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  Sydney District Convention starts tomorrow!

  by ozziepost in

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  yep, the downunder mob aren't used to having a dc during winter, but this year the sydney dc is kicking off in mid-winter.

  it'll make it easier for the families of high school students who normally have to balance their exams with attending the dc.

  and of course, it'll mean that families don't have to forgo their summer holidays to attend a dc in december!!.

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  SYN

  I haven't actually seen a Dub since I got here. Nor have I seen any Kingdom Halls. (This is in Brisbane)

  What's up with that? Then again, I do live right in the CBD. Maybe all the halls are out in the 'burbs?
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  EVIL LOUTION? Why do you still resist? Science doesn't work?

  by Terry in

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  i resisted it for years.

  i was dragged kicking and screaming into the evolution theory camp.. i would rather have had my arm lopped off at the elbow;but, facts are facts.

  i had to be intellectually honest.

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  JV,

  Do some more research. Evolution isn't something that happens in convenient little human-perceivable periods of time, like a few generations. Evolutions takes MILLIONS of years before visible changes occur.

  And there are examples of genetic dimorphism in plants that have been observed in our time. There exists a new species of flower, I forget the name, that is very similiar indeed to another species of flower brought to the United States during the colonization of the west, that can no longer breed with the original English version of the flower. This stuff is all backed up by some very good research.

  I don't see how anyone can argue with that, at least on a micro-evolutionary level. This is an invisible change in the plant's genes, but it does mean that an entirely new species now exists, that didn't exist a couple of centuries back. It's fascinating stuff! And it never fails to get Creationists excited
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  EVIL LOUTION? Why do you still resist? Science doesn't work?

  by Terry in

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  i resisted it for years.

  i was dragged kicking and screaming into the evolution theory camp.. i would rather have had my arm lopped off at the elbow;but, facts are facts.

  i had to be intellectually honest.

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  Carmel, you should read the River out of Eden, by Richard Dawkins. He has some great theories on how things like eyes and wings evolved.

  Essentially what he proposes is that evolution isn't an all-or-nothing proposition - changes and adaptations occur along statistical "ramps", with changes becoming greater as time goes on.

  A good little book! Very interesting.
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  Once You Start Getting Embarrassed That People Know You're A JW It's 2 Late

  by minimus in

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  for many new witnesses, there was a certain pride associated with being "a jehovah's witness".

  they loved telling people they couldn't salute the flag, vote, take blood, have a hangover, have oral sex....you get the idea.

  once it dawns on jws how dumb and ridicouolus they sound, it's the beginning of the end.

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  It's a subtle form of sadomasochism. This kind of thing is very familiar to the psychiatric profession. Many other groups display it, too.

  Remember, pain released endorphins!
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  JW SINGLES site shut down due to GUILT!

  by Survivor2004 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks.. i have been lurking on and off for about 2 years now and before i did post a couple threads under my old alias but it wont accept it for some reason so i had to re-join.. anyway there was a singles site called jwsingles.net by a nice fellow who wanted to help other lonely jw single folks meet but he is about to shut it down despite some success stories which i guess makes the elders upset.. i had joined two years ago and was on the mailing list(i,ve been inactive for about 5 years now)thats the short version,anyway,i got this e-mail from him the other day and it really infuriated me because he did nothing wrong but again the organization wants to control every aspect of their lives,including not letting jw,s put up harmless websites for singles to meet.after all in many many congregations there is a severe shortage of available singles right?and,if they dont even want you to look for a mate in their own organization (on the net) then they will look outside of the organization but i guess they are too dense to understand that.. his letter wreaks of guilt and he hangs his head in shame at congregations.i fail to see how he has stumbled others here.its none of others business what adult jw,s want to meet someone.. i understand the heartache of being all alone for many many years with no one and no suitable mates there as they were too stuffy and i felt like i could never match up no matter how hard i tried.i shed too many tears to count as im sure many here have as well.. anyway here is the e-mail.. greetings friends.. this will most likely be the last message you recieve from jw singles.net.. the site has been running for several years now with its main goal to help those of like faith find and if they wish contact each other.we,ve met that goal with several success stories.im very glad to say that an old friend of mine from a congregation in maryland met a wonderful sister from california.after months of phone calls and trips and bible studies over the phone,they were married.both are extremely happy with their new mates.. there are other stories the friends have shared when asking to have their profiles removed.. however i cannot continue to justify the site against the councel of the wbt society.i am tired of sinking in my seat at assemblies and conventions when they mention websites to avoid.it is also not my place to second guess the faithful and discreet salve and the connection they have with jehovahs spirit in guiding the organization in these last days.while i believe that with proper theocratic guidelines this site can be used ,like many have demonstrated to a good cause,i will not possibly stumble my brothers and sisters.. i have thought of selling the site to help recoup the expenses i incurred while developing and running the site ,but again i dont want the responsibility of passing it off to someone else,possibly a wordly company or person.. after the last paying members subscription has run out,i will open the full site with access to every member .this will be the last chance to try and contact some of the 2000 members we have.right now im targeting september as the final month the site will run.our information on the site will be deleted as the database of users is erased.if you care to make a donation of any size while the site is still open to everyone our paypal address is _________ or contact me for a mailing address.. thanks to all those who have tried to help and build the idea i had into a functioning and useful program.i wish you all well and continued strenght in this time of the end.all of the friends are tired and are struggling just to make it to meetings instead of staying home with a headache or working a little late.be upbuilding to each other ,help to show love amongst ourselves and continue to walk with god until the end.. agape.

  brian.

  jw singles.net'.

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  Hey Survivor, goodtameetchya,

  Yep, I agree with your points. There is only one solution, and it's both terribly simple and terribly hard: GET THE HELL OUT OF THE BORG!

  I'm not someone who splits hairs
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  JW SINGLES site shut down due to GUILT!

  by Survivor2004 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks.. i have been lurking on and off for about 2 years now and before i did post a couple threads under my old alias but it wont accept it for some reason so i had to re-join.. anyway there was a singles site called jwsingles.net by a nice fellow who wanted to help other lonely jw single folks meet but he is about to shut it down despite some success stories which i guess makes the elders upset.. i had joined two years ago and was on the mailing list(i,ve been inactive for about 5 years now)thats the short version,anyway,i got this e-mail from him the other day and it really infuriated me because he did nothing wrong but again the organization wants to control every aspect of their lives,including not letting jw,s put up harmless websites for singles to meet.after all in many many congregations there is a severe shortage of available singles right?and,if they dont even want you to look for a mate in their own organization (on the net) then they will look outside of the organization but i guess they are too dense to understand that.. his letter wreaks of guilt and he hangs his head in shame at congregations.i fail to see how he has stumbled others here.its none of others business what adult jw,s want to meet someone.. i understand the heartache of being all alone for many many years with no one and no suitable mates there as they were too stuffy and i felt like i could never match up no matter how hard i tried.i shed too many tears to count as im sure many here have as well.. anyway here is the e-mail.. greetings friends.. this will most likely be the last message you recieve from jw singles.net.. the site has been running for several years now with its main goal to help those of like faith find and if they wish contact each other.we,ve met that goal with several success stories.im very glad to say that an old friend of mine from a congregation in maryland met a wonderful sister from california.after months of phone calls and trips and bible studies over the phone,they were married.both are extremely happy with their new mates.. there are other stories the friends have shared when asking to have their profiles removed.. however i cannot continue to justify the site against the councel of the wbt society.i am tired of sinking in my seat at assemblies and conventions when they mention websites to avoid.it is also not my place to second guess the faithful and discreet salve and the connection they have with jehovahs spirit in guiding the organization in these last days.while i believe that with proper theocratic guidelines this site can be used ,like many have demonstrated to a good cause,i will not possibly stumble my brothers and sisters.. i have thought of selling the site to help recoup the expenses i incurred while developing and running the site ,but again i dont want the responsibility of passing it off to someone else,possibly a wordly company or person.. after the last paying members subscription has run out,i will open the full site with access to every member .this will be the last chance to try and contact some of the 2000 members we have.right now im targeting september as the final month the site will run.our information on the site will be deleted as the database of users is erased.if you care to make a donation of any size while the site is still open to everyone our paypal address is _________ or contact me for a mailing address.. thanks to all those who have tried to help and build the idea i had into a functioning and useful program.i wish you all well and continued strenght in this time of the end.all of the friends are tired and are struggling just to make it to meetings instead of staying home with a headache or working a little late.be upbuilding to each other ,help to show love amongst ourselves and continue to walk with god until the end.. agape.

  brian.

  jw singles.net'.

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  SYN

  bible studies over the phone

  God help us! This kind of stuff is the reason why I get down on my knees every day and thank gHod I'm not in that dumb religion anymore. And I'm an athiest!
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  A story I've never told anyone... Part 1

  by Jim_TX in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what is written below - i wrote many years ago.

  i am now posting it for your entertainment.

  i read through part of it prior to posting... it is long.

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  SYN

  Hmm, part two?
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  Witnesses on The Move.. More Lies Spoon Fed To The Media

  by Country Girl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  witnesses on the move .

  published: saturday | july 17, 2004

  a view of the entrance to the marliemount headquarters of the jehovah's witnesses in jamaica and the cayman islands.

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  Hey MBD, consider yourself Farkeled(TM).

  No sexism in the Organization? You've gotta be kidding me! Since when has a member of the Governing Body been a woman?

  You'll get some more respect around here when you answer all the questions, point by point...instead of just throwing up your hands and saying, "I'm right, but I couldn't be bothered explaining myself, 'cause I know I'm right..."

  Goodonyer!
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  But I thought mankind was only 6 thousand years old!?

  by ColdRedRain in

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  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=782649

  vadodara: in an underwater exploration in the gulf of cambay, national institute of ocean technology (niot) scientists discovered almost 9,500-year-old bricks made of clay and straw.

  archaeological experts of the ms university who, too, are involved in a part of the exploration near surat and the coast of gulf of cambay, however, feel that a further insight into the size of the bricks can confirm its age and its period.

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  These things were put in the soil by God to test us.
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  Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  http://www.womenswallstreet.com/wws/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articleid=716

  part ii: terror in the skies, again?

  by annie jacobsen .

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  Country Girl, that is simply impossible.

  What would happen to their diplomatic relationships?