there are some people that do in fact want to die.
these people include the mentally unstable, emotionally imbalanced, and those suffering from ailments or diseases, just to name a few.. i've never met however, anyone, or heard of anyone, who is of sound mind, who just awoke one day and thought it would be an excellent day to die......naturally.. your thoughts?.
Well the solution is easy of course. The latter two can be ascribed to our sinful state!
Those are not evidence of what perfect humans are really like.
And thus anything that contradicts our precious theology is reasoned away....
a recent article in nature reports on a fish that has a pelvic girdle with features associated with terrestrial vertebrates.. discuss..
Why is there only one common ancestor? Why is there no evidence of other "common ancestors" which were not as successful? Was there no competition to be the "first" common ancestor?
In 2010, based on "the vast array of molecular sequences now available from all domains of life," a formal test of universal common ancestry was published. The formal test favored the existence of a universal common ancestor over a wide class of alternative hypotheses that included horizontal gene transfer. While the formal test overwhelmingly favored the existence of a single LUA, this does not imply that the LUA was ever alone. Instead, it was a member of the early microbial community.
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These lines of chemical evidence, taken into account for the formal statistical test by Theobald (2010), point to a single cell having been the LUA in that, although it was a member of the early microbial community, only its descendents survived beyond the Paleoarchean Era.(LUA = Last Universal Ancestor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_universal_ancestor?wprov=sfla1
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7295/full/nature09014.html
wow this is interesting!
i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.
they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.
On the bright side: have you ever noticed that when you say or hear the same word many many times, it will lose it's meaning and just become an odd sound?
JW's will not even know that 'loyalty' is a word after this convention...
an elder came over for a visit the other night (he couldn't get a partner) personally i consider him a friend and have revieiled many things to him an figured the tie has come to step out of this religion slowly.. well i finally told him i have no believe in the bible (other then the confirmed history in it) or god.
i did it slowly and tactfully and even non-agressive.. his response to learning i believe in evolution was that evolution doesn't happen now i respectfully disagreed and pointed out lactose and alcohol tolerance among the last thousand years as well as tibetian lung/hearts.
he refused to believe it.
@Finkelstein,
Great movie clip, thanks for sharing!
what a fine privelege to support jehovah with our valuable things.
@talesin,
You are deliberately taking a quote out of context!
The full text clearly states that this previous position of not begging is more than a century old!
Can't apply that to 2016!
well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.
another great big anticlimax.
some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.
By accident I had left-over spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.
Drank some red wine with it.
Merry Christmas everyone :-D
it's the forum's 16th birthday today!.
amazing that not only have we lasted so long but we're still thriving and growing.. thanks to all the people and often colorful characters who've contributed to the site over the years.
some are still here with us, some have since moved on, but all have touched each others lives in some way along our different journeys.. .
well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.
another great big anticlimax.
some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.
an elder came over for a visit the other night (he couldn't get a partner) personally i consider him a friend and have revieiled many things to him an figured the tie has come to step out of this religion slowly.. well i finally told him i have no believe in the bible (other then the confirmed history in it) or god.
i did it slowly and tactfully and even non-agressive.. his response to learning i believe in evolution was that evolution doesn't happen now i respectfully disagreed and pointed out lactose and alcohol tolerance among the last thousand years as well as tibetian lung/hearts.
he refused to believe it.
Right...no need for a different flu shot as the living viruses do not evolve at all, right? MRSA didn't evolve either?
Some other examples:
http://listverse.com/2011/11/19/8-examples-of-evolution-in-action/
But don't try to convince him, it won't work. As long as he knows you made a rational decision based on a lot of evidence. He might not accept the evidence, but sure as hell cannot refute it.
our family and friends blame us for the fact that they shun us.
imagine an abusive husband who threatened his wife that if she leaves him he will hunt her down and kill her.
eventually she finds the courage to leave and he carries out his threat.
IDD.
Say something simple so shocked shunners show shamed sentiments.
I will actively approach those who most wish to avoid me, and cheerfully make smalltalk. They will mostly cringe and suffer because they can't stand me being cheerful with them, while I oughta be ashamed or depressed.
While they probably assume I should be in desperate need of their attention and company, I will show them I am very much happy without that.
It's just that I love to make them feel the immorality of all shades of shunning, and I love that look of cognitive dissonance replacing the Watchtower Shunning Grin on their faces :-D
Nothing beats ignoring Watchtower rules...
