i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.
I've been very impressed with Trumps ability to get things done. He accomplished a lot of the things he said he would:
. . . oh, what's that - he didn't do any of those things? And he said he would do them in his first year? Well . . . deep state! It's all a deep state conspiracy!!!
my first impressions watching it, coming from a heterosexual male, was that it was just plain ridiculous (big surprise, i know), but i just want to share some thoughts as to why.. regarding the hypothetical scenario of two guys asking each other if they've ever woken up with an erection and other stuff like that: no, that would not arouse me.
i'm talking with a male, which i'm not sexually attracted to, and assuming he's a friend, it's just a casual conversation that i'm mature enough to handle.
the only way this is flirting (and then only maybe) is if one of us is gay.
I think it is also worth noting that the homosexual population at Bethel, percentage wise, is probably much higher than the typical JW congregation. A great way to throw off suspicion from friends and family is to go to Bethel - where not dating or marring is considered a good thing.
And for a lot of young gay JWs - being at Bethel is probably the first time they get to closely interact with other gay men.
so i've been watching the show and really enjoying it.
great to see a trek tv series finally get a reasonable budget.
beautiful costumes, sets, cinematography, action pieces, etc.. really my only complaints are how cg all the ships look and there's a fair bit of stiff dialog from time to time.. what do you guys think of the show?.
"Jump all over the place" . . . hahahahahahahahahaha!
so i've been watching the show and really enjoying it.
great to see a trek tv series finally get a reasonable budget.
beautiful costumes, sets, cinematography, action pieces, etc.. really my only complaints are how cg all the ships look and there's a fair bit of stiff dialog from time to time.. what do you guys think of the show?.
So I've been watching the show and really enjoying it. Great to see a Trek TV series finally get a reasonable budget. Beautiful costumes, sets, cinematography, action pieces, etc.
Really my only complaints are how CG all the ships look and there's a fair bit of stiff dialog from time to time.
What do you guys think of the show?
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
The evidence is all around us. In every direction.
-Old Navy
What evidence is there for creationism?
i've heard many folks on this forum talk about summer warming as though it's a fact.
but this is totally fake and made up.
anyone whose done any research knows it does not get any warmer in the summer than it does the winter.
It was meant to be a bit of humor showing that if you cherry pick the data (the way global warming deniers do) you could "disprove" summers are warmer than winters. Apparently I'm not very funny though.
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
OldNavy,
Do you have good reasons for believing the things you believe when it comes to your claims about creation?
i've heard many folks on this forum talk about summer warming as though it's a fact.
but this is totally fake and made up.
anyone whose done any research knows it does not get any warmer in the summer than it does the winter.
I've heard many folks on this forum talk about summer warming as though it's a fact. But this is totally fake and made up. Anyone whose done any research knows it does not get any warmer in the summer than it does the winter. For example, here in Monterey (where I live) it reached 73 degrees on January 8th. But last year in the summer it only reached 66 degrees on July 13th. All across the US we can find warmer winter days than summer days. Clearly summers are not warmer than winters.
But it's not just single days either. For example, during the whole month of December the average high temperature was 80 degrees in Huston. But in the London for the month of May the average high for the month was only 77 degrees. So it was cooler in the summer than it was in the winter. This totally blows the lid off of summer warming.
Climate scientists are clearly perpetuating a hoax. Summer warming is a myth.
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
Discovering Truth is a personal venture that will be achieved in a personal way. You will discover unexpected Truths for so long as you continue seeking them by whatever means you employ.
-Old Navy
Do you think people should have good reasons for believing the things they believe? And do you think people have an obligation to use reliable methods of getting information to inform their beliefs?
For example, if I scattered chicken bones across the floor and then declared - this tells me Thor will soon return - would you think I was justified in such a belief? And would it be enough to convince you of my claim?
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
it simply misunderstands what many believers think God is or what can even be said about him. In a crucial sense it is the essence of God that he is such that he is sufficient in himself.
-SFB
Surely such a proposition would be self defeating. Because if a god were "sufficient to itself" there wouldn't be a universe. I don't know of any deist that believes this.
However, most deists I've talked to (and the sort I used to be) believe in a "creator god". The difference, of course, between a creator god and a run of the mill deity is that a "creator god" is required to create. Thus, it is NOT "sufficient to itself". Rather, it is dependent upon its creation.
A painter that doesn't paint - isn't a painter. And a creator god that doesn't create - isn't a creator god.
But more importantly SBF - I think you've missed the point of the exercise. It was the creationist who asserted that consciousness requires an explanation. When pressed on how creationism explains consciousness - Old Navy retreated to "God done it" - which doesn't explain it. It just kicks the can down the road. We would still have to explain the consciousness of the God. And further saying "God is sufficient to itself" also doesn't explain it. Because "sufficient to itself" is not an explanation. Rather, it's an obfuscation meant to disguise what is very obviously a case of Special Pleading.
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/163/Special-Pleading
