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  Proof that humankind existed at least 28,000 years ago

  by The Oracle in

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  i wonder how jws will react to this recent evidence that intelligent man existed at least 22,000 years before adam and eve arrived on the scene?.

  it looks like membership will continue to decline as far as intelligent jws are concerned.

  i'm sure there will be plenty of society's bottom feeders who will continue to find their way on to the jw publisher lists.

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  Kudra

  To answer Lore's question you would have to determine what sort of vegetation was growing in that region at the time the charcoal was dated to. Pollen records are a way of doing that. I believe that Kauri and Huon pine are the longest growing trees that are remotely close to that area (maybe some JWN-ers from Austrailia could verify that) and they are ~2000 years old max. btu they grow in more lush areas (NZ and Taz?) and were they even there 28k ago? I don't think so...

  What was growning in the NW territory 28k years ago? It was during the buidlup to the last ice age so I'm guessing it was cold desert and scrubbrush woodland growing down there. Trees, if they were around, wouldn't be very long lived. I suspect the age of any tree they used would be smaller than the +/- error in the radiocarbon date.
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  A Weekend with Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by betterdaze in

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  posted by rabbi john rosove @ jewishjournal.com.

  their families are patriarchal and their denomination is autocratically led by an all-male religious leadership that maintains discipline, demands obedience, compels commitment, forbids independent thinking, and insists on conformity.

  those who violate communal belief and behavioral norms risk disfellowship and shunning.

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  Kudra

  Good and accurate article.

  I suppose the JWs would say a huge part that he left out in the drive to fit in and obey is the hope of making it to the new world.

  That is what motivated me, but I suppose it could fit in under his "certainty" reason.
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  Jehovah (sic) Witness who refused transfusion allowed to die in UK

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. beliefs

  see: http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/10117.

  jehovah witness who refused transfusion allowed to die in uk.

  two cases involving jehovah witnesses who refused blood transfusions are in the news: a 22-year-old with sickle cell anaemiawho died in the uk and a 4-year-old girl in australia who lived after a court-ordered transfusion.

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  ...tried to post a question asking what "fornication fractions" are allowed (following Acts 15:29 to its logical conclusion) but the site spat the comment back stating that comments must be between 6 and 100 *characters* in length. (?) Other comments were obviously quite a bit longer. I think my feelings may be hurt.
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  Grace you sound like a 30-year old. :)
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  Can't believe she is still on -what a trooper!
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  I will check out Richard Rawe as well -It looks like he has quite a history and should be respected for his work and what he has gone through.
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  Right. More like they didn't want him to start talking to/questioning bethelites/workers/tourists that he would come in contact with...
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  Recent Sex-Abuse Lawsuit: three questions

  by Celestial in

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  2. child-abuse

  i'm drawing my conclusions from what was reported from msnbc.

  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/15/12225753-jehovahs-witnesses-ordered-to-pay-more-than-20-million-to-woman-who-said-she-was-sexually-abused?lite .

  i plan to retrieve the actual court documents from an official source.

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  Kudra

  It would have been good to have a thread like this going before the conference call to generate a list of good questions that we could have made sure get asked during the call with the lawyer.
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  Oh, another thing the attorney mentioned- the JW and the JW lawyers were truely honestly confident that they were winning the case even when Rick Simons could tell that the tide had turned against the JWs. But he said that he didn't let on that the JWs were losing in his communications with McCabe, the JW lawyer. Heh heh.

  But, take that anecdote how you will, in light of what Paralipomenon just said...
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  Some of you aren't going to like this news, but here goes...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  rick simons, candace conti's attorney, will be interviewed on the six screens of the watchtower conference phone line this evening.

  there's a good chance that candace will join in, but that's not set in stone.

  the host of the program, rick, told me to tell everybody that he is learning how to calm down and to do better on these conference calls.

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  Kudra

  Rick Simons said that at JW headquarters those in charge acted the same as people in charge of any large corporation (in regards to being forthcoming with information).

  -tsk, tsk!

  p.s. I hear that even young monkeys *sound* old when they are linked in on conference calls... :-O