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  "Ancient Whale Bones Found Atacama Desert, Chile!" Creation or Evolution

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how did those whale bones get into the atacama desert, if you have been there, it is a barren wasteland.

  i belive it might have been caused by the flood, but again i am one who belives in god.

  what do you think of this find, jesus or non-intelligence?

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  It's Pinnochio's fault! He is the antichrist for making Monstro beach himself and decompose there!
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  Anyone watching "Walking Dead?" Yikes!

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  2. entertainment

  season two is almost done.

  anyone watching?

  do you think any self respecting jw would watch this show?

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  Season two is almost done. Anyone watching? Let me know what you think. Do you think any self respecting JW would watch this show? I think it would have been a guilty pleasure for me. Now its totally guilt free. How about you? Do you think they'll ever find that darn little girl? If they do, will she be a walker? Who's baby is it? Is Shane going to kill someone else? What about Naomi? (That's an old joke, trust me.)
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  Me at the Circuit Assembly Today

  by ranmac in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsmabta4sxi&feature=related.

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  Absolutely perfect!
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  WT Society Appoints Elders/MS Based on " Functions " Performed - not ....

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ........... holy spirit or any " fruitages of the spirit " like love, kindness, mildness, meekness , etc.

  shown by men considered for elder or ms positions.

  qualities or true positive character traits are not that important to the wt society in appointments of these men in jw congregations.. no, the real " qualifications " that a jw man needs to exhibit is being able to report 10 hours a month in knocking on people's doors offering wt and awake magazines !

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  Ok Flip, you asked for my experience. That's what it was. Our congregation was very old and the only one in town. The inbreeding was severe and it was a war zone for anyone to get appointed. We had a number of MS who were career servants, one was a servent for 20 years despite wanting to be an elder, another for over 15 years despite reaching out for elder. We went 6 years without any appointments. The problem? They were not deemed bright enough to handle the responsibilities. That was my experience. If you want to extend that to ALL congregations I can't back that. Besides the "tasks" they must fullfill came the gauntlet of popularity, economic status, often education, family affiliation and if they are "reasonable". This I never understood because very few elders I knew were reasonable people. I was bright enough but not reccomended because I often called them on their bullshit. I was an MS for only three years before I was appointed and was doing all you were doing except for the family. That's a big "except". To become a Watchtower Overlord you have to give up your soul to the company. I did this till I awoke and then I was outta there. Fundementally your are correct, the Borg appoints based on works, not faith. In my old congregation there was an education bias too. Nice topic.
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  WT Society Appoints Elders/MS Based on " Functions " Performed - not ....

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ........... holy spirit or any " fruitages of the spirit " like love, kindness, mildness, meekness , etc.

  shown by men considered for elder or ms positions.

  qualities or true positive character traits are not that important to the wt society in appointments of these men in jw congregations.. no, the real " qualifications " that a jw man needs to exhibit is being able to report 10 hours a month in knocking on people's doors offering wt and awake magazines !

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  I've seen Ministerial Servants who have been such for 25 years or more and men who became elders in 8 years from conversion. Those who were career Ministerial Servants did one thing well, bookroom, cleaning or soundbooth. They usually weren't intellectually bright enough to meet all the "other" requirements. Those who converted and took off running usually had skills, speaking, teaching or were affable and had likeable personalities. Oddly enough they tended to have a bit more education as well. There were always those born to the breed who were on a career path who were voted in via DNA and they were usually tools. It's a mixed bag Flip. On the whole there had to be conformity but functions weren't enough in this locale.
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  Should Joe Paterno resign over the Penn State child sex abuse scandal?

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  first, i don't know if we have had a thread on this yet - so if this is a repost, ignore appropriately.. but i am thoroughly disgusted by this developing scandal - an assistant coach at pen state is accused of multiple, repeated, child sexual offenses.

  a member of the football staff exewitnesses and incident reported it to paterno (years ago, it is reported) - and paterno reported it to the athletic director.

  nothing was done, nothing was reported to the authorities.. finally, the scandal broke over the weekend.. i am deeply dissapointed with paterno - this guy was one of my football heros.

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  Bad coach, bad. Agreed, if anyone knew on any level and didn't call the cops, take them out of the game and send them to the graybar hotel.
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  Rice Seed Yields Blood Protein

  by Rabbit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  interesting !.

  rice seed yields blood proteinhuman serum albumin from transgenic rice could ease shortages of donated blood.. monday, october 31, 2011 .

  by lauren gravitz of nature magazine.

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  "The life of the grain is in the blood" 1st Rice Crispies 1:23
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  Halloween as a Jehovah's Witness Kid

  by Badfish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what was your experience like as a kid on halloween growing up in a jw family?.

  i was raised in a jw family but never got baptized.. my father used to make me and my sister put old awakes and watchtower's in the trick or treaters' bags.

  we would say: "i don't celebrate halloween but here's a treat for you!

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  We were made to answer the door and say "We don't celebrate". Imagine the reception we got! I wasn't any fun in the least. Eventually we left the lights off and just went to our bedrooms and watched tv.
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  Is homosexuality ever justifiable? I say YES!!!

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the january 2012 awake, pages 28-29 there is another article about homosexuality.. .

  the writers argue that genetics, the environment, and sexual abuse do not justify homosexuality.

  the bible clearly states that homosexuality is wrong and is an abhorrent sin.

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  Ok Tim you're gay. Go and sin no more. Lose the struggle for acceptance. Accept yourself and move on. All the best.
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  Free Will and Foreknowledge

  by TheUbermensch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, i'm a new member that enjoys civil debate, so i thought i'd just throw a topic out there.. if we take the standard, contemporary judeo-christian god (all-knowing, all powerful, and perfectly good in every possible way) and attempt to incorporate free will, we end up with a contradiction.

  an all knowing being knows everything that has occured, is occuring and will occur, if otherwise then we can not consider this being to know all.

  if god knows all that will happen, then he knows our decisions, as well as the outcomes of those decisions.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I didn't know that Will was being held captive. I agree, we should free him.