

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barry

Australians can own centre fire guns and for farmers there are few restrictions one being a safe is required also automatic guns are banned.

A person not a property owner can join a club or get permission to shoot on a property in order to own a gun.

When I was a kid you only had to have the money to buy a gun no licensing at all.

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For All Australians Present: How are Australian JWs Reacting to the Royal Commission?

by Littleleslie in

hi everyone:.

i was just wondering how were the baptized jehovah's witnesses responding to the royal commission inquiry.. i know there must be a number of australians present here that could tell us this.. i was especially wanting to know how the jehovah's witnesses were taking the testimony of the governing body member geoffrey jackson?.

thanks for your comments.. littleleslie .

barry

I don't have any contact with JWs myself but the saturday after the testimony of Geof Jackson my street was crawling with JWs going door to door. I had never seen so many cars full of JWs in one place. It seemed to me they were getting support in numbers. We were going out and missed talking to them.

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Whoa ! maybe it's not as good here in Oz as I thought!

by wozza in

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found this on my facebook page that someone had posted , just a joke i hope .

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barry

The people that are stopped at sea are not migrants they are people attempting to enter Australia illegally and many thousands of these people have drowned at sea. Since they have been stopped none have drowned.

Australia does accept genuine refugees from all over the world. We are very proud of our assistance to people in need.

That sign is not fair dinkum

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Women going topless in NYC.

by Fisherman in

within the past couple of days, women in nyc are going around topless in public.

i read in a news article, that in new york city, there are no laws against women going topless in public.the article says that family people are getting offended and they want to stop topless women in public.

in europe women show their breasts on on tv, the beach, and breast feeding in public.

barry

Bondi beach was featured on JAG used to have a lot of topless women because Aussie women liked to get a tan without bra straps. Anyone could get a look there but those women in new york are doing it for money how discusting.

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Public Prayers - Scriptural?

by OverlappingGeneralizations in

something that has always been a pet peeve of mine- public prayers.

is that even scriptural?

i know many churches (along with the jws) do it.

barry

The Anglicans say the Grace in galations 2.14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ , and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.