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More bad news for the Organisation in Australia
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
it appears the the commonwealth government is bringing in a national compensation scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse with individuals able to claim up to $150,000 each.

it's clear that the australian government will not be able to fund this program without serious money from the offending churches.

so it's bad news for the organization today.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-04/government-announces-redress-for-abuse-victims/7996092.
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Will the UN turn on Religion?
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as all witnesses know, the opening gambit of the great tribulation will occur when the united nations turns on organized religion to devastate them and leave them naked of people and resources.

however, as jehovah's judgement day has been spoken of as being "imminent", the question that can be fairly asked ... 'is the united nations organization actually in a position to act as god's destroyer of false religion?

while i have no doubt that most within that organization had in the past tried to make the lives of the desperate better, the united nations has unfortunately now become a weak and underfunded political eunuch.
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A change in understanding Deu.6:4
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
while i may be wrong, i believe that today's wt study article was the first one to say the deu.

6:4 was not written to refute the trinity.

i found it odd to say the least, since for all the years i've being going to meetings (over 50+ in actuality) the verse written by moses, has always been used to counter the trinitarian gods of the egyptians and the trinity today.
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A question about the animated videos
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has anyone found out who really produces the animated videos of caleb and sophia?

are the made in-house or contracted outside?.
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Australia Branch to end magazine printing
by no-zombie in
1. jw
2. friends
just one week from the zone overseer's visit is the announcement that the magazine production by the australia branch will end in a few months.

the task being transferred to the japan branch.

while i'm not 100% certain, i understand that this effectively ends all major printing bar perhaps tracts, handbills and other loose items.
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The AGMs
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't know about most of you, but i really look forward to the agms.

i probably get more excited about them coming around each year than anyone at my hall.

its sort of like christmas.
India Branch
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'm just interest if any more information has appeared about the india branch.

has anything else recently developed in regards to their printing problems?.
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Movement by the Australian Government
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
in responce to the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse held in australia last year, the state government of new south wales has passed legislation that removes the time limit on civil claims for child sexual abuse.

while not applying to the whole of australia, its likely that the other state will follow nsw's example shortly.

for those living outside of australia, it may be interesting to note that nsw is australia's largest state (by population) and therefore should cover approximately 30% of the country's of child abuse victims.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-16/legislative-changes-remove-time-limit-for-child-abuse-victims/7172562.
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On a need to know basis - The Letter
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
we've just had our sunday meeting and the letter was read out to the congregation.. however, there was no mention of the bethel lay-offs or the building program shut-downs.. looks like we are on a need to know basis, here in australia..
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Kingdom Halls for sale - Australia
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this appeared on the abc news website this morning.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-09/sale-of-jehovah-witnesses-halls-an-expansion-plan/6533544.

and here are the halls.http://www.commercialview.com.au/211-yorktown-road-craigmore-sa/commercial-for-sale-details-8894836 http://www.commercialview.com.au/8-james-street-crafers-sa/commercial-for-sale-details-8890348 http://www.commercialview.com.au/53-woodside-road-lobethal-sa/commercial-for-sale-details-8915140when is the branch going to sell your hall?