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

  by Littleleslie in

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  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 .

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  Witchettygrub

  Like others here, I have no contact with JWs anymore - have not spotted them out on the door knocking either in my street.

  I do see them sitting at their tables in town with magazines etc. Next time I'll ask them your question.
  
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  Is It Time to regroup?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. beliefs

  how much do you want to bet that the organization has already started preparing articles for the watchtower magazines, convention talks, circuit overseers talks and letters to bodies of elders, to refute what is happening in australia?

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  right now the most important thing for the wt to do is protect their image that they are gods visible organization.especially in the u.s. and latin american countries.

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  just fine - Here's a well worded page to aid the 'spreading this news'.

  https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194
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  Speculation ( not theory ) on child abuse inquiries.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of you, like me, keep yourself informed as to what's happening in jw-land.

  like me, you make it your business to know what's going on.

  so i'm wondering why the wtbts is allowing eldubs to appear in these inquiries in australia??

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  DarioKelh 'its because lett, morris, losch, herd, jackson, sanderson and what's-his-name will NEVER sit in the hot seat themselves. They simply ignore summons and refuse to appear.'

  If so, Cardinal Pell will manage to look superior (even if he withholds evidence) as he is returning to Aust to front up again to the RC later on for further evidence. Something the gb could learn from as hiding away in their dormitories shows their complete and utter guilt more so than their Catholic church foe.
  

  
  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/30/15/09/george-pell-to-appear-at-abuse-commission

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  The "great crowd" before 1935 and since

  by Doug Mason in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what was the seismic shift in thinking that rutherford required when he created the great multitude in 1935?

  when did the great multitude, or the great crowd as it is now known, become jehovahs witnesses?.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/the_great_crowd_before_1935_and_since.pdf.

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  Excellent reminders of significant history.

  Thank you.

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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

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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.

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  Serena Williams

  by New day in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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 .

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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.

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  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

  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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  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/

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  My Mom Is Finally Seeing The Light!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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!.

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  That's good news minmus.

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

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  New Zealand headquarters: Witnesses sell, Elim buys

  by Fe2O3Girl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.

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

  Money talks....and wins always.

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