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  Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

  by Earnest in

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  tonight (sunday, 13th may) at 20:00 on bbc 2 ... for neanderthal believers, agnostics and deniers.. this first programme in a two-part series investigates what neanderthals looked like and and how they lived in their ice age world.

  it turns out that almost everything we thought we knew about them is wrong.

  they weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all.

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  Yes I remembered it was on again, thanks Ernest. Interesting that Neanderthals may have become extinct because they didn't travel like Homo sapiens do so they couldn't get away from drought-stricken areas.

  Neanderthals would not cross an ocean if they couldn't see land but homosapiens spread across the entire planet, the program said. The scientist that sequenced the Neanderthal genome made me smile when he said Neanderthals wanted to stay alive but homosapiens are mad, they'll go anywhere. So I guess we were more successful as a species because of that even though it meant loss of life to individuals at sea and so on. Interesting.
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  Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

  by minimus in

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  i don’t get it.

  who really cares?

  in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

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  Harry and William and Catherine have all done a huge amount of work for mental health awareness. Harry particularly has worked hard as he's been an active serviceman and has brought awareness of mental health in ex-servicemen with the Invictus games and other projects.

  We saw him lose his mum, he was only twelve. He walked behind her coffin in a horribly public event when he must have been in agony inside. Something which he had no choice in. I enjoyed seeing him happy today. She seems like a really strong, intelligent woman, interested in working for a better world which she has already been active in. I'm not usually a royalist but I wish them happiness.
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  Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry

  by AFRIKANMAN in

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  when meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.

  in the presence of god i make this vow.”.

  the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.

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  I am enjoying seeing everyone so happy and excited about either the wedding or the footy. The weather is gorgeous too, been enjoying it since six thirty in my garden. Hope they'll be happy, it's hard for a kid losing a parent, she will be good for him I think.
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  Nice thought for the day ...

  by neat blue dog in

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  just thought i'd share what i found in my fortune cookie.

  (i know, fortune cookies are inviting demons, just like lucky charms cereal 😜) well actually it's more of a proverb, like most of them are nowadays:.

  "as one grows to understand life less and less, one learns to live it more and more.".

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  Great quotes. It's such a breath of fresh air to be away from that suffocating belief system where everything unexplained was Satan and everything beautiful and amazing in the natural world, God did it.
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  Unbelievable!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  witness: yes.

  attorney: and what were you doing at that time?

  witness: yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and

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  😂😂😂 Oh god I laughed till I cried.
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  I Went To My Brother’s Memorial Service at the Kingdom Hall

  by minimus in

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  i have to say that the talk was very good.

  instead of just repeating a jw manual , the speaker actually spoke about my brother!

  there were a few scriptures with the jw hope but 80 % of the talk was actually about the life of my brother.

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  I'm so sorry you lost your brother before you lost him Minimus. What a lot this cult has to answer for. I'm glad the memorial was mostly about your brother and that the JWs were generally kind to you. Take care of yourself now as you grieve.
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  Evening gala/ball

  by Researchedandenlightened in

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  can anyone tell me when, and why jehovahs witnesses hold evening gala,s / ball with full tuxedo,s and evening gowns ?

  is it uk only as i have heard family throughout the uk attend these events (jw only) of course !.

  what is the purpose of these events and how long have the dubs being doing so ?

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  I never heard of a black tie event when I was a JW but then I'm in the midlands so they were probably in London. I remember going to a D'oyly Carte performance of Gilbert and Sullivan at Sadler's Wells with a load of bethel staff and a bethel boy came in dinner jacket, frilly shirt and jeans.
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  Paranormal stuff: is it a cultural thing? Rant ahead

  by Whynot in

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  paranormal stuff is common where my family is from it's almost expected.

  native american background, my great grandmother was a witch doctor a damn good one too, my non witness relatives dabble in it.

  so i have seen stuff and experienced stuff.

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  Flipper I agree with everything you posted and I have had those same experiences too. Thanks for your thoughts, you have an open mind and a lack of fear.
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  Posters You Miss

  by minimus in

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  anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

  i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

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  Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

  by Earnest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tonight (sunday, 13th may) at 20:00 on bbc 2 ... for neanderthal believers, agnostics and deniers.. this first programme in a two-part series investigates what neanderthals looked like and and how they lived in their ice age world.

  it turns out that almost everything we thought we knew about them is wrong.

  they weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all.

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  Thanks for the heads up it was really interesting. They could possibly speak like us. Interesting that even with those huge brow ridges they don't look that different once the flesh clothes the bones. I remember finding a book with those Neanderthal skulls in just after we left the cult. Instead of just bits of teeth as the WTS lied to us, there are almost complete skulls. It was an amazing moment for us.