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  Evolution is a Fact #12 - Lenski's E. coli Experiment

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  evolution works by the non-random selection of random mutation.

  natural selection accumulates favourable random chance events.. the experiment that was began on 24th february 1988 on e coli bacteria by dr richard e. lenski and his team is surely one of the clearest demonstrations of the power of this process.. e.coli is one of the commonest bacterium on earth, there is around 100 billion, billion of them in the world at any given time and around 1 billion of them in your gut right now.

  most of the time they cause no problem, until a new strain wreaks havoc on its host's digestive system.. if we assume the probability of a particular gene mutating to be 1 in a billion, the size of the population is so high that just about every gene in the e.coli genome will have mutated somewhere in the world every day.

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  Hi Cofty,

  I do not understand the math of the "59 genes".
  
  

  The genome of the E.Coli bacterium contains 4,403 genes made up from 4,639,221 base pairs. So what are the chances of the same mutation happening independently in 2 populations? Fairly low but not unreasonable. So what if we find 2, 3 or 4 mutations the same? Now it’s getting remarkable. But 59 changes in the same genes in both populations! Here is an event, or series of events, that defy stupefying odds that would beggar belief if it were not for the fact that it actually happened in the lab and the evidence is there for any competent scientist to examine.

  What is the math for these odds?Is it (1/4403)^59?
  
  If so then we have 1 / 6*10^212... i.e. 0.
  
  

  This is the whole point about the power of natural selection, it achieves things that appear impossible through the step by step accumulation of favourable changes. Both tribes had independently discovered the same 59 mutations out of all the millions of possible changes.
  

  Could you expand a bit on this?
  
  Are there certain "evolutionary paths" that "must" be followed? It's almost like there were a limited number of paths and two of the tribes followed the same one...
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  Mexico ends use of House-to-House Record & Please Follow Up

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  in a letter to all congregations dated april 27, 2016 the central american branch (mexico) has ended the use of s-8-s and s-43-s.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Hi Orphan Crow,

  That news is fake. I have actually called the Mexican Senate and there is no such thing.
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  Panama Papers - Watchtower

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  the panama papers have just become available,.

  https://offshoreleaks.icij.org.

  happy hunting........ after 30 secs hunting.. 'jehovah jireh ltd' came up with british virgin islands and singapore connections.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  This is the intermediary of Watch-Tower Investments Limited
  
  http://www.lwkca.com/about.html
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  Panama Papers - Watchtower

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the panama papers have just become available,.

  https://offshoreleaks.icij.org.

  happy hunting........ after 30 secs hunting.. 'jehovah jireh ltd' came up with british virgin islands and singapore connections.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Talesin,

  Correct address is
  
  https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/124071
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  It is now official: Another falsified Watchtower prophecy

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
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  "jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the 'last days' began.

  ... even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of 'this generation' nearly 70 years old today.

  " awake!

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  ILoveTTATT2

  There are only 51 people that fit the "10 years or older" case as of today.
  
  

  Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 15 May 2016	Place of residence
  1	Emma Morano[5]	F	29 November 1899	116 years, 168 days	Italy
  2	Violet Brown[5]	F	10 March 1900	116 years, 66 days	Jamaica[a]
  3	Nabi Tajima[5]	F	4 August 1900	115 years, 285 days	Japan
  4	Chiyo Miyako[5]	F	2 May 1901	115 years, 13 days	Japan
  5	Eudoxie Baboul[5]	F	1 October 1901	114 years, 227 days	France (French Guiana)
  6	Ana Vela-Rubio[5]	F	29 October 1901	114 years, 199 days	Spain
  7	Mitsue Toyoda[5]	F	15 February 1902	114 years, 90 days	Japan
  8	Marie-Josephine Gaudette[5]	F	25 March 1902	114 years, 51 days	Italy[b]
  9	Yukie Hino[5]	F	17 April 1902	114 years, 28 days	Japan
  10	Giuseppina Projetto[5]	F	30 May 1902	113 years, 351 days	Italy
  11	Goldie Michelson[5]	F	8 August 1902	113 years, 281 days	United States[c]
  12	Adele Dunlap[5]	F	12 December 1902	113 years, 155 days	United States
  13	Kane Tanaka[5]	F	2 January 1903	113 years, 134 days	Japan
  14	Gladys Hooper[5]	F	18 January 1903	113 years, 118 days	United Kingdom
  15	Maria-Giuseppa Robucci[5]	F	20 March 1903	113 years, 56 days	Italy
  16	Iso Nakamura[5]	F	23 April 1903	113 years, 22 days	Japan
  17	Meta Dishman[5]	F	1 June 1903	112 years, 349 days	United States
  18	Élisabeth Collot[5]	F	21 June 1903	112 years, 329 days	France
  19	Alida Victória Grubba Rudge[5]	F	10 July 1903	112 years, 310 days	Brazil
  20	Tae Ito[5]	F	11 July 1903	112 years, 309 days	Japan
  21	Viola Jacobi[5]	F	25 July 1903	112 years, 295 days	United States
  	Shizue Nagata[5]	F	25 July 1903	112 years, 295 days	Japan
  23	Honorine Rondello[5]	F	28 July 1903	112 years, 292 days	France
  24	Delphine Gibson[5]	F	17 August 1903	112 years, 272 days	United States
  25	Ila Jones[5]	F	21 August 1903	112 years, 268 days	United States
  26	Hatsuno Goto[5]	F	1 September 1903	112 years, 257 days	Japan
  27	Yisrael Kristal[5]	M	15 September 1903	112 years, 243 days	Israel[d]
  28	Tane Shimada[5]	F	25 September 1903	112 years, 233 days	Japan
  29	Henriette Boeuf[5]	F	4 November 1903	112 years, 193 days	France
  30	Florence Boggs[5]	F	16 November 1903	112 years, 181 days	United States
  31	Feli Noi[6]	F	5 December 1903	112 years, 162 days	Suriname
  32	Tameko Shijo[5]	F	1 January 1904	112 years, 135 days	United States[e]
  33	Anonymous[5]	F	12 January 1904	112 years, 124 days	Japan
  34	Mumeno Sakurai[5]	F	7 February 1904	112 years, 98 days	Japan
  35	Kuma Kobayashi[5]	F	8 February 1904	112 years, 97 days	Japan
  36	Lucile Randon[7]	F	11 February 1904	112 years, 94 days	France
  37	Ambrosia Acosta Terán[5]	F	21 February 1904	112 years, 84 days	Mexico
  38	Luzia Mohrs[5]	F	23 March 1904	112 years, 53 days	Brazil[f]
  39	Tomoe Iwata[5]	F	25 March 1904	112 years, 51 days	Japan
  40	Shin Matsushita[5]	F	30 March 1904	112 years, 46 days	Japan
  41	Nugi Ikeda[5]	F	1 April 1904	112 years, 44 days	Japan
  	Yoshiyo Bessho[5]	F	1 April 1904	112 years, 44 days	Japan
  43	Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano[5]	F	6 April 1904	112 years, 39 days	Panama
  44	Tsuya Hayashi[5]	F	26 April 1904	112 years, 19 days	Japan
  45	Tane Yonekura[5]	F	2 May 1904	112 years, 13 days	Japan
  46	Virginia Moyano[5]	F	17 May 1904	111 years, 364 days	Argentina
  47	Mumeno Shirai[5]	F	19 May 1904	111 years, 362 days	Japan
  48	Vera Van Wagner[5]	F	24 May 1904	111 years, 357 days	United States
  49	Masamitsu Yoshida[5]	M	30 May 1904	111 years, 351 days	Japan
  50	Katsue Hiraishi[5]	F	9 June 1904	111 years, 341 days	Japan
  51	Ana Sara Marquez de Ramirez[5]	F	25 July 1904	111 years, 295 days	Colombia
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  900000 US$ donations from Brother Nelson (aka Prince)

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2005 - $20,000 for chanhassen jevovah witnes y st louis jehovah witness2006 - $130,000 for jehovah witness kingdom hall2007 - $800,000 for peccole ranch lakes kingdom hall fund.

  the amounts of his donations has been posted in other forums with copies of the public tax filings of his love 4 one another foundation..

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  http://i.imgur.com/LPoQ81E.jpg
  
  That's the link to the proof.
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  It is now official: Another falsified Watchtower prophecy

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the 'last days' began.

  ... even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of 'this generation' nearly 70 years old today.

  " awake!

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Yes... I believe they lowered it to "10 years or less", then "5 years or less", then "born in 1914".
  
  I have studied the average maximum lifespan of the verified oldest people and it increases about 1 year every decade, so we will have to wait 6 years for the next, 12 years for the next, and 17 or so more years until the "born in 1914" people all pass away.
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  It is now official: Another falsified Watchtower prophecy

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the 'last days' began.

  ... even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of 'this generation' nearly 70 years old today.

  " awake!

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  ILoveTTATT2

  "Jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the 'last days' began. ... Even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of 'this generation' nearly 70 years old today." Awake! 1968 Oct 8 p.13
  
  My friends, effective May 12, 2016, this WT prophecy is officially false.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Mushatt_Jones
  
  Susannah Mushatt Jones passed away on May 12th. She was the last living person that was born before July 28, 1899, exactly 15 years before the beginning of WWI on July 28, 1914.
  
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  900000 US$ donations from Brother Nelson (aka Prince)

  by sp74bb in

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  2. friends

  2005 - $20,000 for chanhassen jevovah witnes y st louis jehovah witness2006 - $130,000 for jehovah witness kingdom hall2007 - $800,000 for peccole ranch lakes kingdom hall fund.

  the amounts of his donations has been posted in other forums with copies of the public tax filings of his love 4 one another foundation..

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  Could you please provide the links??
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  The two paths of exJWs

  by Simon in

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  2. experiences

  it's easy to think of exjws as being a single amorphous group but the more i think about it, the more i believe that there are two distinct sub-groups and wonder if you agree.. there are those who believe and those who don't.

  i know that seems obvious but let's break it down a bit more.

  there are those who don't and never believed and some who are looking for a religion to match their beliefs.. i used to think this split would be between born-ins and converts but of course it's possible for born-ins to be believers although i suspect that many, like with other faiths, do so simply because they have never experienced anything else or made a conscious choice.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  I think that my "religion" is an evidence-based life. I believed in the JW's, in the Bible, in God, until the evidence proved otherwise. The second I read jwfacts and confirmed what it said, I stopped believing in the JW's. The second I confirmed that the Bible has contradictions and that it has followed a tortuous path to get to us, and that there are many different versions, let alone translations, that was sufficient for me to stop believing in the Bible.
  
  And when I learnt about evolution, that was enough for me to stop believing in "God", as in the God of the Bible.
  
  Now I am a "6" on Dawkin's belief scale, and I think it would show great hubris to be a "7".