Posts by _Morpheus

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Why are extraterrestrials pictured in ugly form in movies?

by abiather in

humans have produced many movies on extraterrestrials.

yet all of them are shown in ugly form.

why cant we depict an et more beautiful/handsome than humans.

_Morpheus

This is why i called your argument fallacious... You are confusing beauty with sexual desirablity.

fal·la·cious

(fə-lā′shəs)

adj.

1. Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.

2. Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious argument

But lets take your example and use it....

here is the 2014 ms universe:

Although i would say she is "pretty", that is having a relative degree of physical beauty, i do not find her particularly sexually appealing.

here is well known depiction (in the USA) of an alien

I find that very pretty, very sleek , yes even beautiful. However i do not find it sexually appealing or "beautiful" in the context you are citing.

Again, your argument/OP is fallacious.

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Constructive hobbies

by zeb in

hm have a hobby?

im not asking what.. hm have taken up a constructive hobby since leaving?.

_Morpheus

Ive picked up several with my new found time amd energy, although technically im still 'in'...

i rediscovered a love of flying RC planes and helicopters.

ive started keeping bees and other insects as a hobbiest.

i watched a ton of movies that missed out on.. Technically not a "hobby" but i do take my cinema seriously...

ive read a few novels

ive taken two classes to classes to begin learning and expanding my skill set professionally

ive trained for and ran my first 5k.

Thats a pretty darn good list for me :)

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Why are extraterrestrials pictured in ugly form in movies?

by abiather in

humans have produced many movies on extraterrestrials.

yet all of them are shown in ugly form.

why cant we depict an et more beautiful/handsome than humans.

_Morpheus

Oh what the hell, i will play along with the OP....

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I dont see depictions of ET's as ugly at all. Nor do i think sharks are ugly. Or snakes. Or scorpions. Or (fill in name of animal/plant).

what i do think is ugly is fallacious reasoning posing as science or logic

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Wallkill and Farm receive Green Globe Awards

by Giordano in

http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/wallkill-and-farm-receive-green-globe-awards.

a statement by the watchtower society released this week, is highlighting the achievement of two major awards for sustainable development actions.. the green building initiative (gbi) has awarded certificates for two new buildings at the united states branch facilities.

the awards are achievements for the watchtower farms f residence, completed in late 2012, and the watchtower wallkill office building, completed in 2014.. ....................these awards may indicate that sustainable management techniques are being applied to ensure the cost effectiveness of the buildings.

_Morpheus

My first thought was chemical dumping

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Just woke up

by Doctor Who in

new to the site.

currently i am a ministerial servant and was told i was appointed to be an elder.

i told the brothers i was not ready for that assignment.

_Morpheus

Have you ever had a dream, Doctor who, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

Welcome to the real world ;)

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A Question for Underground Apostates, How Many Are There?

by Village Idiot in

when i first came to this forum i was of the belief that those of us who were still in due to family reasons were few in numbers perhaps one in a thousand in the jws.

soon i came to the realization that there were many more.

we have dozens of posters here who are mentally out but still in.

_Morpheus

We are legion because there are many of us ;)

seriously, i agree with phizzys assesment. Many have a gut feeling something isnt right but are not yet awake. To quote myself:

" Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?"

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Circuit Overseer's Cars - Anybody got the answers?

by The Searcher in

atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.

with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .

_Morpheus

Has anyone noticed that the written review on here on jwn is usually only question and often has the same answer....?

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Circuit Overseer's Cars - Anybody got the answers?

by The Searcher in

atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.

with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .

_Morpheus

In addition here in the usa the care are sold when the branch is done with them. There was a screen shot posted a few years ago of the advertisment on the elders side of jw borg

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Is homosexuality ever justifiable? I say YES!!!

by TimothyT in

in the january 2012 awake, pages 28-29 there is another article about homosexuality.. .

the writers argue that genetics, the environment, and sexual abuse do not justify homosexuality.

the bible clearly states that homosexuality is wrong and is an abhorrent sin.

_Morpheus

While i understand fundamentalists feel differently, this whole thread, including the tittle, make me say...... "meh"

why does homosexuality have to be "justified"? If two consenting adults of the same gender consent to a platonic, semi sexual or full sexual relationship why does that need anyone else's "justification"? Its feels like a struggle against people on this board who by and large arnt arguing against it in the first place. Again, i grant that the world has plenty of fundies to fight with on this topic but jwn just dosent seem to need convincing, by and large. Im sorry some felt repressed by the org, but then i was represed by the org as a heterosexual. I hope we all find fullfilling relationships and never again feel the need to justify it

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this week's bible reading leviticus chap 19 - 21 - my opening remarks

by user100 in

so.. some asshole visits another asshole but a mob erupts and wants to rape the visiting asshole.. the host asshole offers his daughter and the visiting asshole's concubine to appease the mob.. sure enough.. the concubine ends up gang raped and murdered.

in the morning the visiting asshole loads her up on his donkey, takes her home, dismembers her body into 12 pieces and sends it to all the tribes to incite war.. so an army of 22,000 is formed, some prick goes and asks jehovah if they should go and destroy the gang raping mob.. and jehovah says 'yes.. do it.

they go to fight and loose all 22,000 die.

_Morpheus

Its incredible to me that i never before noticed just how calious and evil the man was... He forces the concubine outside and it basically appears he went to bed. He then wakes up in the morning and finds her slumped on the floor outside and is like "hey i know half the city spent the night raping you but its time to go!" When he see shes dead he dosent mourn her and bury her, he rides home and cuts her up.

She wasnt a person, she was property.