Posts by Witchettygrub

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My 10 year old son almost Outed me as when someone showed him a Watchtower! "The Generation that won't die"

by PokerPlayerPhil in

i had a photo copy of the magazine "the generation that will never die!

" sitting in my office, he saw it and being the voracious reader he is, he asked me "why did the magazine say all those people would never die?

" i told him "humans make mistakes, they were wrong by claiming that.

Witchettygrub

PPPhil,

Your boy is not only smart but sensitive to info that adults gloss over - like the red faced elder who would certainly remember 1980.

Witchettygrub

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Serena Williams

by New day in

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i am a big tennis fan and today i watched serena williams win the australian open, one of the four tournaments which make up the pinnacle of achievement in the tennis world, the grand slam.

in her victory speech the first thing she said was that she thanked her god jehovah for the victory.

now i know that rumours have circulated for a long time as to whether she is a baptised witness or not, but she is definitely associated with witnesses .

Witchettygrub

Serena's ego is overly large. Such a bulk is unable to fit into becoming a 'humble jw'. :)

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Islam - Where Does This End?

by Sam Whiskey in

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does this end with them actually attempting to take over the world as they profess to want to do?

granted, they are "extremists", but can they really garner enough extremist converts to make a run at it?

keep in mind, i have no fear of them.

Witchettygrub

Living close to Indonesia which has the largest Muslim population at 209,120,000 can be scary.

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Which country is better to migrate Canada or Australia?

by His Excellency in

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.. .

Witchettygrub

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

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My Mom Is Finally Seeing The Light!

by minimus in

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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!.

Witchettygrub

That's good news minmus.

Maybe your mother will spread the news to her friends in same age group. Elderly power!

Witchettygrub

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New Zealand headquarters: Witnesses sell, Elim buys

by Fe2O3Girl in

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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.

Witchettygrub

They actually sold a Bethel location, to BABYLON THE GREAT????

Money talks....and wins always.

Witchettygrub

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1914: Still Important to Watchtower in 2012

by leavingwt in

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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.. .

Witchettygrub

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

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