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  The Total Embracing Of The Internet - How Will It All End?

  by baldeagle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i havent been to a meeting in four years.

  during that time i completed a successful fade from the organization after almost 40 years being baptized.

  it seems nothing anymore will surprise or shock me with these latest bunch of brooklyn leaders.

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  besty

  I wonder what that will do to their loss-making religion?

  (I distinguish their property and investment operations from their publishing and religious activities)

  Consumers already expect 'free' when it comes to low-value digital content. If I was the WTS I would seriously consider a subscription model with an eat as much as you can electronic distribution of books and magazines with various tiers granting hard copy privileges. (Oh and just be done with it and eat the sales tax - lets be honest about the business side of things - they can probably cling to charitable status for a few decades more)
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  In February of 1756, John Adams wrote in his diary about a discussion he had had with a man named Major Greene. Greene was a devout Christian who sought to persuade Adams to adopt conservative Christian views.

  The two argued over the divinity of Jesus. When questioned on the matter, Greene fell back on an old standby: some matters of theology are too complex and mysterious for human understanding.

  Adams was not impressed. In his diary he writes, “Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  Gosh he picked the wrong guy to re-activate...

  I assume you ate more curry than he did...that in itself tells me who had the most compelling arguments...:-)
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  The Total Embracing Of The Internet - How Will It All End?

  by baldeagle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i havent been to a meeting in four years.

  during that time i completed a successful fade from the organization after almost 40 years being baptized.

  it seems nothing anymore will surprise or shock me with these latest bunch of brooklyn leaders.

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  besty

  Very interesting baldeagle - thanks for sharing that perspective - may i ask what country or region you are in?

  GB2.0 seem to have cast their lot in with the Internet as a key part of their strategy - must have been the oldies like Jaracz and Barr holding it back. The onus is us to make our stories available, use social media responsibly and be welcoming to newbies :-)

  Oh and BTW - welcome to JWN - please stick around!!!
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  New Study Exposes Acupuncture As Pseudoscience

  by alecholmesthedetective in

  1. social
  2. current

  besides it being pseudoscience, what interests me about this is that even though it's something to do with the "qi" energy flowing in our bodies, that wasn't a problem for some members of my family or a special pioneer i knew.. new study exposes acupuncture as pseudoscience.

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  I hear you lisarose

  I think the (lobby system + lack of social healthcare + unfettered free markets) = healthcare disaster.

  Obesity epidemic is a prime example of what can and will go wrong.

  There is no conspiracy though - under-controlled corporate self-interest can explain the failings more rationally.
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  New "Research Guide" released today

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  without a lot of fanfare, the much anticipated "research guide" has been released.. to view it:.

  http://wol.jw.org.

  click on publications.

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  besty

  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=mentally%20diseased
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  New Study Exposes Acupuncture As Pseudoscience

  by alecholmesthedetective in

  1. social
  2. current

  besides it being pseudoscience, what interests me about this is that even though it's something to do with the "qi" energy flowing in our bodies, that wasn't a problem for some members of my family or a special pioneer i knew.. new study exposes acupuncture as pseudoscience.

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  metatron in conspiracy theory shocker

  2014 resumes where 2001 left off...getting boring now.
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  New Study Exposes Acupuncture As Pseudoscience

  by alecholmesthedetective in

  1. social
  2. current

  besides it being pseudoscience, what interests me about this is that even though it's something to do with the "qi" energy flowing in our bodies, that wasn't a problem for some members of my family or a special pioneer i knew.. new study exposes acupuncture as pseudoscience.

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  @metatron - "The whole of *American* medical research is vastly corrupt or flawed."

  is what you are tyrying to say, but you are still wrong.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasty_generalization
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  The Graphene Revolution

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://gigaom.com/2013/07/15/what-is-graphene-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-material-that-could-be-the-next-silicon/.

  suppose someone invented a new substance that seems to come straight out of a science fiction novel - a sort of saran wrap that is 300 times stronger than steel.

  suppose they thought up new and astounding uses for it seemingly every month in field after field.. it could change nearly everything and few people are noticing.... metatron.

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  besty

  3 big things I see are mobility (eg mobile phones, not fatties on trikes in walmart) Internet of Things and 3d printing
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  2013 Memorial Partakers - 12,604

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yep, the 2014 yearbook is available now folks.

  have fun!

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  see one apostate in waiting 3*** the yearbook - lol - its funny how the other reviewers all toed the line and 5***** it....