Posts by Terry
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15Guy on a Buffalo
by Simon inok, i don't know if madness has set in, but this seems awesome.. seriously, you need this in your life.
you probably just don't know it yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4t9cqa0um.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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NCC 1701:
While not agreeing with what much of what others believe, wouldn’t we at least concede that most people are well intentioned?
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When it comes to things like murder, there are degrees according to the perpetrator's intentions.
But the victim is dead either way.
Evangelists by definition are spreaders of "good news." They proclaim 'truth."
Notice the " " marks indicating skew.
These leaders have the trust of misled people who may well end up sick and/or dead.
Where is the accountability?
We can't punish them with words. The best we can do is hang a sign:
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Growling Velcro - (epitaph for humanity)
by Terry ingrowling velcroi know why you're feeling edgy, feeling down and depressed.every one of us has been dreaming and now - rudely - awakened.. all along our matrix-like dream was our life.. we had it oh-so good and dreamed we had - a-l-m-o-s-t a chance at a perfect life.
except for ...except for minor annoyances.
(money, insurance, paying bills...trump!).
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GROWLING VELCRO
I know why you're feeling edgy, feeling down and depressed.
Every one of us has been dreaming and now - rudely - awakened.All along our Matrix-like dream was OUR LIFE.
We had it oh-so good and dreamed we had - a-l-m-o-s-t a chance at a perfect life. Except for ...
Except for minor annoyances.
(Money, insurance, paying bills...Trump!)Yes, now wide awake we are annoyed at interruptions in that dream.
We have RIGHTS - the pursuit of our 'happiness.'
Imagine that - how naive we were.We sit blinking, rubbing our eyes.
Suddenly UNPLUGGED from the Matrix!WTF just happened?
Suddenly...Naked and alone are we. The right to pursuit of happiness popped like a soap bubble.
Vulnerable are we.Dropped into a jungle with tooth and claw dripping red all around us.
Beasties crave our flesh?Nope. Not jungle cats nor ravening wolves.
Our threatening monsters are mere teeny weeny dots...
viral dots.
Growling Velcro.
How unworthy!So, my lads and ladies - hunker down ... hunker down.
Hide inside and abide.
It's almost HIGH NOON and Frank Miller is about return.
The townsfolk won't be any help at all.What stands between US and the tiny beasties?
One thing only: our rational mind.Do we still have a 'rational' mind?
No. Long gone. We voted it away.Cower till the final hour or stand tall and brave it all:
What's comin' for our hide outside like a horror flick
WILL INVADE our quivering corpus...unless...unless...Unless what?
Unless we do something so simple: Behave.
Is that even possible?
Following directions? You gotta be kidding.The nerds in horn-rimmed glasses are feverishly working on the science of it. The politicians are hoarding promises and cash.
Meanwhile the old clock on the wall ticks and tocks."DON"T WORRY FOLKS - we got this!"
Oh?
Well then - heaves a sigh and go back to your Netflix and crossword puzzles.EPITAPH FOR HUMANITY?"Time for that nap."After all - don't we all crave to go in our sleep?
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https://dnyuz.com/2020/03/20/the-best-case-outcome-for-the-coronavirus-and-the-worst/ -
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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EVANGELICALS of every stripe have pretty much the same mindset since
they live in a different world from the rest of us.
To wit:
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HAPPY? Now? Let's try it!
by Terry inhappy?life finds a way!.
a fragile flower grows through concrete.the whirlwind scatters seeds and future flowers flourish.. we are life and life persists - always has no matter theflood or impact of an errant asteroid.life goes on.a punishing plague seeping under dark curtains of ancient times gives way to science and longer lifespans.those who live in the best of times always feel it is the worst of times (and always they are wrong.).
i was born after world war ii to people who had survived a great depression and hitler, mussolini, and pearl harbor.i grew up under the impending iron curtain doom of cold war nuclear bombast.
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Our emotions are triggered by the Values we hold.
Consequently, we can't rely on emotional 'reasons' due to their subjective nature.
Our "heart" is our feelings and not a source of data.
Man survives (or perishes) by intellect guided by logical reasoning as informed by the things he perceives.
In repressive societies, cults, strict fundamentalist homes - a child growing up with limited access to ALL information, is indoctrinated to FEEL strong attachment to
propaganda at worst and the very least, biased information.
A mind swimming in poetry and metaphors, ancient analogies, is weak sauce for a healthy intellect to feast upon.
Testing our beliefs isn't easy when we hold them sacrosanct.
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Dead Sea Scrolls FORGERIES at Bible museum (scandal)
by Terry inhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ independent researchers funded by the museum of the bible announced that all 16 of the museum’s dead sea scroll fragments are modern forgeries.
the museum ceo exclaimed, “we’re victims—we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud.” the pieces are probably made of ancient leather, they were inked in modern times and modified to resemble real dead sea scrolls; all with the intention of deceiving for profit.
the researcher's report’s findings raise grave questions about the “post-2002” dead sea scroll fragments, a group of some 70 snippets of biblical text that entered the antiquities market in the 2000's.
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The story of the Dead Sea Scrolls is filled with intrigue.
Releasing the research results was kept under wraps for years and years
until somebody took photos of the fragments and published them on the Worldwide Web.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were feared by religious dogmatists.
Watch this BBC Documentary for exacting details.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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That's all there ever was to being a Jehovah's Witness
by Terry injehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.
russell.what was it that attracts these people?
it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.
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JW's rare terrified and creaming their knickers but gloating
right now because their entire cosmos is framed by DOOM.
The Bible Students under Russell met WWI with soiled undies but out-sized hankering for the cable-car to heaven.
Existential occurrences throughout history are not exceptional.
Earthquakes? Always.
Wars? Always.
Famines? Always
Diseases? Always
The model for END TIMES ALWAYS FITS the era in which you live!
This is as close to 'proof' as the Watchtower has ever gotten.ve·rid·i·cal/vəˈridək(ə)l/adjectiveFORMAL- truthful.
- coinciding with reality.
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Dead Sea Scrolls FORGERIES at Bible museum (scandal)
by Terry inhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ independent researchers funded by the museum of the bible announced that all 16 of the museum’s dead sea scroll fragments are modern forgeries.
the museum ceo exclaimed, “we’re victims—we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud.” the pieces are probably made of ancient leather, they were inked in modern times and modified to resemble real dead sea scrolls; all with the intention of deceiving for profit.
the researcher's report’s findings raise grave questions about the “post-2002” dead sea scroll fragments, a group of some 70 snippets of biblical text that entered the antiquities market in the 2000's.
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What has been forged is not the content but the historicity as an object d'art, so to speak.
It's like thinking you own a Dali painting - yet discovering what you possess is forged by another artist.
The forger has duplicated an actual existing Dali - but - replacing the original by faking the verisimilitude with chicanery and applesauce.
The word I'm looking for is ACTUALITY orauthenticity.
A copy can appear identical. A diamond and a cubic zirconium is a case in point.
This is where SUBJECTIVITY enters the picture.
What is"real"is not the same as what is REAL.
Chew that one.
Whose autograph do you want? ELVIS or the impersonator? -
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All Our Mice Are Broken! (Scandal in the Scientific, Academic, and Media community)
by Terry inall our mice are broken.. .
scandal in the scientific, biological, and academic community (unreported in the media.).
1. a researcher discovers a huge flaw in drug testing.. .
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When I take a big step back and look at the state of societies around our planet I
see that much of the turmoil in the last two decades is a result of a new generation infected by post-modern philosophy / politics incubated in Universities.
Academia's chicks have come home to roost and clash with Boomers (who currently run / ruin the world.This new generation doesn't debate - it censors, subverts, and silences opposition.
Will I live long enough to see the other side of this current clash when things cool down? Hmmm, I hope so.
The snarling and the clawing aren't very interesting.
It's anti-intellectual but ironically, mostly conducted by what passes for intellectuals.
Sigh.
Oh bother!
Rascals aren't held accountable. That's the bottom line.
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