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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  He was smarter than any of the current GB, but that's not saying much
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  Reduce people's religosity through transcranial magnetic stimulation...

  by Thursday in

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  2. current

  found this interesting article in the december 2015 issue of the australasian science journal, on whether it might be possible to change a person's beliefs by stimulating their brain via transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms).. "the study by us and uk researchers recruited 38 undergraduate students, with each reporting they held significant religious beliefs and conservative political views.

  participants in the experimental condition received tms to the pmfc for a period of 40 seconds, a process that reduces neural activity in this region for up to an hour.

  control participants underwent a similar process, but with a low level of tms that has no effect on the functioning of the pmfc.. the researchers found that those who had received tms reported significantly less conviction in their beliefs concerning god, angels and heaven following a reminder of death than those in the non-tms control group.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Somebody call up Clayton Woodworth!
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  Is a piano inevitable?

  by slimboyfat in

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  i was at a concert last night and the presence and stature of the piano struck me.

  and i thought: if the piano wasn't invented when it was, would it have been invented by someone else instead?

  or if there was a world the same as our, except with a different history, would it have pianos now too or would it be modern world, similar in many respects, only without pianos?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I would say that some type of keyboard-operated stringed instrument is inevitable, but that the equal tempered scale is not.
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  Stats for assembly in La Feria TX - Saturday 2/6/16

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  attendance was 1200 in the morning, 1146 in the afternoon.

  5 baptisms, mostly young girls (18-20 range) and one that look older (over 20).

  cost of the assembly $8500.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  5/1200 = 0.4%

  This is on the low end of the ratio being reported in the last couple of years, which seems to be running 0.4% to 0.6%.
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  Is a piano inevitable?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was at a concert last night and the presence and stature of the piano struck me.

  and i thought: if the piano wasn't invented when it was, would it have been invented by someone else instead?

  or if there was a world the same as our, except with a different history, would it have pianos now too or would it be modern world, similar in many respects, only without pianos?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Actually the harpsichord has plucked strings too, but the point is well taken. The clavichord had struck strings. It's curious that the keyboard instrument was a product of Europe, not of the other civilization centers.
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  Rutherford and William Jennings Bryan

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone know where it mentioned that rutherford was involved in william jennings bryan's presidential campaign(s)?

  also, i recall reading that rutherford said bryan was god's choice as president for the usa!

  if that was so, then it is very strange that bryan was never elected president!.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  If Rutherford campaigned for Bryan, it was to Bryan's detriment. Poe guy, no wonder he lost three times.
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  Watchtower Farms

  by Lostandfound in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the ending of large scale catering at all bethels what has happened to the farms?.

  i may have missed this but cannot find any reference to them.

  or are they producing delicacies for the private kitchens serving the elite?.

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  The Kingdom Farm in E Lansing NY sold about a year ago.
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  The fraud that is the WT member numbers

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok i'm just thinking out load here so to speak.

  but let say in the year 2000 the wt says they have 1 million publishers and at the end of the year they say they had 300,000 people get baptized so in the beginning of the year 2001 they show 1,300,000 publishers.

  then in this new year they state another 300,000 get baptized but with 50,000 deaths and 50,000 disfellowshippings they stated at the end of year 2001 a total of 1,500,000 total members.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The crude death rate is indeed about 8 per thousand.
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  Is the reasoning book no longer in use ?

  by opusdei1972 in

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  2. beliefs

  i would like to know if witnesses are still using the reasoning book in the field service.

  i am asking about it, because i had read that it is currently out of print, doesn't it??

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Funny, I have a Bible with the old Make Sure book combined in the back of it, and some of the younger JWs had never heard of it. Now the Reasoning Book is going the same way
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  Kinda Sad Re: Cart "Witnessing"

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  slightly redacted for privacy of those involved.. so, this is "park witnessing" in oklahoma.. the parks in this community are basically walking trails and some tatty playground equipment.

  most of the time, sparsely used, and today was a very blustery day.. notice the justifying comment- "quite a few" checking out the cart.

  i am sure they were..... .

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  There's definitely a devil's face in the bush, next to the alien tripod.