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  Elders Manual

  by MisterP in

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  i just found a copy of the elders handbook on another site, and before i go gun-ho with it at some members of my family, i would like to know whether anyone here can corroborate its authenticity.

  i've posted a link to it here.

  elders handbook .

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  Mandrake

  Thank you SO MUCH :)
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  Zoolander 2 is Coming! :D

  by Mandrake in

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  finally!

  hahahahahahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6uodkmve1k

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  Mandrake

  Finally! hahahahaha
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UoDkMVe1k
  
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  Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

  so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

  that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

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  Mandrake

  It would be nice to have access to an X-ray or cone beam tomography of the piece, we may se other features such as number of roots from each tooth, bone density, thickness of the enamel layer, etc...
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  Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

  so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

  that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

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  Mandrake

  From an almost-dentist (I'm in the 5th year of studying) the last molars, are IDENTICAL to modern human ones, 1st lower molar has 5 cusps, and 2nd lower molar has 4 cusp, so there is full coincidence, no wisdom molar is shown, so it can be inferred that this jaw is from a juvenile... And in the other hand I see more than usual space for the premolars and canine, it seems that in the image we have 2 molars, 2 premolars, 1 canine and 1 incisor, but there is plenty of space there for more incisors, OR the shape of the mandible were more of a V than a U.
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  JHouser's full story: Disfellowshipping: How It Can Effect Your Life

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is used by permission, and was up last week or so in parts.

  this is the whole story.. disfellowshipping: how it can effect your life.

  http://www.freeminds.org/life-stories/rank-file/disfellowshipping-how-it-can-effect-your-life.html.

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  Mandrake

  How are you 4 years later? (You owe me a beer)
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  Which of these activities bothered you the most?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?

  rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .

  field service.

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  Mandrake

  5 Sit and listen, I always managed to get busy in other "responsibility"

  4 Waiting the Assemblies prayers to end... Especially the closing one on the last day

  3 Preparing a talk, happily a had some kind of talent for speaking in public so my lats talks were IMPROVISED with just 4-6 principal ideas and 3 Bible quotes, it was nice to hear after "oh we noticed your preparation" hahahahaha easy thing when it's been the same "information" and "Reasoning book" base all over since I had 6 or 7 years (my first public reading)

  2 Field service in the part of the world that is under the Ozone Layer Hole, I can tell you that the sun it's more dangerous and pain inflicter here than anywhere!
  1 Family Studying prior to a meeting... !!!
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  Is this new?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw this at the kh last week.

  there was stacks of this business card like thingies next to the other congregation forms.. .

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=441443089343863&set=pcb.441443149343857&type=1&theater.

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  Mandrake

  LOL to what end? Are they going to be told to give this at the doors when people show some interest?
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  WT were correct about snakes with legs all along!!

  by Splash in

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6187320/snake-with-foot-found-in-china.html.

  what does this tells us about evolution?.

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  Mandrake

  I'll leave this post I found in other board here...

  "Here is a pic of a South African night adder Causus sp. that has swallowed a toad which, in keeping with the defence mechanism of such creatures, evidently inflated itself when ingested, forcing two of its limbs through the snake's gut and body wall"

  
  

  

  
  
  
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  A quick summary of topics and issues wrong with jws

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  you know how our minds often get all "fuzzy" and confused when we are put on the spot and asked to come up with points?

  we often tend to lose focus and go off on tangents?.

  im trying to compile a basic list of bullet points for the most obvious and clear problems / doctrines / history of witnesses that can blow the org out of the water.. it is more for the purpose of getting my own thoughts clear rather than using it to talk to witnesses (as that doesn't really work).

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  Mandrake

  But the main problem, god would not have a necessity for making up all this structure... It's simply not elegant as the "intelligent design" is claimed to be... hahaha
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  A quick summary of topics and issues wrong with jws

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you know how our minds often get all "fuzzy" and confused when we are put on the spot and asked to come up with points?

  we often tend to lose focus and go off on tangents?.

  im trying to compile a basic list of bullet points for the most obvious and clear problems / doctrines / history of witnesses that can blow the org out of the water.. it is more for the purpose of getting my own thoughts clear rather than using it to talk to witnesses (as that doesn't really work).

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  Mandrake

  • Blood policy!
  • Education policy!
  • Kids getting baptized (and no "confirmation" process as in the Catholic church)
  • No inter-religious marriages
  • F*****g ugly formal dressing
  • A set of made up rules (the time report)
  • Kids are not allowed to engage in friendship with "non-believers"
  • No charityPopular culture expressions are frown at
  • No toasts!
  • Demanding routineIdiotic "studying" program
  • Criticism not allowed
  • No breards
  • Etc...