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How does the WTS view 'ancient humans' (i.e. fossils assigned to the genus Homo)?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
having read i love ttatt's thread about evidence for humans living more than 6,000 years ago, i responded by using neanderthals and homo ergaster as evidence.

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this got me thinking about the wt's current view on 'cavemen' (), etc.. so, how does the wts view 'ancient humans'?
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'Equality' at Wimbledon
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
serena williams has just won the wimbledon ladies' singles championship.

she beat garbine muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. the match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes.. tomorrow, djokovic plays federer in the men's singles final.

it is a rematch of last year's men's final.
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Looking Back in Retrospect to 1995 ...
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i very much enjoyed reading through titch's thread: 'looking back in retrospect to 1975 ...' and all the comments from posters that lived through that event and remembered it.. i was born in 1979, so had nothing to offer for that thread.. however, i do remember very clearly living through 1995 (the end of the 1914 generation) and remember how it affected me and my view of the wts.

up until oct/nov 1995, i genuinely believed the society to be god's one true earthly organisation.

the watchtower presenting the new meaning of generation seriously shook my faith in the wts and, i suppose, started me on my journey to ttatt.
Felids: Nature's Assassins
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
in 1994 i saw the documentary 'cougar: ghost of the rockies'.

i particularly remember the beginning where a cougar weighing perhaps 60kg took out a deer three or four times the cat's weight.

the stalk, final charge and bite to the neck were so clinical.
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Anyone else like Radiohead?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
over the past couple of weeks, i've discovered the 'alternative rock group' radiohead.

of course, i've known of their name for years and years but never, until recently, bothered to check out their music.

i'm also quite a big fan of damon albarn and admire him not only for his substantial musical output but also for the different 'feel' to his songs - oasis, in contrast, seem to have just one beatles-esque style.
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WTS reform - is it possible?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in threads concerning islam i've consistently argued for reforming the religion.

it unfortunately has pre-enlightenment doctrines and practices, or at least there exists pre-enlightenment interpretation of koranic scripture that support such doctrines and practices.

in a lesser way, and on a lesser scale, the wts too is pre-enlightenment in a sense.
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Your favourite dog breed ...?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. family
in an earlier thread, i mentioned that i wasn't a particularly doggy person but that my parents got a husky last year that i've come to regard as a kind of brother.. huskies superficially resemble wolves and for me it's been fun to compare and contrast husky and wolf behaviour.

huskies howl but rarely bark, and seem to have a strong prey drive and a strong pack instinct - a nod to their wild cousins.

this is why i love huskies, i think.. do you have a favourite dog breed and why?.
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Your favourite WTS publication?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i realise that starting this thread may make me as popular as a ginger stepchild but was there any wts publication that you liked, or at least comfortably tolerated?.

my memory may be deceiving me but i think the greatest man book was pretty good, leaving out the gruesome detail of the crucifixtion and wts doctrine.. also, can anyone tell me the list of books that ray franz authored/co-authored?.

thanks.
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Vic'n'Bob ... in the US?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
i must be mad for starting this thread, but here goes: i quite like vic reeves and bob mortimer.

before you all jump on me, i realise that their humour is often childish and very hit-or-miss, to say the least.. however, when i'm in the right mood, some of their sketches are simply hilarious.. i was also wondering how british humour is received in other countries, particularly the us.. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oizyptckdz8.
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How good a boxer was Muhammad Ali?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. physical
when i was a hyperactive kid, i used to like boxing, and of course muhammad ali.

he was a great athlete, with a one-of-a-kind style who made a stand for his beliefs.. now that i'm older, i admire athletes that are quieter and get on with the job in hand - joe frazier, for example.. i'd like to put american racial politics and ali's tragic current condition to one side and focus on the following:.

how good a fighter was ali?.