Posts by berrygerry

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Latest cherry picking: August 2015 Awake!First Life: Discovering the Connections between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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the august 2015 awake continues a cherished watchtower tradition: misquoting / cherry picking scientists.. it is clearly a selective use of information because when you read what they are saying, you know they are saying "life is complex, therefore, god.".

whereas the scientists, although they show admiration for life and how amazing it is, also recognize that we are getting closer and closer to understanding the origin of life.

it doesn't seem like it takes a supreme being to make life when you read the next paragraph in the actual quote.http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201508/dna-in-your-cells/.

berrygerry

I would consider the Sep 2016 WT as quote-mining, as the conclusion drawn and sought by WT is not what Deamer believes or teaches :

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2016687?q=One+professor+of+chemistry%C2%A0&p=sen.

Par 13.

If someone seems to be attacking your belief in creation, you may tactfully shift the responsibility to him. You might ask him to explain how life could have begun without a Creator. For the first life-form to continue, it had to be able to reproduce, to make copies of itself. One professor of chemistry said that among the things needed would be (1) a protective membrane, (2) the ability to get and process energy, (3) information in the genes, and (4) the ability to make copies of that information. He added: “One is struck by the complexity of even the simplest form of life.”

What Deamer actually believes:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160317-david-deamer-origins-of-life/

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Do the dubs know apostate language like fade, etc....

by Iamallcool in

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the inactive sister used the word "faded" today and i am wondering if she has been on this site or not?

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berrygerry

Geoff Jackson used it during the ARC.

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Mill Hill - Chelmsford, reduced capacity, any news on Chelmsford plan revision

by Lostandfound in

chelmsford looks to have much less work than in mill hill complex, if gb spirit guided why did they allow massive plans for new site when such significant changes must have been in discussion, planning , or contemplation.

knee jerk reaction to things looks to indicate someone or more on gb has instituted changes almost overnight.

my dog plans his day better, get up, walk, sleep, eat, walk some more, eat some more, and sleep again.

berrygerry

treasury gone to Selters

Does Brexit change anything?

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I Think I have Found a Way to Litigate

by Simon Templar in

i have been thinking about how the wtb&t society bullies all of its members into submission with the threats they use (by practice), i.e.

“if you do this we will df you and you will be shunned”.

“if you da yourself, we will make an announcement and your friends, relatives and family will abandon you”, etc.

berrygerry

First question: Which country are you in?

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Leonard Cohen - In Flanders Fields - Remembrance Day - Veterans Day

by berrygerry in

for those who've never heard, and for those who have served, and for those who have lost:.

https://youtu.be/ckojvhcmlfc.

berrygerry

For those who've never heard, and for those who have served, and for those who have lost:

https://youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc

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Can Trump appoint his sons to his Cabinet?

by blondie in

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-cabinet_us_5824c2b2e4b05cf6a6435663.

berrygerry

And his sons-in-law too. Jared seems very clever when buying some JW properties. He should buy them all.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jared-kushner-chief-of-staff-trump-cabinet-231182

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Pyramid Schemes

by schnell in

several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.

they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.

you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.