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  P. Ms Letter to non subscibers to Redress Scheme

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  spotted this article this morning.

  i will try to post a link.. jtg.. australia.. institutions refusing to join the national redress scheme are "doubling down" on the crime of child sexual abuse, prime minister scott morrison says.. mr morrison and social services minister anne ruston have warned institutions they may lose funding and tax concessions if they fail to sign up by tuesday's deadline and will be named and shamed.. "all institutions are doing in not joining is doubling down on the crime and doubling down on the hurt," they said in a letter to 25 institutions.. "we consider it to be reprehensible that you have failed to sign up to the scheme.".

  the jehovah's witnesses is among the organisations that has refused to sign up, arguing it does not have the institutional settings of other faith-based institutions that the redress scheme is designed to cover.. senator ruston is set to name the non-participating institutions on wednesday, when she will announce what action the federal government will take against them.. "we urge you to join the scheme not because of concerns about being identified, but because it is the right thing to do," the minister and mr morrison said.. "it is the right thing to do by survivors and their families and it is what every, decent, honest, australian demands.".

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  Cardinal George Pell Acquitted Of Child sex Abuse !

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  cardinal george pell the australian catholic who was the 3rd most senior person in the vatican was acquitted by the high court of australia of all sex charges against him this morning.. after serving about 400 days behind bars he is now free to walk out of jail, to the shock of many.. this should make news headlines all around the world judging by past experience..

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  Which songs give you goosebumps?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know if this topic has been covered before - it might 've been.. i also recommend flipper's excellent music thread ('what songs have you been listening to?

  ', or similar).. but, i'd just like to start a thread about certain songs giving me goosebumps.

  y'know, when you hear a song that profoundly effects you in some difficult-to-describe way and the hairs on your arm stand on end even though the room temperature's comfortably warm.. so, which songs give you goosebumps?.

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  I can just imagine the hype that is going on in Australia about how close armageddon is now with all of these bushfires occurring.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it brings to mind my niece when she see`s how dry the countryside is ,how armageddon must be so close..

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  Is Global Warming One of the Most Important Issues To You!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious..

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  NOAH and his impossible struggle to refute Math Physics & Earth Science

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  alice laughed: "there's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things.".

  "i daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen.

  "when i was younger, i always did it for half an hour a day.

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  I Am Now Officially an O.B.E member

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi friends ,.

  i just thought i should share with you my entry into the o.b.e.

  club on this 5th of july.not everybody makes it and to tell you the truth ,i never thought i would.

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  Two JW`s called at my door today

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wife and i were expecting a health worker to call at our door 10:30 this morning and about 10;35 two women appeared at our door so i opened up thinking they were who i expected ,so i was take back a bit being caught off guard when they identified themselves as doing a bible work.. this is just the gist of what took place & not a word for word conversation.. a woman about in her fifties her companion about her twenties.the older woman did most of the talking as she read to me the scripture from her phone " in the last days critical times hard to deal with...etc.etc.and she went back and emphasised that we were living in the last days because of what that scripture said.. i made the comment that the scripture just about sums up human history in any given time.then i went on to say that this day and age is the best time in human history overall given the advances in technology ,medical procedures ,the overall standard of living being higher and so on .but they insisted on we were living in the last days.then i said different religions have been claiming that for the past couple hundred years.. then to throw them a curve ball i asked if they were mormons ?

  oh no we are jehovah`s witnesses.had i been prepared for them and not caught out unawares i would have taken a different tact.i then asked the older woman how long she has been a witness and she said 36 years so i then said to her you must have seen a lot of changes in your religion during that time which she agreed with.

  ( the light gets brighter).

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  A.N.Z.A.C Day. 25th April.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the 25 th of april is the day that australia and new zealand commemorate their war dead.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old,.

  age shall not weary them,.

  at the going down of the sun,.

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  Cardinal George Pell convicted of sex abuse

  by wozza in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  he is the highest rank catholic to cop this in australia .

  his case was suppressed for some time but now is public ,.

  the news is just breaking on tv he has right of appeal still denying guilt.

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