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  Would Watchtower Elders Disfellowship You For Participating in Zumba Dance? What Do You Think?

  by Scott77 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilinvla-lo.

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  konceptual99

  llama, scott PMs on their way
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  Would Watchtower Elders Disfellowship You For Participating in Zumba Dance? What Do You Think?

  by Scott77 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilinvla-lo.

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  It's just an exercise class in everyone's opinion. Loads of sisters go.

  I googled a couple of them and can PM links to official zumba profiles if you are really interested. I would post them here but given one of the sisters is in my congregation and the other is in the next cong it's a bit too close to home!
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  Danny Dumps - UK Radio

  by Cook My Socks UK in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=gb&hl=en-gb&v=4-kjzgc7_9q.

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  Now that would be some "letter" of DA!
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  Would Watchtower Elders Disfellowship You For Participating in Zumba Dance? What Do You Think?

  by Scott77 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilinvla-lo.

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  konceptual99

  Not here. We have several sisters including wifes of appointed men who run classes.
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  Blood transfusion DF/DA

  by allyouneedislove in

  1. watchtower
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  i was reading the following page:.

  http://ajwrb.org/currentwtpolicy/callingsociety.htm.

  can a jw still be df or da for taking a blood transfusion, if they are not "repentant"?.

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  As already stated the policy has silently migrated from possible DF to having DAed one's self. Of course this is cached in language about unrepentance. The reason for the change is not documented but is almost 100% linked to the society being able to say that no one is chucked out for having a transfusion. It's the same legalistic argument used to get round those who join the army so conflict with the superior authorities is avoided.

  Most members though still think its a DF offence which keeps them in line.

  Having said that all you have to do is claim your repentance after a moment of human weakness, cry lots and you won't have DAed yourself. Probably...
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  BBC Prehistoric Autopsy

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  did anyone see this on bbc 2 last night?

  very interesting, especially the information on us sharing up to 4% of dna with neanderthals.

  it seems there is some debate on if this is from a shared ancestor or interbreeding.

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  Oh and don't forget tonight's programme...

  RT @DrAliceRoberts: #PrehistoricAutopsy returns in half an hour - 9pm, BBC2 - starring the 1.5 million year old Nariokotome Boy
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  BBC Prehistoric Autopsy

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone see this on bbc 2 last night?

  very interesting, especially the information on us sharing up to 4% of dna with neanderthals.

  it seems there is some debate on if this is from a shared ancestor or interbreeding.

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  If I was to timeline my loss of faith then three things would feature right back. One is the way some very sincere elders have been treated due to them applying some login and reasonable to how they treat inactive (non disfellowshipped) children. The second is the illogical nature of the blood doctrine.

  The third is the science around the emergence of mankind. I have found it frustrating for a couple of years now that the society completely ignore the mass of science that shows the history of modern humans. There has been virtually nothing said about the out of Africa theory, the parallel existence of various species of humans, the fossil record of the the development of human ancestors etc. You can go to any natural history museum in the world and see the fossil evidence yourself. Of course, none of this completely disproves the existence of God or of a form of creation but it does present a picture completely at odds with the Genesis account and the WTBTS interpretation of that.

  Every new piece of evidence that comes up just adds more weight to the position that modern man has been around for tens of thousands of years yet the society choose to completely ignore this. There is nothing from them to help counterbalance the argument in favour of WT teachings or even bolster faith in a Creator. They know there is no rational argument so they don't waste their breath presenting one. Rather, they play mind games with the rank and file to strengthen an ever more irrational "it's God wot dun it" stance and building a group mentality that any doubts mean spiritual weakness and a lack of faith. Any who do choose to doubt have to either revert to blind faith or are simple collateral damage - expendable by the society just so long as the masses stick with the program.

  Sorry for the tome but this particular subject has made me so frustrated for so long I can't help venting my spleen!
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  BBC Prehistoric Autopsy

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone see this on bbc 2 last night?

  very interesting, especially the information on us sharing up to 4% of dna with neanderthals.

  it seems there is some debate on if this is from a shared ancestor or interbreeding.

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  Watched it with my wife who did exactly what you say Phizzy... She said the model looked just like a person and how did they know they were just people who looked different.

  The problem at the moment is that she is still in "God dun it" mode so I have to tread carefully when it comes to trying to debunk thinking that to her mind is completely rational.
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  BBC Prehistoric Autopsy

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone see this on bbc 2 last night?

  very interesting, especially the information on us sharing up to 4% of dna with neanderthals.

  it seems there is some debate on if this is from a shared ancestor or interbreeding.

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  konceptual99

  Did anyone see this on BBC 2 last night? Very interesting, especially the information on us sharing up to 4% of DNA with Neanderthals. It seems there is some debate on if this is from a shared ancestor or interbreeding. The show suggested both based on the levels being higher in Western Europeans over Africans.

  Either way it makes for an interesting debate on how this came about if you try and fit it into the Genesis account given Neanderthals died out 25k years ago or so.

  Next show tonight...
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  What's in your current meeting bag?

  by nochoice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thanks again for the comments on the ipad in kh rules.

  on a similar vein, i've been thinking of all the books i can leave behind once our kh blesses the ipad phenomenon.

  in the meantime, this is what i have to lug in and why:.

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  Songbook

  Small bible

  KM

  Ipad with various Jw downloads and ....

  Your Inner Fish

  Cosmos

  The God Delusion

  Wh Evolution Is True

  The Blind Watchmaker

  Crisis of Conscience