Bonnie_Clyde

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  Another step towards artificial life: Evolution of molecules in laboratory

  by bohm in

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  hey!.

  i just read this today, a professor gerald joyce has created small, very simple 'dead' molecules that are able to replicate themselves if placed amongst other dead molecules and (here it gets interesting) are able to accumulate mutations and become better at replicating themselves.

  joyce estimate about 30 bits of information is passed along to each 'generation.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  "The next 50 years are going to be very interesting. Personally, if you had asked me 5 years ago i would have said life is so unlikely it is properly a 1-planet-in-a-galaxy-event. Today, it does not seem impossible it will happend in the laboratory over the next 100 years. Exiting times. wonder how this will go down with those who believe in creation and nothing else."

  OK, I'm no scientist, but if they are able to accumulate positive mutations (that are not alive) only under laboratory conditions, what are the chances that life could have happened just by chance with no laboratory conditions? I still believe in a Creator. I'm sure most of you will disagree.
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  Watchtower May 15,2010 "Brothers Sow to the Spirit and Reach out"

  by hoser in

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  looks like they're almost begging for elders and ms's.

  take a fresh look.

  the need for overseers and ministerial servants is greater today than ever before.we.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde says he would consider being an elder again but his doctor says he has to cut back on his drinking.

  Bonnie
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  Life On Hold: The CO Visit Week

  by sacolton in

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  did anyone have to cancel a vacation trip because it was on co visit week?

  i still don't get why the co visit was as if god himself was in town.

  is it kinda like if the pope were to visit with catholics?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  When I was newly married, we had the CO and wife stay at our house. I was trying to go in service a lot that week although I had a new baby so I didn't have much time for meal preparation. One meal that I gave them was a TV dinner. They didn't complain....
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  Volunteering

  by Quillsky in

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  now that you, as a former jw, have a few evenings and some weekend time freed up, and "charity" is no longer a dirty word, ........ do you do any kind of volunteer work?.

  i'm seriously thinking about it..

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde and I joined a local Moose Lodge. At first it was just because the meals were inexpensive, we could meet more of our neighbors--but now we are also volunteering in some of their many charitable programs.
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  watchtower site on Facebook, ,,is this stuff for real ?

  by lancelink in

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  i was looking over the watchtower site on facebook this evening, and was just mesmerized by many of the posts.this stuff can't be real (can it)?

  nelson birdwell ?

  it's like something out of mad magazine, or better yet the onion !.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Ten to one...if you showed this site to a die-hard JW, they would agree with everything.
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  LIFE AFTER JW: Have you gotten psychotherapy yet? Why do we need it?

  by cyberjesus in

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  we all regardless of our spiritual beliefs have in common a past damaged by brain washing and mind control.

  there is no doubt that our mental health has been affected to different degrees.

  but we usually go and continue our life trying to patch the injuries on our own.. one of the reasons we find it so difficult to deal with the world is precisely that.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Every time I go on this site, I consider it a therapy session.
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  watchtower site on Facebook, ,,is this stuff for real ?

  by lancelink in

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  i was looking over the watchtower site on facebook this evening, and was just mesmerized by many of the posts.this stuff can't be real (can it)?

  nelson birdwell ?

  it's like something out of mad magazine, or better yet the onion !.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  How about the identity of Beth Shan? Isn't that the name of the other Rutherford retreat in San Diego built in the 30's. I bet there isn't one JW is a million that knows about it. I never found about it until I went on this site. Her comments were very over-the-top.
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  My Aunt's funeral at the Kingdom Hall

  by Dogpatch in

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  i couldn't resist posting this good story from cynthia hampton.

  http://www.freeminds.org/sociology/women/my-aunt-s-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.html.

  randy.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  About five years ago a witness in our area died. Knowing she had a disfellowshipped nephew, our congregation had a local needs part about not attending a funeral reception if a DF'd person was there. The congregation nearby forgot to do their local needs part, so the wife of one of the elders called most of the publishers to let them know how they should behave if he should show up.

  Just by chance, the DF'd nephew's wife gave birth the night before the funeral so he didn't attend. I think there would have been a lot of repercussions if he had.
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  Religion after JW

  by tmj4477 in

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  hello i was raised a witness from 7 to 17 then i left home and never looked back!

  i just never could get around the logic of no birthdays (but anniversaries), the roller coaster doctrines regarding college (they ensured various generations in to poverty with that one), the balls to use the rights that they refuse to defend (im a veteran), the whole df thing (how unchristlike is that!

  ), back and forth variations with blood transfusions, and last but not least using "elders" to counsel the flock without giving them proper education!.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde and I talked about looking at another religion. We even talked to the Mormons for awhile, but realized very quickly that we would be just exchanging one high control religion for another. Clyde actually reads his Bible more now than he did before, but uses the NIV version.

  Still, inwardly we wanted to belong to a group that showed Christian love without the dogma. Then we discovered Moose International--there was a lodge right around the corner from us. About the only requirement was that we state that we believe in God and that we aren't terrorists. I had no idea that they do as much charity work as they do--nursing home and orphanage to name a couple. Clyde is now an officer and I volunteer my time as well. We've met a lot of good friends, have gotten better acquainted with our neighbors, are involved in several social events, and feel like our "spiritual" needs are being satisfied.
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  Did You Have Any Positive JW Leanings When You First Came Here?

  by minimus in

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  were you ever somewhat projw when you first came to this site?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  At first I still believed that JW's were right about blood transfusions, 1914 and using the name Jehovah. I was mostly interested in what really happened at Bethel around 1980 and what caused the 1975 fiasco. I still had a lot to learn.....