This will be an amazing tool. Let's hope it does not need glasses like Hubble did!
konceptual99
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Replacement For Hubble Telescope
by cofty inhubble has been awesome especially considering it started with a manufacturing error and had to be repaired in space.
it has brought pictures of deep space that we could not have dreamed possible a few decades ago.. plans for its replacement are in progress.
the james webb space telescope will launch in 2018 and will be put in an orbit 1 million miles above earth.
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99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.
by Space Madness ini never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.
how could an environment alter an organism's dna?
as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.
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konceptual99
Of course DNA does not make a concious decision about how to change to be better suited to an environment. That's not what natural selection is. Not only that, but natural selection is only one way that organisms evolve. I suggest you read one or two of the best books on how evolution works and understand what is really meant by natural selection.
"The Greatest Show on Earth", "Your Inner Fish" and "Why Evolution is True" were pivitol books for me.
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American Rantings About World Cup Soccer (Football)
by RubaDub ini try ... i really try to watch football (soccer) ... it's world cup time ... i really do try.. i just don't get it ... i really don't.. yes, it's a world-wide sport.
in most countries it is the number 1 or number 2 sport ... no doubt about it.
it's maybe number 5 in the usa for professional sports.. from an american's perspective (i think i speak for many), we just wonder if these guys actually have testicles.
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konceptual99
Good call
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..A New TV Show About exJW`s??!!..
by OUTLAW in.. do you want to be on tv?.
reposted to help tv producers of ex-jw series: my name is shauna woods and i work for hot snakes media, an acclaimed television production company based in new york city.
we have developed and produced hit content for tlc, discovery, and travel channel among many others.
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konceptual99
The best bit of PR for the WT is a show featuring bitter and twisted apostates with an axe to grind. I'd rather have nothing than something like that.
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c'mon USA !
by Simon inhoping you beat portugal and make it through to the last 16 !.
go usa !!
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konceptual99
I really want the USA to win. Just to wipe the smug smile off the face of that **** Ronaldo....
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Question for Faders
by Daniel1555 inhi friends.
i have some questions for all who are fading.. .
do your friends in the old congregation know, that you maybe don't attend the meetings in the new congregation?.
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konceptual99
What you do is up to you.
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konceptual99
WMF/OneOutAllOut - you would know C***s J***s then. Oberst of Haysbridge. I believe his son is still involved in high up RBC work at Bethel.
Did you know many in the Haywards Heath, Crawely, Burgess Hill, Brighton, Worthing areas?
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"Hello from Phats"
by phats inhay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).
so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.
my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).
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konceptual99
Hi Phats,
I am in the SE UK too. I wouldn't be surprised if we know some of the same people... Check your PMs
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Mock the Week Joke
by konceptual99 indid anyone else in the uk see mock the week last night?
it had the first jw joke i have heard for some time on tv...... i bought an advent calendar for jehovah's witnesses.
behind every door it said "f**k off".. i creased up..
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konceptual99
Did anyone else in the UK see Mock the Week last night? It had the first JW joke I have heard for some time on TV.....
I bought an advent calendar for Jehovah's Witnesses. Behind every door it said "f**k off".
I creased up.
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True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"
by BluePill2 inbefore i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
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konceptual99
I would never claim to know better than individiuals directly involved in any specific situation but I think Villagegir's overall point is 100% valid. If I had been an Elder on a JC re child sex abuse and I knew an individual had escaped investigation by the authorities then I don't think my conscience would allow me not to report it, even years later.
The WTS is not responsible for the legal side of things, elders are spiritual shepherds(!), which is precisely why they nede to involve the authorities who can determine if a crime has been committed and consider the safety of others an individual may come into contact with. The current WTS still allows for ones to escape investigation. The policy still defers decision making to WT Legal. Elders are still trained to follow policy and not their conscience. It was 100 times worse 10,20,30 years ago.
If an ex-elder was manipulated into essentially covering up a case from the authorities then what are the circumstances that are stopping them reporting it now? There might be some valid reasons but there surely can't be many. The recent cases in the UK of historical abuse by media personalities demonstrate that any assumption about the scale or impact from one abuser can be seriously underestimated.
I just hope that this discussion does prick the conscience of any current or ex-elders who know of these cases and have not done anything about it yet.