now, the war is over, the weapons were not used and of course have not been found.. how threatening could they be if they did not even use them when being invaded by a massive force (of the countries they hate)?!
perhaps, as many suspect, they didn't use them because they didn't have them?.
now we're being told that we'll have to be patient and give them time to find them.
If you watch an interview with Chaney back in the mid 90's or maybe early 90's he talks about how it would be a mistake to invade Iraq. It is an amazing interview. Chaney predicted all the stuff that would happen if we invaded and gave that as a reason why Bush Sr. didn't invade.
Both wars have had a major impact on US debt and destabilizing the region IMO.
well they actually do cutting-edge research and publish peer-reviewed papers (well, reviewed by other creationists actually).
here is a recent example by "dr" danny faulkner on whether the flood lasted for 371 or 365 days..... you will always remember where you were when you first heard of this leap in human knowledge.. spoiler alert - he concludes it doesn't matter either way.
the nobel prize committee have been alerted!.
So few creationist do a good job of providing intellectual thought to their arguments. I can understand that believing in intelligent design is a difficult position to hold, but they should make an attempt of postulating logical points for discussion.
I think the best they can do is ask questions, which in itself doesn't prove creationist viewpoints but it does spur reasonable conversation.
The complexity argument is one they use. Richard Dawkins addresses that one, though I don't think his argument is that strong.
The two questions I would ask if I was a creationist, is why doesn't abiogenesis and endosymbiosis happen today?
Again, a lack of information doesn't prove God, but it is much better discussion than their pseudoscience approach.
i'm currently enrolled in a nursing program, but plan on continuing into medical school.
i'm required to take an additional seven science courses.
this summer i'm taking a biology course/lab.
i'm currently enrolled in a nursing program, but plan on continuing into medical school.
i'm required to take an additional seven science courses.
this summer i'm taking a biology course/lab.
I'm currently enrolled in a nursing program, but plan on continuing into medical school. I'm required to take an additional seven science courses. This summer I'm taking a biology course/lab. My professor introduce this blog that I thought explained some topics that were posted here in the past. It basically has some short videos on some very interesting topics.
would like to hear about any experiences anyone has had with the so called ' anointed ' .
The anointed one I knew was in field service one day, and the person at the door ask why God would allow Aids. The JW responded if you follow the bible you won't get Aids. Apparently this anointed JW heard something similar at a convention and couldn't wait to use his one line zinger. Well apparently this person he was witnessing to had a relative that was a child with Aids. It wasn't a pretty scene to say the least. This was back in the late 80s when Aids was being blamed on homosexuals.
all that i can say is....what a shame!
I became inactive around 17 and completely out by age 21. I've been able to pursue higher education and a comfortable lifestyle. My time as a JW was not too bad. My father was not a witness but enforced their rules. My mother wasn't "strong" in the faith. She was viewed and our family as spiritually weak. The congregation condescending attitude help make the exit much easier.
The only "regrets" I have is the loss friendships I've could of had, and some childhood activities. However overall it wasn't that bad. Some good times while a witness youth, and best of all no "brother" every tried to touch my peeter.
has anyone in the united states ever successfully gotten their publisher records from the society?
would like to hear about any experiences anyone has had with the so called ' anointed ' .
In the 80's we had one in our congregation. He was in his early 40's, and there were many in the congregation that doubted him. He is still claiming to be part of the anointed and is in his mid 70's.
I was good friends with his son, and with his family. He never held a job, but was a "pioneer". His wife worked full-time as an RN on third shift. She also did all the cleaning and cooking. He would sit in "his" chair most of the day either watching TV or on the computer. He eventually got a job in his late 50's for a few years. He also was an Elder for about two years or so, before being removed. He would blabber confidential information to his wife and family.
heyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
someone may have linked to this already, but the this interactive page in the pew religion study is pretty interesting, especially when you look at the trends for jw between 2007 and 2014. here's what it shows:.
jws are increasingly non-white.
in fact, the percentage of white jws has decreased from 2007 to 2014 by 12%, while hispanic jws have increased by 8%.
Cadeliin, this is not Cognisonance work. This is research done by Pew Research. Though I'm not a Statistician, I've take four college level Statistic courses, and they have followed acceptable guidelines. In fact they did take a large sample, therefore the information is "more meaningful".
"The size of the national sample is unusually large for a religion survey. There are two main reasons for this. First, the large sample size makes it possible to estimate the religious composition of the U.S. with a high degree of precision. After taking into account the survey’s design effect (based on the sample design and the survey weights), the margin of error for results based on the full sample is +/- 0.6 percentage points.
Second, the large sample size makes it possible to describe the demographic characteristics of a wide variety of religious groups, including relatively small groups that cannot be analyzed using data from smaller surveys. With more than 35,000 respondents in total, the Religious Landscape Study includes interviews with roughly 350 people in religious groups that account for just 1% of the U.S. population, and with 100 or more people in religious groups that are as small as three-tenths of 1% of the overall population. For instance, the study includes interviews with 245 Jehovah’s Witnesses, a group that accounts for less than 1% of the U.S. population and is typically represented by only a few dozen respondents in smaller surveys."
