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  New study - JWs by far the least educated religious group in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

  by slimboyfat in

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  the religion of the educated classes revisited: new religions, the nonreligious, and educational levels - james r. lewis .

  the measure lewis uses to compare religious groups is what percentage of members of the respective religions have graduated from college.

  the findings are similar to the results of the pew survey in the united states.

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  All around the world, groups of JWs are cheering and chanting,

  "We're number zero! We're number zero!"
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  The Edgar Chronicles (My encounters with a crow)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  origins and prelude (edgar chronicles).

  for the last several days, there has been some kind of black bird strutting about on the starbucks patio searching for crumbs.. .

  i don't particularly get along with these birds.

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  Great stuff, Mr.T, as always!

  I have a special place in my dark heart for these black birds, and the ones who live near me are LARGER and GLOSSIER than those who eke out a living two miles away.

  Crows have a demonstrated ability to recognize individual humans, and they are very social birds, so they talk amongst themselves about who is friend or foe. If a person tries to harm a crow, he WILL BE remembered. By the crows.

  They are carnivoires. They will go nuts over a can of dog or cat food that has been lovingly opened and attractively plated for them. Utensils will be unnecessary.

  They really enjoy the effort they must expend to open an in-the-shell peanut. Peanuts are good protein, too. Thank you forever, George Washington Carver!

  From time to time I will get some liver, cut it into chunks they can handle, and offer it to them RAW as "roadless kill carrion." They don't complain.

  Lenore's circumstances trouble me. Probably she fell victim to a mousetrap or snare, and I fear her prospects are grim. The blind eye of Jehovah cares not a whit for the birds of the field. They are on their own, as we are.

  In Washington State it is illegal to keep a crow as a pet, so when I hear crows in my neighborhood making unusual sounds - one says "Hello" in a voice like an old lady in heaven and another perfectly replicates the sound of a Coo Coo Clock, I am mystified about how this came to be. Other neighbors are equally mystified. It is a wonderful sacred secret that only the crows know in full.

  Quote the raven, "Evermore!"
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  Sun,moon, earth and mathematics .

  by atomant in

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  just thought id let you all in on some info i found on northeasttruth.com.

  that magical moment where the moon blocks out the sun!

  but only just enough to perfectly cover the suns disc, whilst still allowing us to see the corona of light and other electromagnetic forces radiating from it.. this only happens because the moon diameter is exactly 1/400th the size of the suns and is positioned at exactly 1/400th of the distance between earth and the sun!so, when we see it from the surface of earth, we are in the only place this can ever be seen, at the only time it could ever happen.

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  Strive for brevity. Offer aspirin to your audience.
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  New to this. But not the life.

  by Irocz in

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  i just joined this sight today.

  i'm hoping to find people here with similar experiences or have experience with similar situations or just any advise or feedback.. first.

  my quick life story.. i was born into jw.

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  Welcome, Irocz!

  What a story!
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  Would DNA be a choice to backup this computer network

  by Crabby in

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  could dna be adapted to binary code storage.

  seriously could your hard drive be made of dna someday?

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  I'm using a slice of ham as my storage media right now.
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  Looking for evolutionary info on how smells can be carried on DNA

  by Crabby in

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  as i said last night the smell of pus from an infection is recognized by all puppies without their being exposed to the smell previously, this is shown because all puppies react the same way to this smell, which is to lick the infected pus laden wound.. this demonstrates that smells are carried on dna in some way.

  any thoughts on how?.

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  Let go of smells for a moment.

  Are you afraid of big, hungry alligators?

  Do you have an alligator attached to your DNA?

  Would you like to?
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  System error

  by Nathan Natas in

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  if i go to my profile page and click on "see topics posted on," .

  the system returns .

  "bad request the browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.

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  It is working now.
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  System error

  by Nathan Natas in

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  if i go to my profile page and click on "see topics posted on," .

  the system returns .

  "bad request the browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.

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  If I go to my PROFILE page and click on "see topics posted on,"

  the system returns

  "Bad Request The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand."
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  Elders fly to New York to challenge governing body

  by usualusername1 in

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  just saw this amazing video on youtube about brothers in ireland who were so upset with the ray grand fiasco they flew to new york to meet the governing body.

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1dekqfmza.

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  "Ray Grand" you say?

  Use autocorrect much?
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  YMCA?

  by LifesNotOver in

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  my husband's gone to his meeting and i'm catching up with folks here on our forum.

  i'm sure i'm having a better time :) anyway, was just following some posts regarding the un and there happened to be a copy of a magazine article stating brothers wouldn't want to be joining the "y" because it was "christian".

  i think this was back in the 1950's (maybe not).

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  Ten days ago, as noted in this thread, I sent an email to the US YMCA, and today I got a very brief and rather non-specific reply. It goes:

  "Thank you for contacting YMCA of the USA. At the Y, we are very proud of our Christian heritage, which is expressed through our mission statement – To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all – and our core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, among other ways. This has not changed and will not change.

  Catika Smith

  Call Center Representative

  YMCA OF THE USA

  101 N Wacker Drive, Chicago IL 60606

  (Toll Free) 800 872 9622 (W) ymca.net"

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  I told you I'd be back with the US YMCA reply and I keep my word.