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NEW LIGHT! Earthquakes-3-22-02 Awake!
by messenger inwell we now have another ray of new light that has flashed forth.
it is a new teaching regarding earthquakes.
for close to eighty-five years now the core believe of jehovahs witnesses has been the last days teaching that earthquakes have increased in intensity and frequency since 1914. no longer, now it seems it has gone the way of the generation that would not die who were alive in 1914. now we have the great new discovery that there were not more or stronger earthquakes since 1914, almost 40 years after experts and many good men were disfellowshipped for saying otherwise.
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Meeting Quality People
by mikepence ini wanted to put this out to this community in general, although i know that there are no easy answers.. growing up a jw, it is difficult to not be somewhat socially retarded.
your social circle is prescribed, and widening out beyond the small group of the congregation is frowned on.
even 'excessive' association wiht neighboring congregations is frowned on.. the biggest challenge i have encountered as an ex-jw is this: how do you find quality people to befriend and associate with?.
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NASA releases sharpest images of Earth yet...
by mikepence in.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/newsroom/bluemarble/
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Part 14: The Last Shepherding Visit
by Amazing inwhile i have you on the phone, elder c and i want to come by on a shepherding visit with you and your family.
brother amazing, we just want to visit with you and your family anyway.
the jc with brother k was over.
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YIPPEEEE..I just got a new job!!!!!
by badwillie inhey all -.
just wanted to share my joy.
i got a new job today.. way more $$$, nicer (seeming) boss!!.
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An Open Letter to Ray Franz
by mikepence in(please reply to this message with your own signature and added thoughts.
then, we will make sure that this reaches ray.).
dear ray,.
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Announcing the Great Apostate Song Contest.
by Mindchild ininspired by district overbeer valis and his smurf sticker contest, i decided to up the ante and announce a song contest for all you so inclined to play.. what i have in mind is this: take any recorded song you like, even the dreaded jw kingdom songs, and redub them to something much more fun!.
if you have a cool bastardized song (well that is what valis says it is called when you do this) then we can try it out at some of the apostofests that seem to be popping up like crazy all over!.
what do you win?
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American Religious Identification Study
by mikepence insee http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/key_findings.htm.
some highlights.... jw's famous for their apostates ;-) almost 1/3rd leave!...
"some groups such as mormons and jehovah's witnesses appear to attract a large number of converts ("in-switchers"), but also nearly as large a number of apostates ("out-switchers").
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Evolution: First Genetic Evidence Uncovered...
by mikepence infrom http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mchox.htm:.
biologists at the university of california, san diego have uncovered the first genetic evidence that explains how large- scale alterations to body plans were accomplished during the early evolution of animals.. in an advance online publication february 6 by nature of a paper scheduled to appear in nature, the scientists show how mutations in regulatory genes that guide the embryonic development of crustaceans and fruit flies allowed aquatic crustacean-like arthropods, with limbs on every segment of their bodies, to evolve 400 million years ago into a radically different body plan: the terrestrial six-legged insects.. the achievement is a landmark in evolutionary biology, not only because it shows how new animal body plans could arise from a simple genetic mutation, but because it effectively answers a major criticism creationists had long leveled against evolutionthe absence of a genetic mechanism that could permit animals to introduce radical new body designs.. the problem for a long time has been over this issue of macroevolution, says william mcginnis, a professor in ucsds division of biology who headed the study.
how can evolution possibly introduce big changes into an animals body shape and still generate a living animal?
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Robert Scheer on Bush Spending
by mikepence infrom the inimitable salon.com:.
collateral damage.
by robert scheer.