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  Evolution of the Eye

  by zound in

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  after doing some research on the evolution of the eye, i compiled this simple explanation of the key points.

  anyone with greater knowledge please correct anything mistaken - and questions / comments welcome.

  any writers that want to correct grammar/sentence structure issues would be great also.. .. .. .. an eye, simply put, is photoreceptors + structure.. the structure can be something as simple as a cup-shaped depression or pinhole lens, or as elaborate as our camera eye, an insects compound eye, or the mirror eyes of a scallop.

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  So how was it again that your photoreceptors hooked up with the brain and optic nerve? The only thing crazier than believing in a creator is not believing in one
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  No one in JW religion has a title that elevates them above others! I did not know this fact!

  by Faithful Witness in

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  from jw.org (while waiting for new bible to download, i clicked on the link for "christian," which asks the following question...).

  "are we christians?

  we are christians, for the following reasons.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/69602/1/governing-body-or-Governing-Body#.Ul7ZohC6cnU
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  DC Drama stirs up drama of it's own!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  remember the drama about persecution,suffering, that a modern-day job experiences?

  the jw's under ban in a " landmark ruling", our faithful brother conversing with job in the new world, it' all too wonderful!

  especially job wearing pants and a tunic style shirt!

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  Sydlik's wife used to wrap an arm around his back during prayers in Bethel dining rooms. GB must have jumped at chance for new rule after he died.
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  My JW Experiences and Living in No Mans Land

  by wizzstick in

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  lots of proper pioneering (90 hours), lots of calls, lots of studies, lots of interest.

  enough to make it all interesting.

  driving this buzz was the sense that armageddon was imminent.. my father was never a jw, and was very opposed.

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  I'm more or less in the same no man's land that you describe.

  There was lots of crap throughout Israel's history and 1st century christianity. Doesn't mean that God wasn't using them in spite of it.
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  Former Long Time Elder, part 3

  by James Jackson in

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  to answer some of your questions.

  i phone my son on thursday and was able to help him get his paper work in order for, get this: "college".

  we're good.. the wife and i have about 10 family members that are jw's as well as over 12 close friends, 100's of friends in 5 states.

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  can you write about the school you went to at patterson?
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  Such a strange reaction

  by leaving_quietly in

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  our cong.

  did something that goes against some people's personal feelings on a certain something.

  i won't reveal what... it doesn't matter.

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  1 Cor 9:7 Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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  Such a strange reaction

  by leaving_quietly in

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  our cong.

  did something that goes against some people's personal feelings on a certain something.

  i won't reveal what... it doesn't matter.

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  what verse are you talking about? I'm sure there are verses that are not in the context you describe
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  Were You Ever Interrogated By The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  some elders enjoy giving the business to the lowly flock thru intimidation.

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  some love to ask you to enter with them into the "backroom".. of course, there were many that never had run-ins with the shepherds because they were under the radar.. did you ever get interrogatted by the elders and if so, how did it go??

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  ssn587,

  Fantastic! cracked me up
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  Can you help?

  by Old Goat in

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  i seldom post here, though i read the posts here daily.

  i spend most of my time just growing older.

  (i became a witness in 1948, so you can guess my age.

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  Great stuff. Hope they finish. Thanks for posting this.
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  There are really TWO Watchtower Societies

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with cedars release of leaked watchtower new light "adjusting" understanding of "who" the faithful and discreet slave is.....i am struck by something which similarly struck me back in 1967.in 1967 i had just been imprisoned.

  being a male jehovah's witness during the viet nam war meant certain "issues" arose affecting a decision to respond to the military draft.i have told the story before.

  but, i'd like go at it from another angle in view of the above mentioned new light about the fds fora different reason.it was first in 1967 i began to discover that there are two watchtower societies.let me explain why i say this and for what reasons.first of all, anybody standing in a kingdom hall or sitting in a seat at a vast international assembly saw people they would identify as all on the same page.

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  Those who did not accept alternative service WERE following their conscience. Not about that alternative service or what blood fractions can be used or what you can do after you're married. The conscience part comes in because it goes against the conscience of well-trained JWs to disobey the GB.

  It's really quite simple.