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Anyone done much study on MEMEs? Curious...
by Dogpatch in
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2. friends
meme, myself, i. .

susan blackmore.

new scientist 13 march 1999 40-44. also published at new scientist, archive 13 march 1999hold out your arm in front of you.
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Bethel "Vow of Poverty" documents scanned.
by What-A-Coincidence in
1. jw
2. friends
vow of poverty scanned from 2002 documents.

i believe these are the latest ones unless someone has a newer one.

i posted these in another thread but i thought it deserved its own.. ocrd with 98% accuracy.... initial cover page 1 of 4. vow of obedience and povertyto the.
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Time again for........ Congregation roll call
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??
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Kingdom Hall Diary, an Outsider's Perspective (WARNING - LONG)
by jgnat in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is the next phase of my coming-out.

here, described in detail, is all the drama of my involvement with the local kingdom hall.. kingdom hall diary, an outsider's perspective.

this is a diary of my experiences with a local kingdom hall that my husband, art, attends.
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If you think the JW's are correct on Blood don't read
by skyman in
1. watchtower
2. medical
if anyone can disprove my conclussions please send me a letter in my inbox, or if you can think of other points please drop me a line.

feel free to copy and use part or all of this letter.

i started my biblical sereach after i was asked by a brother in my book study group why we could use fraction that was taken from coagulated blood, but can not auto-transfuse {store our own blood for later use} becasue the blood coagulates and then must be poured out onto the ground.
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Swartzentruber Amish Ordnung
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
sometimes i wonder, is there a religion with worse doctrines.

yes and no, while the rules about clothing and material possessions is more strict, much is very similar to the wts.. http://www.amishabuse.com/ordnung.htm.

the ordnung is not about scripture out of the new testament or the salvation of your soul, but it is about control.
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Disgusting comment re: education from Tacoma 2007 District Convention
by Justitia Themis in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is from saturday afternoon program.

the speaker first starts with what he called the "alphabet soup" of degrees....a.a., b.a., m.a., ph.d., etc.

; he said they were nothing more than "sheepskins on the wall.
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Let the stones cry out!
by WTWizard in
1. watchtower
2. bible
how often have you heard the phrase "if we don't preach, the stones would cry out"?

this is in regard to the ministry.. what i cannot figure out is (1) this is so urgent that we have to be out 18+ hours a day doing it, (2) we have to endure all sorts of conditions to accomplish our ministry, and (3) we are supposed to get it perfect so people can be drawn in.

so, why don't the stones get to help us out?
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The Eden Story
by choosing life in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the garden of eden, god supposedly didn't want adam and eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.

he preferred they remain innocent and incapable of deciding for themselves what is right or wrong.. along comes satan who wants them to eat of this tree and says they will become like god, knowing good and bad for themselves.

he says they will be like god.. as we all know, they chose to eat and find out what they were missing.
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Door to door non-denomination christians
by Bob Loblaw in
1. jw
2. experiences
so a young man and a young woman approached my new investment property yesterday and opened with the line,..."hi, we are just talking to people in the neigborhood about jesus.

they were dressed in street clothes so i was kind of taken aback.

they are missionaries and there are group of about 15 of them that are attending to my neigborhood and surrounding neigborhoods.