Esse quam videri

Joined

• started 122 topics
• posted 796 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Esse quam videri

• 
  405

  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  Cofty " ...Science is still relatively new and the progress that has been made in the last century is astonishing.,.."

  “ We're Destroying the Planet in Ways That Are Even Worse Than Global Warming ”
  ‘ … Humans are "eating away at our own life support systems" at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found…’

  http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/humans-destorying-planet-earth

  ‘ Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF ‘
  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/29/earth-lost-50-wildlife-in-40-years-wwf

  ‘ Humans have destroyed 10% of Earth's wilderness in just 25 years ‘

  http://www.sciencealert.com/humans-have-destroyed-10-of-earth-s-wilderness-in-just-25-years

  
  ‘ Stephen Hawking Warns Humanity Could Destroy Itself In The Next 100 Years ‘

  http://www.iflscience.com/space/stephen-hawking-warns-humanity-could-destroy-itself-next-100-years/

  
  
  

  Astonishing progress!

  
  

  
  

  
  
• 
  405

  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  Small blue dot.

  

  Oh yes, and on this small blue dot there is a fella who has the origin of life all figured out.

  Cofty.
  
• 
  82

  meeting with elders about WT involvement in UN

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i still go to the meetings because of my in wife and it came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the un.

  so the elders said they could help me get over that and wanted to meet with me.

  now just to let you know, i have only told my wife and her mom so far about it, that's it.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  Right on berrygerry.

  So's whose the apostate now?
  
• 
  3

  ... for the sake of argument, suppose that we assume... Hunh???

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  july 15, 1924 watchtower , page 211.

  ‘… but for the sake of argument, suppose that we assume the .

  church will not finish its work here in 1925 ... ‘.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  July 15, 1924 Watchtower , page 211

  ‘… But for the sake of argument, suppose that we assume the

  Church will not finish its work here in 1925 ... ‘

  
  Sept 2015 JW.org broadcast re: overlapping generations. [10:36]
  

  '... just for the sake of argument, suppose that we assume that Br. Franz was the last of the first group of annointed ones ... '
  

  Hunh???
  

  
  
• 
  82

  meeting with elders about WT involvement in UN

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i still go to the meetings because of my in wife and it came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the un.

  so the elders said they could help me get over that and wanted to meet with me.

  now just to let you know, i have only told my wife and her mom so far about it, that's it.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  " ... He went on and said that the Guardian news paper could have apostates working for them for all we know. I said, Oh, I never thought of that..."

  That really is quite a statement. It is a good reason for you to examine further if the Guardian may have apostates working for it. Being as the Guardian is one of the sources of information you rely on to keep abreast with social events you will have to be careful but not necessarily reject it outright. You may want to ask the elder who suggested this to instruct you on how you will be able to determine if apostates are actually working for the paper. Tell him you are eager to examine all your sources of information and you will use his instructions to weed out any sources that are apostate. Perhaps you could ask if you could repeat his statement to other ears. It must have some truth to it or why would he utter the statement? You would want to assure him that he could not be guilty of slander if there is a basis of truth to his statement and not just something that he thought of at the moment.
  
• 
  19

  Share Your Favorite Shakespeare

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  give me my romeo; and, when he shall die,take him and cut him out in little stars,and he will make the face of heaven so finethat all the world will be in love with nightand pay no worship to the garish sun.. -- romeo and juliet 3 ii.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  “And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it. As You Like It
• 
  6

  You Needed Me

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heavy, heavy upon my failing heart weighs your aching need for my full and loving devotion.. i spend myself willingly on your behalf because,truly, your needs and wishes outstrip my own.. if i were young and wiry man, for you i'd scale a rock and brave a torrent.. yes, that is what i do, no thought of self,to save my love from daily peril.strength and life escape my soul whilesafety i afford your gasping heart.. it's no loss i gave my all to grantyou life and to bid mine adieu..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  

  "...If I were young and wiry man, for you
  I'd scale a rock..."

  How safe is climbing?

  According to a study published in the 2008 Volume 19 #2 Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, climbing is relatively safe, especially when compared with other outdoor pursuits like snowboarding, sledding, and skiing.

  Study Conducted in 2004 and 2005

  The study found that 72.1 injuries occurred among every 100,000 Americans, with 68.2% of injuries to males and 31.8% to females. Not surprisingly, the most dangerous outdoor sport is snowboarding, with 25.5% of all injuries, and most of those to young men.

  Scaling a rock, just puppy love.

  Snowboarding. Now that's true love.
  
• 
  21

  Dec 2016 study edition 'Setting your mind on the spirit.' WTF?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the study article 'setting your mind on the spirit means life and peace.

  ' at paragraph 9 a little pictorial lecture for anyone setting their minds on the flesh.

  brother fleshly minded talking about having a sailboat.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  So the study article 'Setting Your Mind on the Spirit Means Life and Peace.' At paragraph 9 a little pictorial lecture for anyone setting their minds on the flesh. Brother Fleshly Minded talking about having a sailboat. What do you want with a sailboat Br. Fleshly Minded? Keep your mind on the spiritual rewards.

  

  Now jump ahead in the same Dec 2016 study edition to the article ' Jehovah Rewards Those Earnestly Seeking Him.' Here we see Bro. Spiritual pointing to a, what is that out there he is pointing to? Oh, right, a 'sailboat.' Looks like he is telling his lady that the sailboat is A-Okay. Honey, we are going to have one of those sailboats. Yessiree Bob. That's what I want now, a 'sailboat.'

  What? Pardon? Excuse me? Hunh?????????
• 
  19

  The Sea

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the sea once held this youngster's heart within its mighty bosom.i loved and cherished the sea, stretching outward beyond infinity.

  i took to the e'er dreary landscape, the dank surroundings soothing me, enveloping me in crawling mists that were more welcomed to me than the evaporating rays of a cavorting summer sun.i, however, am no longer that pensive lad who found comfort in the dark and cold and deep blue sea.

  today, a man in the physical sense, i no longer possess that childlike fascination with my former abode.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  That must have been 'quite a boy' to grow into such an amazing man.

  Blessings on you brother!
  
• 
  19

  The Sea

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the sea once held this youngster's heart within its mighty bosom.i loved and cherished the sea, stretching outward beyond infinity.

  i took to the e'er dreary landscape, the dank surroundings soothing me, enveloping me in crawling mists that were more welcomed to me than the evaporating rays of a cavorting summer sun.i, however, am no longer that pensive lad who found comfort in the dark and cold and deep blue sea.

  today, a man in the physical sense, i no longer possess that childlike fascination with my former abode.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Esse quam videri

  "Yesterday's child has vanished from all remembrance . ."

  
  No never, never I say. Begone vile thought, begone. Your youthful experience, your wide eyed wonder at adventures imagined, your fascination with the small and the great were an important part of who you are now. They designed the boy into the man.