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  Last Day of Chemo

  by azor in

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  2. medical

  today is the end of my son's 3 -1/2 year treatment for leukemia.

  we had a small party at the hospital with nursing staff and a few friends.

  it has been a great day with the exception of getting walking pnemonia from his sister.

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  *likes*

  excellent news!
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  When is a theory 'just a theory'?

  by HB in

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  2. beliefs

  the titles of cofty's excellent recent posts are all preceeded by the words "evolution is a fact...".

  richard dawkins is encouraging people to use the term 'fact' in relation to evolution, especially when debating with creationists as the word 'theory' is confusing to many, and the latter often takes the discussion off on an often unproductive tangent.

  the following may be of interest, it's from the bbc website - part of a regular series of articles called 'the vocabularist', discussing the origin and meaning of words: .

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  TBH she should be sacked for her total ignorance of the meaning of the word Theory when used in a scientific conext just as she should be sacked if she teaches creationism as a viable alternative to evolution.
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  Do you think JWN members would be surprised if they got to know you in real life?

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't think you'd recognise me much at all.

  i'm a royal mail postman, i love my job for the early starts and midday finish, the outdoors and the exercise.. i get on with people but i'm quite insular and don't enjoy crowds.

  i'm happiest when i've fired up the charcoal and i'm making souvlaki or adana kebabs for my family and a few close friends.

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  No. I'm a pedantic git in real life as well :)
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  My experience with the people in my hall

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been awake now for about 6 months i'd guess and a member here for a couple of weeks.

  it's been eye opening to read other peoples experiences on here and i appreciate all of you.

  i've noticed in many, seemingly most, of your comments that you were not treated well at your hall or you have had very negative experiences in the "org" so i thought i'd like to share mine.. in all my time as a jw i have to say for the most part i always loved the people.

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  The elders in our hall used to mainly fall into two categories; the 'big fish in a small pool' type, people who hadn't really achieved much in life, but by being an elder had the ability to wield power and judgement. The orher type were the arse lickers, the sycophantic type who would do the bidding of the alpha elders.

  There were exceptions, a couple I can think of that were really nice people but they were generally the exception that proved the rule.

  The rank and file witnesses were generally pretty nice people, no different from a subset of any people really.
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  Omg New Borg Kingdumb Song, they went all Lion King theme Lol

  by MrsR-Awaken in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the borg is turning into a disney music making machine check out their new kingdumb song (caution it might make your ears bleed).

  https://youtu.be/goj1vbvqvhq.

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  The 2nd sister from the right standing in the top row is hot!!!

  The one below her on the end has some serious eyebrow movements going on - I wonder if she's Stephen Lett's daughter?
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  If all the world were JWs....

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my former indoctrinated state, i used to yearn for a time when all the world would be jws.

  but hang on minute, let's just think about what the world would be like if everyone was a jw,.

  first of all, no higher education, so no medical advances, no scientific research, no modern day medicine, infectious disease rife, no doctors, no engineers, so no modern day comforts.

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  I remember reading a write up once of life after armageddon - it was quite funny - I'll see if I can find it.

  edit - http://www.4witness.org/what-about-life-after-armageddon-is-over-a-personal-diary/
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  Hypocrites

  by atomant in

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  2. friends

  get this my sister and her elder husband are visiting from over seas and are currently being groomed by bethel how to set a better example.they are being told how to behave right down to how to dress to set a proper christian example.anyway they are both over weight by a fair margin to be considered unhealthy.the clincher is this elder whom is over weight had the outright cheek to counsel my other sister whom is a j dub that she is over weight and needs to do something about it.

  now hows that for hypocritical behaviour.prime example in any ones book dont you think???

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  If they're being groomed sounds like they're going to be sent somewhere special or are they already on a special assignment?

  Hopefully somewhere where there's a McDonald's.
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  JW husband prime suspect in wife's attempted murder

  by WhatUserName 3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading this article until i got to the part where they were said to be jws.

  what a shock!

  http://www.manassehazure.com/2016/01/shot-paralysed-pregnant-woman-miraculously-survives-mysterious-bullet-now-battles-life-justice/.

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  Any chance of a couple of lines of summary?
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  Illustrated Stephen Hawking lectures on Black Holes

  by Mephis in

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  2. entertainment

  i loved these.

  not only the drawings, but the lectures themselves are on something right at the limits of our ability to test, and in parts well beyond.. do black holes have no hair?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gl17j.

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  Stephen Hawkins is a black hole of human intelligence.

  
  

  why? please show us where he is mistaken.

  
  

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  Stephen Lett at our assembly today

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  he delivered the most cultic piece of propaganda i've ever seen in an assembly.

  wife typed up the whole thing.

  i will be posting when i get a chance.

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  They way people attack one another here suggests that it is definitely NOT an OPEN forum where one can express oneself freely and that unless you tow a certain line whether openly suggested or implied you are going to get ostracized, torn apart and insulted ! [As many were when exiting / fading the JW .ORG etc ]

  This is probably the least robust forum I've ever been on, but it's still not a KH, if you make a statement expect to be asked to back it up with some evidence or at least some sound reasonng. That seems very hard for some people though - especially those who have spent a lifetme not having their statements questioned by the sheep.