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  WHY ARE BAT VIRUSES SO DEADLY?- Science Daily.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  useful information for students of history - why are bat viruses so deadly.. a bat virus may be responsible for the highly infectious coronavirus respiratory illness in wuhan china.. long ago, when i was growing up in a tiny fishing village on the far south coast of new south wales, some people still ate flying foxes, which were a type of bat.

  they were kept in cages "to fatten them up," then killed and cooked.

  i do not recall any specific sicknesses that may have swept that village.. other wild creatures were also eaten.

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  The ending reveals the source . . .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UkXOj8u1Fo

  However:

  At the end of the movie, with ominous music in the background again, we see a bat grab some fruit and drop it to the pigs below. We see the pig get sold and prepared by the chef that holds hands with Paltrow’s character for a photo. And that is presumably how it all started. In real life, it would likely take several contacts between animals and humans before a virus becomes fully transmissible to humans. It’s also unlikely that there was enough virus on Paltrow’s character’s hands to spread and infect other people. -- https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/481652-what-does-the-movie-contagion-tell-us-about
  
  
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  Don Adams has passed away

  by RubaDub in

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  i received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).

  many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.

  from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.

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  It's a thread like this that draws up old memories. I was driving from a job today and, at precisely 4:41 p.m., I recalled something Don Adams said to me (circa 1970).

  I can't recall which meeting it was and why a newbie would have been called on to conclude with prayer, but I was asked to do so. After all the usual bases were covered, I requested the forgiveness of our sins.

  Afterwards, Br. Adams approached and commended me for pronouncing "err" correctly.

  Made my day, or evening!
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  Don Adams has passed away

  by RubaDub in

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  i received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).

  many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.

  from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.

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  I worked with Karl's wife, Bobbie.

  She told me that she had made a pie, which really wasn't very good. Nevertheless, her appreciative husband ate the entire thing without complaint.

  True devotion.
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  FlyingHighNow

  by Ex-Witless in

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  hello forum.

  my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

  i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

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  Not training speakers/teachers any more?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

  you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

  i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

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  Excellent book, definitely old-school training:

  
  
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  Caleb and Sophia with different names

  by neat blue dog in

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  in one country they're david and sophie.

  in another they're petra and olena.

  i just chanced across this recently.

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  But anyway, thanks. It could also be a nice name for a Labrador Retriever my wife and I are planning to get. I

  Many Biblical characters bore animal names, including names which in the sensibilities of later times would be considered insulting, such as the woman prophet Hulda, whose name means "weasel". In some traditions, Caleb's being a "dog" symbolizes his devotion to God.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_(given_name)
  
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  Stunning Italian Dolomites!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhedps0fx6c.

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  Is the soundtrack from the movie INCEPTION?
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  GB’s WIGGLE

  by Hairtrigger in

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  https://youtu.be/gpd453rzdzu.

  if this has been posted before i apologize.

  this about sums up what the grovelling body is looking to do!

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  Watch Tower [two words] Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Tower_Bible_and_Tract_Society_of_Pennsylvania
  
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  3-File Requests: Destroy Notes BOE--Publications For Discard--Where Are The Nine!

  by Atlantis in

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  2019-08-28 destroy notes.. https://docdro.id/ojsdss2.

  2012--2018 publications approved for discard.

  https://docdro.id/llottt0.

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  Karl Adams, Writing Department overseer, wrote a letter to President Knorr (November 18, 1971), questioning the keeping of voluminous files containing embarrassing information on disfellowshipped persons. Even after individuals were reinstated, their files were retained:
  
  "At the present time the names of even those reinstated are kept in the file, and bulky records are kept of their cases, labeled 'Do no destroy.' It seems tantamount to saying: 'We believe you are forgiven, but we are keeping a record of your sin.' Or like saying, 'Your sins are washed clean but we are storing the dirt in a jar with your name on the label.'"
  
  Decades later the practice continues.
  
  IN SEARCH OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM, by Ray Franz, p. 324, footnote 22.
  
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  Need help finding a reference

  by HappyBlessedFree in

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  i was trying to find the watchtower where the gb says they are “neither inspired nor infallible”.

  i thought it was the feb. 2017 watchtower, but i can’t find it.

  thanks!!!

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  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5741772070191104/godteachings-mens-personal-opinions-interpretations

  THE WATCHTOWER, Study edition February 2017

  page 26 par. 12 ( Study article for Sunday April 30th 2017)

  Q. 2. Since the Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible, what questions arise?

  “WHO REALLY IS THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?”

  12 The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction. In fact, theWatch Tower Publications Index includes the heading “Beliefs Clarified,” which lists adjustments in our Scriptural understanding since 1870.

  Of course, Jesus did not tell us that his faithful slave would produce perfect spiritual food. So how can we answer Jesus’ question: “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?” (Matt. 24:45)