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And, so, someone from my age group just dropped dead...
by Captain Schmideo2 inwell, not at first, but the brain damage had been done, and he would have been on a machine for the rest of his life.i figure he was about 55. that ain't old, folks!but, not to worry.
when i was a child, i was told on good authority that i would never grow old in this system of things.
i imagine he was told the same thing.
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Human Intelligence - The Flynn Effect
by hybridous infor a long time, i've batted with feelings of resentment toward my jw parents for inflicting a difficult jw childhood on me.
endless meetings, field service, conventions...these all serve someone's interest, but not a little kid's.
i pined and pined to have a 'normal' life pursuing my own interests and developing my own skills and mind.
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What happens when one asks the wrong questions in JW land?
by Magnum inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkt1-n0vquc.
i just posted a link to this short clip in another thread, but thought it needed its own.
this, to me, is a classic movie moment.
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JWs and the making of many books
by Magnum inecc 12:12 - "to the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion [to them] is wearisome to the flesh.".
i just never could keep up with all the jw reading material.
as a zealous jw, it was my desire to read every word published by the org, but i just couldn't do it.
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Forced to watch ad (like you tube does)
by violias ini was just reading the forum and an add blocked the entire page and i had to watch it for several seconds before it would let me " continue" to read the forum.
have you added this feature to the forum?
i see this a lot on links for articles in journals.
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CO Visit this week
by Tech49 inso this week is our co visit, the first with the new arrangement where the second mid-week meeting has been deleted.
so only 1 "service talk" by the co.. this time, i decided to listen with a different focus.
listen like it was a sales meeting (i have been to many, and hated them all).. ok, so we go thru the obligatory theocratic ministry school, blah blah blah, so wonderful.
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New "donation" arrangement begins to FAIL
by Tech49 inso here we are, almost a year into the "new" congregation donation arrangement.
and its beginning, as was predicted, to fail miserably, and to have direct negative consequences on the poor sheep.. let me give you a little experience, directly from our congregation of about 80 publishers.
back in may, after reading the letter about the "new" arrangement, the elder body decided to "donate" the extra funds on hand to wt, as directed.
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The Real History of Mormonism - Outstanding Lecture
by cofty inif you think the mormon church is off-the-scale crazy you probably don't know the half of it.. the historical information in this talk by david fitzgerald is fascinating.
the good news is that, just like the watchtower, their growth is being stunted by the internet.. grab a coffee and be amazed at just how gullible millions of people can be.. lucy harris has become my new heroine.
don't miss the section from 8:50.
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Interesting article on challenges to Darwinian model of evolution ...
by EdenOne inthis article, published on the huffington post by stuart a. newman, shows that modern science has found that there are other mechanisms at play in nature that disprove certain tenets of the darwinian evolutionism based solely on natural selection.
i've spoken before about the mechanisms of hybridization and their potential to introduce lasting changes, but this article speaks of other mechanisms as well.
interesting read:.
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Long Time Lurker
by the comet init took a few years but i finally decided to join yesterday.
my background, born-in, still go to meetings for family reasons, i am inactive however.
if you were to ask when i first woke up i would say 2010 with the overlapping generation garbage.