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  Calling Cofty and others regarding evolution

  by dubstepped in

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  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.

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  are there higher percentages of genetic illnesses found in the female population?

  Actually, it is the male population that will exhibit more of certain genetic illnesses (hemophilia, for one)

  The female will often be the one to carry genetic illnesses and the male will acquire it

  This is because defects in the X chromosome can be overcome in the female with the other x chromosome making up for the defect. However, in the male, if they inherit an x chromosome that carries the genetic illness, they don't have another x chromosome to pick up the job and correct for the defective chromosone

  Males are XY and their Y chromosome won't have the ability to overcome the x defect
  
  
  
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  Conspiracy theorys

  by atomant in

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  its great to see new subject matter being injected into the room of late and would be good to see others contribute by opening new threads on their favorite topics.heres a few examples.9/11.

  ufo's.

  atom bombs are they real?

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  Has anyone else noticed that those who expound on conspiracy theories can't spell?

  Thread title: conspiracy theorys theories

  Drop the y and add "ies"

  Easy peasy (grade one or grade two?)

  And you want other people to take you seriously?

  pfffft

  Everyone said, back in the 90s, that the internet would make people smarter - dictionaries right at a person's fingertips!

  yeah, right

  Too lazy to use the tools that are available

  USE A DICTIONARY!!!!!

  And don't give me that shit that English is your second language
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  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?.

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  Methinks kairos has checked out of reality

  He has decided to run his own show
  
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  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?.

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  Frack

  this is Grade Nine science debate level

  I won

  I argued for a flat earth

  of course I was wrong

  But I won

  Big deal

  It didn't make me right

  The earth isn't flat

  I just had good arguments

  Back in grade nine

  years and years ago

  grow up
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  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?.

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  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/.

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  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

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  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?.

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  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

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  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.

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  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

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  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?.

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  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.

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  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?