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  Evolution is a Fact #24 - The Origin of Your Inner Ear

  by cofty in

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  one of the major differences between mammals and reptiles is in our ears.

  we have three small bones that transmit sound to the inner ear.

  technically called "auditory ossicles", they are the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup).. reptiles have just one bone in their ears, the stapes.

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  Thank you Cofty!!!! I have been looking for something like this !

  My best, best childhood friend is a witness( out of devotion to her parents, a misplaced loyalty basically) and an audiologist. In fact she runs the whole dept , the largest in the county,and he a Msc qualification ( the smartest kid in a school that sent many kids to OxBridge, she dutifully attended community college where this course was the most ' academic'). Of course she's shot to the top in her field.

  I always thought the human inner ear was one of those areas creationists harp on about and I vaguely had heard of the jaw bone theory but this is beaut.

  My girl is one of the witness 3% with a masters or above, but I fear she decided as a young girl when her mum converted in the 70's ( as did her similarly intelligent dad) to stick with those she loves no matter what.

  Her pioneer mum has now passed away, perhaps now is my chance.
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  What's the purpose of being a JW now?

  by MrTheocratic in

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  with all the recent changes to this religion, what really is the purpose of being a jw?

  especially for those who have been in and witnessed all the changes and still no sight of the end.

  for these ones in particular (35-55 year olds) they must be in a state of confusion.

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  The purpose of being a JW is to make more JW,'s.

  In the immortal words of Talking Heads " same as it ever was"
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  What's the purpose of being a JW now?

  by MrTheocratic in

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  with all the recent changes to this religion, what really is the purpose of being a jw?

  especially for those who have been in and witnessed all the changes and still no sight of the end.

  for these ones in particular (35-55 year olds) they must be in a state of confusion.

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  the boredom. It was tedious being a JW. It was a limited existence based on made up beliefs. There's a heavy price to pay to stay close to conditional friendships and family that embrace's rational ignorance. Getting out in our young twenties was the game changer for our lives

  
  
  

  Newbs,lurkers and those mentally out and deciding your future , please listen to the wise words and long experience of Giordano - your REAL, PRESENT AND ONLY LIFE WILL DEPEND ON IT
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  The Curious Case Of Brother B

  by pale.emperor in

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  there was a case in my old congregation that is shrouded in mystery that i'd like to share and get your views.

  this is something i've wanted to talk about for years but it's strongly shot down if you even try to talk about it in my old congregation.. it involves a certain brother b.. in my old congregation this brother was well liked.

  as a kid, we all knew him for being fascinated with dinosaurs.

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  Me too...for heavans sake get Grandma drunk .....or something!

  As an aside isn't it interesting how everyone can be on such good terms with your nonJW grandma, married many years to your JW grandad, who has " rejected the truth" . I mean if she isn't a candidate for destruction at Armageddon I don't know who is!! Yet if your grandad whos slaved for the truth for years, a true believer, smoked a fag or something hes shunned completely and dead to all. How bizare a contrast. NB I don't believe any of it of course, but I mean from dubs point ofveiw, or should be.
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  Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh

  by brandnew in

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  just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

  very mad puppy.

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  " You should see the other guy!!"

  Glad the damage is to your rides body and not yours!
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  I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

  by scared and lonely in

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  i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

  i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

  i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

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  Wingcommander Honestly, that whole whiny, begging for money on the first page is what instantly put me off about you. We've got Stephen Lett and the GB putting up videos on JW Broadcasting begging for more of our relatives and friends money, fleecing them of their hard-earned (because of being denied an education from these same bastards!), savings, any retirement or inheritance, etc.......and now YOU want some too????

  Doh!! He's one of the guys being fleeced , unless of course he's a GB member...
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  I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

  by scared and lonely in

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  i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

  i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

  i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

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  Skiddadle And if you are legit and recieve outside help, when you're back on your feet, pay it forward and help others. (You know, the worldly ones:) there's gonna be a mass exit of jw's from .u.k. if this Goddard inquiry is anything like the australian one and these people will need help too. (It's already started and i fear that the councilling services in uk need to start getting up to date on the psychological aspects of this niche group before it's too late. I don't want to see more lives being lost!)

  Thanks so much for your post Skiddadle...perfect advice for a UK resident.I fully agree with the above too...its really hard to find a therapist who understands in the UK at least. ( not to derail the thread)Do you really think there's a possibility idiots may get heavy with JWs?? I know vigilante stuff has happened in the past.

  TO THE NUTASS I appreciate your an oldtimer who's seen people get done over ( but who's gonna get my money anyway?? Mr Tesco or Mr MacDonald's orMrs Karen Milan?? Let it go to the plebs I say!!) Anyway, what I wanted to say was we Brits ARE mollycoddled... Let alone a live at home JW dynasty Prince who became a young elder due to family. Surely you can visualize that? We never have to worry about money, health education hell even somewhere to live..its all free! Its true we don't have the stresses you guys have BUT neither do we have the drive to better ourselves NOR the rewards when we do. I apologize for calling you subhuman I appreciate you have helped exJWs for a long time. I think this guy has all the symptoms of being a typical JW British boy ( JW men ain't macho in the UK..the whole headship thing is a bit more hush hush over here)
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  Medical Tourism and Medi-Coin - investing in bloodless medicine

  by OrphanCrow in

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  meet mr. michael columbus - a jehovah's witness who has a personal financial interest in keeping the watchtower's noblood doctrine alive and kicking.. .

  michael j. columbus - jehovah's witness extraordinaire.. linkedin profile.. summary of columbus' accomplishments:.

  for more than 30 years i have been involved in blood management.

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  LoL under the radar!!!!

  Orphan Crow my blood pressure rises every time I read one of your posts....but I'm grateful all the same.
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  Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

  by Luther bertrand in

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  i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

  i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

  i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

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  he main point I'd like to make is that the women who prefer patriarchal systems, e.g. this follower of Deida, likely lives in the West. In other words, it wasn't the patriarchal system or nothing, she could choose which one best suited her. If it didn't work out, she could always go back to the modern system of equality.

  Agreed..

  Germaine Greer once argued that attempts to outlaw genital mutilation amounted to "an attack on cultural identity" (http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/apr/21/casualty-was-right-female-genital-mutilation).

  I don't know how to express how miserable this makes me..
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  I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

  by scared and lonely in

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  i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

  i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

  i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

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  Cofty mate, read again jookbeards response I'm afraid he's letting the side down by playing to the worse in our Ape hierarchy loving social instincts by ganging up with who he sees as the major players or old timers to humiliate this newb.