Posts by OrphanCrow

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

Whoaaaaaa....don't bogart that joint my friend...jus' roll me another one, jus' like the other one...

Holy frack. Nah...Holy fuck

You know, a long time ago, someone proposed to me that the earth was the insane asylum of the universe. All the crazy ones get sent here

Yeah

Why did I end up here???

Why are you here? This is insanity beyond belief

Get a brain all you idiots

the EARTH IS A Ball! HURTLING THRU SPACE!!!!!

and we are the fleas on the back of it...

what is so hard to get?

It is so f**ing simple that i just don't understand all the insanity

Stop the world and let me off! Please!!!!

*happy new year all you fleas

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JW.ORG Logo Denied Trademark Status by United States Patent and Trademark Office

by jwleaks in

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the jehovahs witnesses official web site logo incorporating jw.org has been refused registration by the united states patent and trademark office due to similarity to jw player.. section 2(d) refusal likelihood of confusionclass 42. for the reasons set forth below, the refusal under trademark act section 2(d) is now made final with respect to u.s. registration no(s).

this refusal is limited to the class 42 services in the application.. applicants mark is jw.org & design, for use with, inter alia, providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to download audio and video recordings, dvds, music, digital print publications, online publications, documents, forms and web pages all in the field of religion, in class 42. the cited mark is jw player, for use with downloadable computer software for playing, viewing and streaming audio and video files in class 09.. .

documents available to download at jw leaks.. http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/.

OrphanCrow

averagejoe: Anyone have a pdf to download of that document? That website is no longer up and running.

Try this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150216055056/http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

MeanMrMustard: Eyeballing it on my phone.... I would say about an inch.

heehee

10.3 cm across and 5.5 cm from SAmerica to SAfrica (from the cape horns, I presume)

Laptop

and by the way...South America looks HUGE

and Canada is teeny tiny

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Sources of John's vivid imagery

by Doug Mason in

in common with other apocalyptic writings, such as daniel and 1 enoch, john’s letter employs vivid, memorable imagery.

as with the other elements of his apocalypse (revelation), john draws on existing sources for his material.. meanings inferred from the images need to keep the following firmly in mind:.

1. the symbols had to have meaning for and be clearly understood by his immediate intended hearers.. 2. john intended that these images encourage those hearers to “overcome”, then and there.. 3. john anticipated that the coming of jesus was imminent, “soon”.. it is my belief that the images were intended to depict earthly opposition (rome and apostate jews) as well as heavenly opposition (wars in heaven involving satan).. the writers/compilers of daniel also employed vivid imagery.

OrphanCrow

venus: symbols, imagery, allegories, parables ... are all obscurantism....God would not resort to such means (1 Cor 14:8)

God is a symbol, an image, and an allegory

God is obscurantism

It doesn't matter if you quote some obscure biblical text...God is still a symbol, etc etc. That is where "he" resides - in metaphorical language

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

atomat: My point is just because you believe something doesn't mean its true.

My point is that belief is not necessary when knowledge is there instead

Click the link because

Morph: The f***king iss is broadcasting live f****ing video of the f****ing earth. It is f***ing round. It is from NASA. Its is live. 24/7. Showing a f***ing round earth. Live. Unaltered. The link is on the previous page. Click it and stop being stupid. Please for f***ck sake stop wasting oxygen. Link Dislike Like

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Where to draw the line: how Platonism haunts our discourse and the search for exorcism

by slimboyfat in

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in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.

i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).

but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.

OrphanCrow

Slim: Except I think there might be a real God behind the Bible.

What about the Vedas?

The Quran?

The Sutras?

The Bhagavad Gita?

The Upanishads?

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

kairos: Reflection, no less.

Refraction is not reflection

http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=45

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

i know the pain when you miss a perfect fly over ...

And the thrill and excitement, the heart racing as the ISS is spotted and tracks overhead

I am not sure why but I absolutely love a good sighting. The best one I had was on a -35C night a few years back. A full six minutes with a clear view of the wings of the ISS as it moved so quickly and brightly overhead - I stood outside and waved and jumped up and down while it flashed above. Lol! They were doing repairs to the outside at the time and I had my heart set on seeing one of them hanging outside the craft but I didn't have the proper viewing equipment to pick that up

I am in the flight path again and the night is clear, cold and exhilarating - gonna try again on the next pass. Fingers crossed that the sky stays clear

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Where to draw the line: how Platonism haunts our discourse and the search for exorcism

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.

i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).

but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.

OrphanCrow

If not God, then what?

This

Just this

Why do you need a god?

Is existence not enough for you?

We exist

We live

and then we die

That is reality - reality is simply a clear (fearless) look at death

That is all

We are fleas on the back of a dog

Scary, huh?

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

OrphanCrow

Of course, Morph. Fake ;)

And I guess the ISS flyovers that appear overhead and curve across the sky are fake too

I am a big fan of the ISS - I watch for it all the time and I am a little pissed that I missed the flyover this morning because I neglected to check my emails last night. I was playing cards instead.