Apognophos

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  Did you know about the organ transplant ban when you were a believer?

  by Apognophos in

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  back when i was learning ttatt, i was shocked to read on jwfacts about the organ transplant ban from 1967 to 1980. this was a large piece of evidence for me that the society could not be god's organization.

  growing up as an earnest witness, and living near the headquarters, i knew a lot of the organization's embarrassing history, and it didn't faze me, but i'd never heard of this ban before, and it shocked me.

  it's gotten me wondering why no one i know ever talks about it, when it must have affected many witnesses during that time (or were they getting transplants on the sly?

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  Apognophos

  Back when I was learning TTATT, I was shocked to read on JWfacts about the organ transplant ban from 1967 to 1980. This was a large piece of evidence for me that the Society could not be God's organization. Growing up as an earnest Witness, and living near the headquarters, I knew a lot of the organization's embarrassing history, and it didn't faze me, but I'd never heard of this ban before, and it shocked me. It's gotten me wondering why no one I know ever talks about it, when it must have affected many Witnesses during that time (or were they getting transplants on the sly? I understand it was not a DFing offense). So my question is a simple one:

  Were you aware of this ban when you were an active, believing Witness, either during the time of the ban, or after transplants were allowed again?
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  DNA memory

  by poopsiecakes in

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  2. friends

  has anyone here ever researched or thought about dna memory?

  there's a lot of weird, esoteric stuff out there concerning this, like you can somehow access your ancestors' memories.

  that's not really what i'm talking about - to me, that sounds a little too fanciful.dna is a relatively recent discovery and obviously, there's still a lot to learn.

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  DATA-DOG, the subject we're discussing at the moment, the mouse study, concerns epigenetics, that is, the passing on of the "switched" nature of genes (whether they express or not). It's not related to the general subject of evolution or the subject of which genes are passed on to one's descendants.

  Of course we all contain traits from not just our parents, but traits which are found in, say, an uncle or a grandmother which are not evident in our parents. So clearly we are not just a product of the precise traits that our parents possessed, but also other traits which are circulating in our family's gene pool. In that sense we can't expect that two physically exceptional parents will have nothing but exceptional children.
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  Governing Body at Bethel and their daily routine

  by Tenacious in

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  2. experiences

  i never had the privilege to serve at bethel .. therefore, community help is greatly appreciated friends.. do the gb members have their own living quarters separate from the average jw?.

  does their "busy" schedule permit field service, if yes, how many hours a month?.

  how long are their weekly wednesday meetings?.

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  DATA-DOG, you laugh loudly but your words carry no weight.
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  where was this quote made?

  by Truth and Justice in

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  my parents and i are discussing a quote that was made many years ago.

  we know for a fact that it was made.

  i have exhausted all of my resources to find it, and so i come here to this fine group to ask you about this quote.. the subject is about money.

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  They're not begging for money in the letter, and C.T. Russell is ancient history anyway, so this line of reasoning is not going to be effective on a Witness.
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  is this weird or is it me?

  by sowhatnow in

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  2. bible

  i got here a 1998 awake bound volume and im leafing through it and found the december issue with the cover jesus what did he really look like who is he.. in the photo, there is a scetching of jesus along side a color artists picture .

  the hand looks odd.

  who would draw a hand like that?.

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  Take your meds and get some rest, sowhatnow.
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  What is the point of the picture in this weeks study article ?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  i don't understand the relevance of the first picture in this weeks study article?!?!.

  wt week of december 15-21 "cherish your privilege of working with jehovah".

  can someone post the pic?.

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  I would suggest just the opposite, that the reason they moved out of NYC is that the Society expects the world to get worse. Like the Christians between 66 and 70 CE, they are fleeing to the hills before things get worse (another 9/11). It's not a direct strike from the UN that they're fearing, but rather getting caught up in the death throes of this "old system". Obviously they believe that God will protect them from being wiped out by a direct attack; they've always said this much.
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  Freinds, how many do you have ?

  by Satanus in

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  2. friends

  i'll start.

  i'm low on friends, for various reasons.

  scientists poke their calculators into everything, and the number of friends we can have is one of them.

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  I believe that AGuest left here, or was forced out, some time ago.
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  Kingdom chorus

  by looter in

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  2. beliefs

  so im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that god needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough.

  i did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing.

  he then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers".

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  Raise your voice, but sing in a high-pitched Irish brogue. If he looks at you quizzically, tell him sheepishly after the meeting that you're sorry, but for some reason it comes out that way when you try to sing loudly.
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  DNA memory

  by poopsiecakes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone here ever researched or thought about dna memory?

  there's a lot of weird, esoteric stuff out there concerning this, like you can somehow access your ancestors' memories.

  that's not really what i'm talking about - to me, that sounds a little too fanciful.dna is a relatively recent discovery and obviously, there's still a lot to learn.

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  The finding with the mice is quite fascinating, but I don't think it shows the way to ancestral memory recovery a la "Dune" (or the Buddha, I guess). The usefulness of this short-term adaptability is in avoiding threats and claiming resources in a rapidly-changing environment that traditional evolution cannot keep up with. So we can expect that it will primarily be centered around telling an organism what to do and not to do, rather than encoding entire experiences like "that time we went to the zoo and saw the monkeys".
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  Period of time from crack to avalanche

  by NeverKnew in

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  i know, people are very different and have different levels of holds to the organization, but i'm insanely curious about how long an exposure to ttatt may marinate before culminating into an action to research further.. from your earliest memory of a planted seed due to an event, challenge from another person, accidental website hit... whatever... (the crack) to the time the ttatt became a reality, (the avalanche), how much time expired?.

  i guess we have to remember that everyone here is a success story and that for many, it may be never.. .

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  Apognophos

  Wow, creepy story, The Truth. It's good that you were cautious that day. That's exactly what happened to Candace Conti. Incidentally, brothers and sisters are not supposed to be assigned to work alone together, so I don't know what the brothers were thinking when they organized the groups.