Thank you everyone for your comments. I suppose that news story last evening just got me to thinking what a wondrous world we live in and how fast science and technology are moving, and that I am very grateful to be able to see the positive in things around me. This of course is unlike the JWs who don't want to admit to anything good in "this system of things". Geez, I hate that expression!
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome inlast evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.
sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".
also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome inlast evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.
sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".
also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Yes BluesBrother I agree there was intelligence in ancient civilizations, but over thousands of years things stayed pretty primitive compared to now. I guess I am just amazed at how fast technology moves today, like if you buy something it has already been updated and improved before you get it home! I'm of the Boomer generation so I can be in awe of a 60 inch flat screen tv that I can carry home myself compared to the tiny screen inside a large, heavy piece of furniture I watched as a kid!
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome inlast evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.
sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".
also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Thanks adamahand clarity, interesting links. If you check out the news story I referenced, you can read about the encouraging work being done in the treatment of MS. Two of my distant cousins have been affected by this condition, and also a best friend of my sister. Makes you wonder why people long for the "good old days" when 50 was considered old.
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome inlast evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.
sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".
also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Maybe I didn't word this exactly as I should have, maybe not "stupid", but certainly not as intelligent or using as much brain power as we do today. Seems we are evolving, not regressing as some would have you believe, as we go further from Garden of Eden perfection.
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome inlast evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.
sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".
also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Last evening while watching a news story I had this thought again, as I have many times when I read stories of new technology. Sorry, I dont know how to link, but I was watching FOX8 Cleveland, you can find the story online "Cleveland Doctors Studying Stem Cells with Success". Also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality Kim Sellars story. Doctors are making amazing strides in research for various horrible diseases. I asked my husband (never a JW) if there is a Creator and we all started with one man, one woman, in God's image, then why did we start out backward and EVOLVE into the scientifically intelligent creatures we are today? Seems it should be the other way around. (He had no answer either.) I don't know, what you think, or how would a good JW answer that? There are many good JW's still in my family but I always avoid talking about anything even remotely related to god or religion with them. So, what are your thoughts?
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Just when you thought we had heard the epitomy of stupid WT comments....
by Newly Enlightened inwe thought we had heard all the stupid things printed by watchtower thru the history.
nope!
this one takes the cake and gets the applause!!!.
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This couple is too cute! Loved that mason jar she was sipping from. Yes, this is old stuff, but if the WT is directed by holy spirit, there would be no need for corrections or "new light" to replace screwy beliefs like that.
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Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..
by mentallyfree31 inwho were your past circuit overseers?
i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).
ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).
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minimus: Was that Terry Angelocas? I remember him from 60's or maybe 70's in Akron Ohio. If same, he was a big fat jerk (literally), always had to disrupt things when he came. Also remember Earl Singer and his wife because they had a young daughter, quite unusual.
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They are Definitely Attacking "Higher Education"
by XBEHERE ina friend of mine recently had his co visit and in the elders meeting the co out-right asked the question: how are the friends doing in your cong.
as regards pursuing higher education?
the co continued...you know in view of all the counsel from the slave regarding the dangers.
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Good point, HappyDad, that young ones, regardless of education, are leaving. A thing I don't understand (well, I guess I kinda do since it is an archaic, male run cult) is that, why do they think parents should have iron fist control over children who have reached adulthood and making their own decisions, why are they holding them responsible for what adult children do? If they are living at home and parents paying tuition, maybe, but I think so many of those chosing to use their brains and pursue an education have flown the nest. Ironically, some of my cousins who now shun me from family activities, their children have gone to college, all the while living at home! What a bunch of hypocrites! Geez, don't get me started.
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The Grinch Day at School
by skeeter1 intoday, little man went off to school wearing green.
it is "grinch day" for the 1st graders.
they are watching the grinch movie, eating grinch food, and having alot of fun this last week before christmas vacation.
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So happy we can let our children enjoy the "normal" activities of childhood we missed. My parents joined the cult when I was 10, so don't what is worse: never having things in the first place, or having it yanked away. (I think maybe having it yanked away?) Like your little guy, my grown up daughter always says she feels sorry for me and how I grew up missing so much.
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Suggestions for replacing igoogle?
by SafeAtHome inokay, so i may be in the minority, but i love igoogle and how i have everything at my fingertips i use (news, weather, bookmarks, toolbar favorites, etc, as well as personalized themes).
it is going away very soon and i dont know what to replace it with.
i have checked out various suggestions on discussion sites but none sound good.
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Thanks Blondie, I have tried ighome, it looks pretty good. Have to study more about keeping my toolbar, bookmarks, etc.