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.. .
Melbourne is the world's 3rd most liveable city 2013.
A couple of links to help re University below
http://about.unimelb.edu.au/facts-and-statistics/faculties
http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/explore/about/melbourne
Living Costs etc
http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/living-in-victoria/cost-of-living
http://www.bobinoz.com/living-in-australia/melbourne/
Witchettygrub
i am very happy that my dear old mom is finally seeing the truth about the "truth".
what hit her like a ton of bricks is the latest wt.
study article that exalts the governing body and pretty much negates everything the bible students and russell, the founder of the watchtower, ever said was truth!.
That's good news minmus.
Maybe your mother will spread the news to her friends in same age group. Elderly power!
Witchettygrub
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9124458/witnesses-sell-elim-buys.
it was the national headquarters for the jehovah's witnesses for 30 years.. but the 7.5ha wattle downs property has now been sold to elim church and could soon house a new christian college.. jehovah's witness minister george gray says advances in technology mean the property is no longer needed for running the church's new zealand and south pacific activities which will now be administered from australia.. elim church bought the property for its growing south auckland congregation and volunteers helped transform the site in just a matter of days.. pastor boyd ratnaraja says the congregation moved in on a sunday straight after morning services at their much smaller weymouth rd premises.. "they have done a superb job of setting up," he says.. the church will hold services for its 450-strong congregation at its new home as well as running counselling sessions and operating an op shop and a weekly soup kitchen.. "we believe in reaching out to the community.
we want this to be a centre of hope.
They actually sold a Bethel location, to BABYLON THE GREAT????
Money talks....and wins always.
Witchettygrub
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98 years later, the 1914 date is still important to the watchtower organization.. .
below is a screenshot of a portion of page 19 from the may 15, 2012 watchtower magazine.. .
For the ones that gave their All and lived for the end of this system - sold homes, rejected a good education etc based on that date - it's healthier to let go, expecially after all these decades.
After all, we've still 22 years to enjoy ourselves...2034 ahead.
Witchettygrub
watchtower shunning deadly by design.
today i added a new article to my blog addressing the known and documented lethality of the brand of shunning imposed under watchtower doctrine.
it is a longer read then id like, but hopefully it saves some lives.
Thanks Marvin,
Shunning = a daily living death.
Witchettygrub
watchtower shunning deadly by design.
today i added a new article to my blog addressing the known and documented lethality of the brand of shunning imposed under watchtower doctrine.
it is a longer read then id like, but hopefully it saves some lives.
watchtower shunning deadly by design.
today i added a new article to my blog addressing the known and documented lethality of the brand of shunning imposed under watchtower doctrine.
it is a longer read then id like, but hopefully it saves some lives.
for those interested:.
this is a pdf of the first volume of the new world translation.
it was released in august of 1950 and shortly thereafter had some additional information put into the appendices.
Thanks for this also - Cabasilas and Atlantis - excellent.
Witchettygrub
a thanksgiving present from our friend atlantis.
he has completed the first volume of the hebrew scriptures of the nwt (1953).. .
the pdf is 104 mb, bookmarked and searchable.
Thank you both for your contribution.
Witchettygrub
i've spoken with a number of jw's in the past who have told me that they believe the h. spirit only indwells the 144,000 (obviously contradicted by romans 8:8-9).
however, the jw i am presently trying to convert caught me a little off guard by telling me he was unaware of this doctrine (he's been a jw for 40-years) and that he understood it to be that all believers are indwelt by the h. spirit.
is he simply misinformed about his own organisations teachings here?
James46888,
Here is a link to what you might need re your JW friend. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/197519/1/Watchtower-says-Anointed-DO-NOT-have-MORE-Bible-Understanding
Posted under Friends 8/15/10.
Witchettygrub
