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  Australia 2021 Census: why did JW grow?

  by shepherdless in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi all, some may remember about 5 years ago, i did a few articles on what the australian census of 2016 said about jw and some other religions.

  i have been meaning to add a bit on the 2021 census; the more detailed results have only been available in the last month or so.. an obvious question is why and how did jw numbers increase between 2016 and 2021. it is reasonable to assume the pandemic had a role.

  the data doesn't fully answer that question, but it does show that a lot of over 35 y.o.

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  A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  obviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.

  and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.

  in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.

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  Sir82

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering is sir82 still alive?

  he has been po for many years.

  he said that he would not leave the org unless his wife is pomo.

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  Results of Australia's 2021 Census- More Unbelievers than Believers

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this abc (a national government owned media group) report states:.

  "for the first time, fewer than half of australians identified as christian, though christianity remained the nation's most common religion (declared by 43.9 per cent of the population).. meanwhile, the number of australians who said they had no religion rose to 38.9 per cent (from 30.1 per cent in 2016).".

  read more?

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  Jehovah’s witnesses and compulsory voting in Australia.

  by Longlivetherenegades in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do jehovah’s witnesses do during election period in australia?

  i learnt voting is compulsory in australia and those who choose not to vote are fined.

  do jehovah’s witnesses pay such fines?.

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  Response to "The Flood is Real, Because ..."

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i remember one of the flowchart responses to people questioning the biblical flood was something along the lines that "every culture has a flood story".. of course, nearly everywhere has flooded at one time or another and we know there are minor floods and then there are the 1-in-1000 year kind of weather event, that tend to get a mention (anyone from the uk will still talk about the summer of '76, and that's probably nothing in comparison to a decent flood).. but the inference is that the flood must be real, because every culture has a flood story.. the best response is "now do dragons".. because apparently, nearly every culture also has a dragon legend.. does it mean dragons exist?

  some desperate jw may show their ignorance by suggesting that man lived at the same time as dinosaurs and they are what the stories were based on.

  fun fact: stegosaurus was a fossil when t-rex was alive for longer than it's been since t-rex has been a fossil to us - we're talking old, and no overlap (ignore the map in the cover of the old green bible).. do jws still even bother trying to defend the cray-cray aesop-fable kind of ot beliefs?.

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  "Somebody" needs to do "Something!"

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's always unjustifiable for a country to attack another country without having first been attacked itself.. the nuremberg trials at the end of wwii made this clear.. more vividly too: following orders as a patriotic duty is never secondary to the pangs of your personal conscience.. .

  worst of all, hypocrisy destroys credibility when you.

  criticize other countries for doing what you have done.. .

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  Did you ever have an “Olaf” moment.

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  did your class mates queue up to have sex with you?

  it happened to olaf according to today’s wt.

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  Australia's Religious Discrimination Act.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an interesting and intriguing new law (or, it will be if enacted in its present form).. quote: "the proposed new religious discrimination act is intended to prevent a person from being discriminated against on the basis of their religion.".

  fair enough, but to get it through the house of representatives last night, the government accepted some changes.. the first draft (discussed last night) had a clause that may have impacted the rights of some gay and/or trans-sexual students at religious schools by allowing a religious school to expel such a student.

  last night the government was forced to accept changes that removed that possibility.

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  Fawlty Towers (1975) & (1979) - still laugh-out-loud funny after all these years

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. entertainment

  so, i went and bought series one and series two on second hand dvd for one pound each.. i first saw series one of fawlty towers when i was about 11, then i saw series two a year later.. it's a little dated now, but that doesn't really matter because it's still making people laugh.

  that's all comedy is.. there is one episode - the kipper and the corpse - which i think is a bit rough around the edges, it's not as polished as some of the other episodes.

  but it still has some great lines in it, e.g.. the two old ladies: you're in a good mood today, mr fawlty.. basil: yes, well one of the guests has just died.

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