Posts by slimboyfat

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

by fulltimestudent in

jw
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).".

slimboyfat

It looks like Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baptists, and Seventh-day Adventists are the only Christian groups to have increased between 2016 and 2021, and JWs have the largest percentage increase of the three.

Anglicans, Catholics, Churches of Christ, Later Day Saints, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Salvationist Army and Uniting Church all declined between 2016 and 2021.

Jehovah’s Witnesses increased by 2.3% between 2016 and 2021, whereas Mormons decreased by 6%.

Jehovah’s Witnesses, despite all their problems, and the Royal Commission in Australia, continue to outperform other religious groups. Why is that?

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

Have most or all the people in the 10 years video distanced themselves by now?

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

If you look at TellTale’s videos he gets tens of thousands of viewers per video. LE rarely breaks 10,000 despite supposedly having over 100,000 subscribers. His videos are just not that good. The only thing they had going for them was the contributions from other more informed commentators and leaks. Now it’s just him talking to the camera it’s no wonder viewers and patrons are plummeting.

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

by fulltimestudent in

jw
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).".

slimboyfat

I wonder how Mormons, SDAs, Christadelphians and Unitarians are doing in Australia?

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ALL babies are "little enemies of God"...

by BoogerMan in

straight from the horse's gb's mouth - from the 2022 convention broadcast.. it's at the 38 min.

30 secs.

point of the jw broadcast: https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/2022convention/pub-co-r22_1_video.

slimboyfat

“Little enemies of God”, ha! This is so bad and so good at the same time. That would be a great title for a Caleb and Sophia episode, if they’re still doing those things. 😆

He clearly doesn’t have anyone to take him aside and tell him that was a bad idea. 💡

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

The man claimed he was suffering a mental health crisis when he was really pressuring his wife for an open marriage that she didn’t want, and when she wouldn’t agree he abandoned her and his children over the holidays so he could spend a month in Thailand “dating” prostitutes (and also snorkelling, don’t leave that out, in case we get the wrong impression). Of course he is using mental health as a cover for his lies and abuse. This isn't even a discussion.

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ALL babies are "little enemies of God"...

by BoogerMan in

straight from the horse's gb's mouth - from the 2022 convention broadcast.. it's at the 38 min.

30 secs.

point of the jw broadcast: https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/2022convention/pub-co-r22_1_video.

slimboyfat

Ha, that’s funny. Baby isn’t a little angel, but a “little enemy of God”. I love it. It sounds bad but it’s standard JW teaching. Because a person can only choose to become a friend of God, not start out that way. Other Christian groups would probably agree with the idea, if not the exact wording. 😆

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

by fulltimestudent in

jw
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).".

slimboyfat

Please do shepherdless, this will be very interesting. 👍

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UK Contaminated Blood Scandal

by Simon in

up to 30,000 people contracted hiv and hepatitis c in the 1970s and 80s after being given blood treatments or transfusions on the nhs.. thousands have since died.. it just goes to show there is no such thing as a sure thing.. the wts may be wrong about their blood doctrine, and their bible interpretation to justify it, and how they enforced the rules about it, but ultimately may be correct in claiming that "bloodless surgery" was a safer option medically.. canada also had a contaminated blood scandal, where 30,000 were infected with hepatitis c and hiv.. in other news, paying for blood from high-risk donors is a bad idea.

who knew?

well apparently the people behind the schemes did, and that's why they covered it up.. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61929986.

slimboyfat

It is a disgrace what happened and the cove up.

You know there are ministers in France who were prosecuted because they covered up contaminated blood just like in the UK. The director of their blood transfusion service went to jail.

That would not happen in the UK. The establishment closes ranks and looks after their own. Former Prime Minister John Major today called the contaminated blood under his administration “bad luck”. He’ll get away with that too.

What can we expect from a country that instead of prosecuting its war criminal former Prime Minster, Blair, knights him and gives him the highest honour in the land?

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

Strange that they look like besties in the photos in different locations rounds the planet, because Mark said he didn’t know anything about LE’s business, didn’t talk to him much outside the channel, and hadn’t heard spoken to him in months, in fact. Mmm.