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  Arctic Ice Increasing

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice the last three years.

  red shows the september 2012 minimum extent.

  green shows the current extent, which is likely the minimum for 2015. the arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice over the past three years, much of which is thick, multi-year ice.. article.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry: "Time magazine sums it up for me."

  Time magazine is not a scientific journal. The other citations you made are not scientific either. If you want scientific journals you have to go to googlescholar.com and type in "climate change". My favorite citation is:

  1975: Climate Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?

  http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hAwzMbQc_KcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA135&dq=+%22climate+change%22&ots=rrk9ZJAs7Y&sig=Tb_SQwsN2QYT7rGuBfr393Ua49k

  Now for a sampling of scientific articles on the subject of global warming:

  1994: What do people know about global climate change? 1. Mental models:

  1993: Reflections on the economics of climate change:

  1991: Climate change and wildfire in Canada:

  1990: Global climate change and US agriculture: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v345/n6272/abs/345219a0.html

  1989: The “greenhouse” effect and climate change:

  1989: The potential effects of global climate change on the United States: Report to Congress

  1988: Response of northern forests to CO2-induced climate change: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v334/n6177/abs/334055a0.html

  1987:: Climate change and water resources: http://ks360352.kimsufi.com/redbooks/a168/iahs_168_0421.pdf

  1986: The greenhouse effect, climatic change and ecosystems

  1984: Response of unmanaged forests to CO2-induced climate change: available information, initial tests and data requirements: http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/5177193

  1983: Effects of a Carbon Dioxide-Induced Climatic Change on Water Supplies in the Western United States https://portal.azoah.com/08A-AWS001-DWR/Omnia/19830000%20Revelle%20and%20Waggoner%20Effects%20of%20Climate%20Change%20on%20Water.pdf

  1981: Climate change and society: consequences of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide: http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/6622138

  1980: On the distribution of climate change resulting from an increase in CO2 content of the atmosphere

  1979: Climate change from fossil fuel generated CO2 and energy policy: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0160412079900266

  1978: What might man-induced climate change mean?

  1977: Carbon Dioxide and Climate: Possibly severe consequences of growing CO 2 release from fossil fuels require a much better understanding of the carbon cycle, climate change, and the resulting and the resulting impacts on the atmosphere

  1977: Climate change and the world predicament: A case study for interdisciplinary research:

  1975: Climate Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?

  1970: Carbon dioxide and its role in climate change
  

  1968: Early and Late Season Snowfalls: Evidence of Climate Change?

  1956: The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1956.tb01206.x/abstract

  1920: Science, religion and climate change: http://www.citeulike.org/group/13619/article/7673859
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  Jesus foretold corruption of scriptures (rather than apostasy of Christendom)

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws apply the fulfillment of what jesus fold in mathew 13:24-30 in what they call the great apostasy of christendom.

  here jesus was speaking in parable, hence application should be made in its essence.

  jesus sowed the seed (which means he preached the truth), later when it was compiled, selfish writers sowed weeds (interpolated their own ideas), and it became one book where on cannot distinguish what is good seed and weed.

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  Village Idiot

  There are many interpolated verses in the Bible but scholars always have a reason to back up their assertion that they are interpolated. Do you have a scholarly argument to prove your assertions? Those arguments usually involve finding a manuscript that does not have the scripture in question while another manuscript one does.

  It seems that you just want to pick and choose scriptures that you don't want to believe in.
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  Need clarification from someone who speaks JW: What is an "apostate" ...or... an "apostate website?"

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/27/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-notes-about-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-told.

  http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-australia-religion-sexcrimes-iduskcn0q10ih20150727.

  http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.

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  Faithful Witness: "Am I an apostate?"

  Of course you are. Anyone who pals around with apostates is one himself.
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  What if an entire class of baptismal candidates said "NO"?

  by bradford in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  question 1 comes and the speaker asks for their response..they all yell no!.

  what would happen then?.

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  Village Idiot

  Bradford, are you actually planning to invite a few friends to a baptism and try to pass yourselves off as baptismal candidates?
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  Hysterically tragic - the west stuffs up in Syria

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a former lebanese (christian) terrorist once told me a story (meant to be funny) about west asian politics.. a turtle was swimming past the shoreline of the red sea.

  on the shore a scorpion calls out,"hey!

  give me a lift over to the other side.

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  Village Idiot

  More tragedy:

  http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-10/russia-s-syrian-air-base-has-u-s-scrambling-for-a-plan
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  You tell me, does God give a damn?You tell me , do God give a damn?In one word. . .NO!

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2005...three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day.

  at least 80% of humanity lives on less.

  than $10.00 a day.

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  Village Idiot

  Shhhhhhh! We're waking up Perry.
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  If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future

  by DJS in

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  2. current

  scotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.

  by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.

  updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..

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  Village Idiot

  Simon:

  Show us the official rules of your religion or shut up.

  They'll simply state that it's in their Bible and it is. It would be best for us to show her the rules in the Bible that she wishes to ignore. Quote a bible verse that they definitely won't abide by like the one in Deuteronomy which states:

  28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 New International Version

  Once quoted she should be asked if she would give out a marriage license in such a case. When she says no ask her what gives her the authority to pick and choose which Bible verses she wants to abide with and which ones she doesn't. Accuse her of hypocrisy for not following the whole Bible.
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  Arctic Ice Increasing

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice the last three years.

  red shows the september 2012 minimum extent.

  green shows the current extent, which is likely the minimum for 2015. the arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice over the past three years, much of which is thick, multi-year ice.. article.

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  Village Idiot

  fulltimestudent:

  "Which leads us to ask why is it that these fanatical christians think this way?"

  Fundamentalist Christians tend to be politically conservatives. Conservatives, as part of their inborn temperament, do not care about people outside of their circle of family and friends nor do they care about the environment in general outside of their own backyards. They have neither a social conscience nor a sense of general responsibility for their actions and thus resent anyone telling them that something must be done on this or that problem.

  Once the irritating "We must do something about this" is communicated to them they spin forth a thousand and one excuses and falsehoods to justify themselves.
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  Arctic Ice Increasing

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice the last three years.

  red shows the september 2012 minimum extent.

  green shows the current extent, which is likely the minimum for 2015. the arctic has gained hundreds of miles of ice over the past three years, much of which is thick, multi-year ice.. article.

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  Village Idiot

  An ice extent graph showing the year 2015, to this date, in black. The measurements are in millions of square kilometers. This is in full context of the 35 year period of satellite measurements. 1980 is in blue indicating a much higher amount of ice back then. 2012 is an outlier year with a super melt.

  There are fluctuations in the year by year melt but the general trend, decade by decade, not 3 years like Perry showed, shows a massive shrink.

  It's going to keep melting until the whole ice cap disappears during summertime. When that happens (estimated between 2020-2030) it will have a major impact on our weather since open ocean affects the weather differently than an ocean covered with ice.

  Look forward to intensified floods and snowstorms (while, for a couple of decades, it's still cold enough to snow).

  
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  I need some advice

  by SpunkedTeen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i dont think ill be able to leave the organization,you see i have no close friends in or outside the jws and my entire family is part of the cult,if i leave my mom and the rest of my family will be heartbroken and i dont want to be the reason they are hurt.

  im not particularly close to any of my family members but i still care for them.

  i could really use some advice because i have no one else to turn too..

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  Village Idiot

  I don't know how old you are; I'm assuming you're a teenager by your name.

  If you're so inclined, get an education in something you really like. Your education will work well with a fade since it will take up most of your time. Your mother might not like it but at least she won't feel like you've gone apostate.

  Such an education will put you in a position to make friends that share your interests.