Topics Started by Billyblobber

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Rapid evolution in action
by cantleave in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a nice example of how the introduction of a competeing species can result in behavioral and anatomical changes in an indigenous one.. http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleno/41309/title/rapid-evolution-in-real-time/.

for most of its existence, the carolina anole (anolis carolinensis) was the only lizard in the southwestern u.s. it could perch where it wanted, eat what it liked.

but in the 1970s, aided by human pet trade, the brown anole (anolis sagrei)native to cuba and the bahamascame marching in.
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Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?
by troubled mind in
1. jw
2. friends
i really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .

lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .

is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.
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a young 14 year old girl was disfellowshipped in my former congregation last week
by alexandre in
1. watchtower
2. bible
a baptized girl from my former cong.

was expelled out because she participated in more than one porn videos with classmates in the school and theses videos became public.

she is 14 years old and grew up as witnesses.but anybody knows she had many boyfriends and she-, but that thing was unbelievable!
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Evolution and spirits
by Chris Tann in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as of now iam making an unbiased examination of evolution.

however one thing keeps me hanging on to the belief of a supreme spirit being; the existence of spirits.

i have heard countless accounts of people who have experienced frightening encounters with evil forces.
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900 Top Scientists Sign Statement Skeptical of Macro-Evolution
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural .

selection to account for the complexity of life.

careful examination of the .
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How Religion Got in the Way
by Billyblobber in
1. jw
2. friends
i feel this is an excellent mini-summary of the relationship of religion to science of the years and is a good read.

the only part i disagree with is "defining yourself by atheism.

" marginalized groups are defined that way by the majority and are forced to have it as part of their self identity.. .
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The org uses "Emotional entrapment and manipulation" rather than factual substance....
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
have you noticed just how much the org is now appealing to "emotions" rather than facts?.

we used to be told that worshiping god has an element of emotion involved of course, but that the primary motivation should be logical truth.

now though, they seem to be highlighting the "fluff" rather than the substance!.
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Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYTimes)
by NewYork44M in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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Who was the best batman?
by FL_Panthers in
1. social
2. entertainment
it seems that batman has been portrayed by more actors than any other superhero.. who do you think has played the best in the role of bruce wayne/batman?.
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JW attitudes to women
by Frazzled UBM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would be very interested to hear from you ladies on this one.

i know that the society keeps women in subjugation through the headship cr@p but didn't ahve any sense about hoew prehistoric the attitudes are until the other day when we were driving out of the supermarket car park and my wife spotted a woman dressed in tight shorts (it has been very hot here) and she commented 'they say that women who dress like that dserve to be raped'.

i did a wtf and overreacted 'how can you blame the victim like that - such attitudes give men a lciense to commit rape and make women feel they are to balme if they get raped which in turn means that rape doesn't get reported and it gopes on with impunity.