Yes I too was in for 33yrs never voted & never got fined after sending in my excuses , much the same as the previous posts.
LBT nobody in Australia voted in Julia Gillard ( just nitpickin )
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13What do Jehovah's Witnesses do about compulsory voting in Australia?
by slimboyfat inwhat are they advised to do?
do they attend polling booths and somehow register "neutrality" or are they allowed to be absent altogether?
have politicians or the media ever addressed the issue?
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Birthday Warning
by Luo bou to init's my birthday today, i'm 63. i know your thrilled to hear that and are likely to party hard with wild abandonment, but please be careful not to worship me.
i am only a creature.
it's ok to worship the gb though.
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63 ? Your just a spring chicken
Happy birthday LBT
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June 15th WT - WT Society Pressures JW Parents to Indoctrinate Children
by flipper inin a non-study article in the jw only watchtower is an article titled " should youths get baptized ?
" the wt society is losing young people in very large numbers - so how else to try stemming the exodus than putting pressure on jw parents to indoctrinate and instill mind control into their children ?
in one section here in this article it almost sounds like a version of " 20 questions " that the wt society asks parents to determine if their children are making " spiritual progress " as they phrase it.
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When i became interested in the witnesses I encouraged my then girlfreind to be interested,within18 months we were married in a kingdom hall,and within a couple of years we had 2 children.Over the ensuring years we encouraged my wife`s sister to become a witness,who brought up her 3 daughters in the "truth",also a nephew also became interested and started attending meetings.My 2 sons got married to witnesses,with a family of another 5 persons,and who is still their now ? only 1 neice who is still putting up appearances
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Spent last few days in Hospital with our 23 yr old son
by troubled mind insevere abdominal pain turned out to be pancreatitis !
very scary .... his levels of enzymes should have been 180 ,but were 4,500 .
all the tests xrays , ulta sound and mri showed no gallstones or blockages just one mother of an inflamned pancreas .
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My thoughts are with you,and hope for a speedy recovery
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As The Governing Body Tightens its Grip...
by passwordprotected intwo and a half years ago i predicted that the governing body was going to have to tighten its grip on the rank and file witnesses.. "it's time to get in the compound, brothers and sisters...." it's classic sleight of hand.
distract your audience.
pull off the trick.
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For those of you who are wondering how jw`s will handle 1914 as 2014 approaches ,I think they will answer much the same as they have with "Millions Now Living Will Never Die "quote. Its even more surer now than it was back then.
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Barbara Anderson sharing April 10th Australian Newspaper Article about WT and back ground checks
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/former-witness-taking-on-watch-tower/story-fn6bfmgc-1226036543156.
former witness taking on watch tower graeme hammond from: sunday herald sun april 10, 201112:00ama former jehovah's witness is to launch a private criminal prosecution against the religion's world headquarters.
his action is in protest at its refusal to require church elders to submit to working with children police checks in victoria.
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It is now the 20/4/2011 A.E.S.T. Does anyone know what happened at the court proceedings ?
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I would put it in the same catergory as if Iwas disfellowshiped from the 7th Day Adventists,the Mormons, ok the" Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints" the Christadelphians the Exclusive Bretheren or any other man made crackpot religion that evolved in the late 18th century.
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Barbara Anderson sharing April 10th Australian Newspaper Article about WT and back ground checks
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/former-witness-taking-on-watch-tower/story-fn6bfmgc-1226036543156.
former witness taking on watch tower graeme hammond from: sunday herald sun april 10, 201112:00ama former jehovah's witness is to launch a private criminal prosecution against the religion's world headquarters.
his action is in protest at its refusal to require church elders to submit to working with children police checks in victoria.
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Tomorrow april the 19th is when Steven Unthank takes on the "WatchTower" where he will launch a private criminal prosecution against the religions world headquarters over its refusal to submit to "Working With Children Police Checks" in Victoria For one man" David" to take on the "Goliath" of the "WatchTower " organization in behalf of ,not only witness children,but also the children of the unsuspecting public is commendable. He should have our support. Much has been said about the sexual abuse by the catholics over the years ,fair enough,their are over 1 billion catolics wordwide,their are only 7 million jehovah`s witnesses worldwide,and in every state in the USA, has multiple charges of sexual misconduct against minors by jehovah`s witnesses.see" Silent Lambs" on the internet . And the same is true even here in Australia,every state has had children who have been violated by practicing jehovah`s witnesses,but who would know about it,Jehovah`s Witnesses are but a small sect,brush it under the carpet.
Please people give him some support
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How many received the memorial invitation?
by IMHO inhow well is this territory being covered?.
how many on here (active jws excluded) received an invitation?.
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Two ex-bros. came by yesterday morning,I let them do their spiel,then asked the one doing all the talking how long he`s been a jw,he said since 1965,I said then you have seen quite a few changes.I spoke about " Zions Watchtower and Herald of Christs Presence" and what it implied, 1874,the end of all kingdoms destroyed by God in 1914-1918 jesus choosing the organization in 1919,.....the end of 6000 yrs in 1975, the generation change,and finally he said paraphrasing paul "Well if it turns out wer`e wrong so be it pity us but we have lived a good life and never hurt anybody"
He was in complete denial,and his companion never uttered a word the whole time
Who knows maybe a seed was planted
smiddy