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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  Of course I agree. Why should we suppose our view of reality is more truthful than a dolphin for example? Douglas Adams pointed that out in his inimitable way. The new atheists don't have a fraction of his wit or intelligence.

  I would mention the favourite subject about the earth not being round to a worm, except to say that it might neither be round to a super intelligence that grasps other dimensions. Wait for the typical anti-worm rhetoric.

  But I think Morris makes good points about convergence. Because if there is a plan there are still different ways of describing it. Mary Midgley says it's like reality is strained through a device that produces a certain form. Back to Plato!
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  slimboyfat

  Otherwise how do you explain convergence and human intelligence/consciousness?

  https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/does-evolutionary-convergence-prove-god/
  
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  cleveland ohio rc stats and observations

  by nowwhat? in

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  7200 peak attendance 31 baptised.

  on par with less than 1/2 % growth.

  david " zzzz" splane gave talks.

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  slimboyfat

  You can't infer growth from baptisms at a convention because 1) people get baptised at assemblies too 2) publisher numbers and baptised JWs are two different measures and 3) growth is the net effect of people joining and leaving, and the number baptised says nothing about the number leaving.
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  Network / Datacenter issues causing high latency

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  that means "the site is slow but it's not my fault and there's nothing i can do about it".

  well, i've upped the instance configuration to see if that will help.. i'm sure google are working on the issue.

  probably not by randomly wiggling cables and turning things off and on like i solve network problems but hey, they're the experts..

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  slimboyfat

  I think certain gifted former posters left the forum at least in part because they liked the old format. So that's why I was asking.
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  Who was the founder of Jehovah's Witnesses? JW Org states it was not Russell

  by ToesUp in

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  2. beliefs

  found this article in the about page on jw org.

  i was a born in and was always taught charles taze russell was the founder.

  guess i was wrong!

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  slimboyfat

  Willaim Henry Conley, first president of the Watch Tower Society.

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Conley
  
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  Do the WTS actually destroy all of your records if requested?

  by Thoughtless in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello, sorry for the multiple posts, but this has also been a question of mine to ask.. .

  does the wts actually destroy your files if you request them to after you get df'd?

  i honestly do not believe so, yet i feel as if you cannot call them on their bs if you do.

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  slimboyfat

  It surprises me that you don't hear more examples of people stealing their files from the Kingdom Hall. Ours used to be in the Kingdom Hall in a filing cabinet the library, but maybe they moved since then.
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  Network / Datacenter issues causing high latency

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  that means "the site is slow but it's not my fault and there's nothing i can do about it".

  well, i've upped the instance configuration to see if that will help.. i'm sure google are working on the issue.

  probably not by randomly wiggling cables and turning things off and on like i solve network problems but hey, they're the experts..

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  slimboyfat

  Are we going back to the old format at some point? It was faster, and the emoticons were easier and better.
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  CLIENT INTAKE - CSA QUESTIONNAIRE & General legal advice and direction

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  client intake—csa questionnaire.

  general legal advice and direction.

  hi wifi.. i don't believe these have been seen before.. one is a general guideline given to elders who report a child safety issue in the congregation, and the second is the form they have to return to the legal department.. they are both recent forms.. the questionnaire has an interesting question at a.6 stating if the legal dept has advised to contact the authorities yes or no.

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  What sort of entry is required for the box "current spiritual sanding"?

  Is it like status and position? Active/elder or inactive/publisher, or a judgement, good, bad or average, or what?
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  Revised New world translation in other languages

  by TheWonderofYou in

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  2. friends

  i think the translators are now very busy or even in the endspurt to present next year the editions in many other long expected languages like spanish, french, dutch, german...perhaps there will be even two spanish versions.. this will spark a new fire in the hearts of the publishers to go out and evangelize using the bible.

  month to month a new translation is available on jw library app, like portoguese since july.

  but they will not use the paper in door-to-door but the app.. insiders have already access to parts of many of those coming translations and are very happy with the translation comments like "really beautiful translated" are typical..

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  slimboyfat

  The process of revision is a rather complicated business. As I understand it some of the translations made in the past ten or fifteen years already incorporated many of the changes that were introduced in the English revision of 2013. So in this instance in some cases it may have been a case of the English version catching up with changes that had already been introduced in other languages, not the other way around.

  That being said, they may nevertheless use the opportunity to ensure further standardisation and use the new grey cover to present it as a new revision, even in languages where the changes had largely already been introduced.
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  Your thoughts on the Libertarian party

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really like what governors w.weld and g. johnson bring to the table.. not familiar with the libertarian party and will do some investigation,.

  but any thoughts on this party..

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  slimboyfat

  My thought is that the number one priority in this election is to avoid Trump and potential nuclear apocalypse. Save your protest for an election when the future of the planet isn't at stake.

  Trump has lost considerable ground in the polls in the last week. There is a great danger of complacency in this situation if people think he can't bounce back and don't see any risk in a protest vote.

  I don't like Clinton but I like prospect of nuclear war much less.

  It's time to revive the French campaign slogan during the Chirac/Le Pen election of 2002:

  Vote for the crook not the fascist!