Posts by Qcmbr

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Can anyone decode this?

by JWB in

can anyone decode this?.

catgacaaatttcaccaattcgaatagccgcc.

this is not a trick question.

Enemies Of Reason -Richard Dawkins

by frankiespeakin in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcs751gcp10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52j5stxkbkq.

Cold Steel - let's discuss on another thread if you'd like so we don't get too far off the original topic (please , I'd like to do that!) but here is something that sums up core LDS challenges (by a member like me) http://www.roadkilldelight.com/NOM/JR.htm which I'll post rather than quote.

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Enemies Of Reason -Richard Dawkins

by frankiespeakin in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcs751gcp10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52j5stxkbkq.

Qcmbr

Nothing 'revealed' in Mormonism has been correct in a factual way in fact , with the odd fortunate exception (e.g. No smoking), it has proven ridiculous, dangerous and a distraction from reality. Its cosmology is wrong ( there is no great star surrounded by lesser orbiting stars, stars do not get light from higher order of stars, nobody lives on the moon in Quaker style dress, planets do not convert into a crystalline non-entropic state etc.) , its history is corrupted ( current textbooks decontextualise the history and re-represent it in a whitewashed fashion, small example - I never knew Joseph Smith used a stone in a hat to 'translate' the Book of Mormon , instead I was taught and our artwork at the time showed Joseph using the Urim and thummim as a translation tool directly on the gold plates) , it's archaeology is absolutely zero - even tiny civilisations leave traces ( we find small bronze age houses on remote islands in the British Isles ) - but the million man battles and huge, concrete and city building people's of the BoM have left not one single shred of evidence, its ancient linguistic ability is laughable ( Book of Abraham facsimile used has been shown to be a standard finery text not , as mendaciously described by JS, a record written by the hand of Abraham, also the Egyptian alphabet he and the brethren concocted is utter gibberish), its social laws are as racist, sexist, homophobic and explotational as any ever written by any culture ( black men and the priesthood/marriage, polygamy, polygany, gay reclamation electro shock therapy, proposition 8, a woman's place is 'in the home' and so on) , its geology is absurd ( 6000 year old earth), its rejection of evolution and embrace of creationism unfortunate and demonstrably false and its contributions to physics, maths, astronomy, biology, geology, ancient history, genetics , medicine and all other scientific fields ranges from zero to galloping bollock twaddle.

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Has the feared and much anticipated,'Jehovah Witness Great Tribulation', now started in earnest during this year of 2013?

by Sol Reform in

the watchtower states that the great tribulation.... will start when the united nations attacks babylon the great.

it appears individual states of the usa are starting to get that ball rolling right now.. .

with the world wide child sexual abuse cover-ups across the globe getting special attention from the media.. legislators across the usa seem to have lost the fear of getting the nod of disapproval of 'clergy', especially from the younger members.. law professor marci a. hamilton writes, "across the country, the movement for justice for child-sex-abuse victims is finding that conversations that used to begin with a discussion of the catholic bishops' opposition (and then often ended abruptly) are now started by a member's saying, "they don't deserve deference on this issue.

Qcmbr

When the supposed worldy attack against religion is initiated and caused by the world being outraged by the sexual immorality of religion then I say let them have their prophetic fulfillment and let the debate begin about how, we, the world, should regulate and restrict the rights and undeserved privileges of them , the religious.

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Brilliant Article On Aging

by metatron in

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http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2013/04/19/autophagy-the-housekeeper-in-every-cell-that-fights-aging-2/.

the above relates to one my interests, fighting the aging process (i've seen it and decided not to participate).

the really cool thing is that it ties together nearly every successful anti-aging intervention into one biological process.

Qcmbr

All I got was fast every now and then + caffeine and green tea.

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A fourteen year-old elder set this sister straight!

by Julia Orwell in

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i was supervising a class of 14 year olds and there were a couple of jw kids, a girl and a boy, both of whom want to go to bethel.

i told the boy i wasn't comfortable with all the changes the gb's been making over the years.

i mean, i'm the teacher, right?

Qcmbr

If the light was much dimmer in the past that means the older a WT teaching is the less likely it is to be correct, no?

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Why did you stop believing in God?

by The Quiet One in

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Village Girl, as part of my job I need to design things. Design is a completely separate task to construction though construction can inform design and design can be changed during construction. In a world replete with construction would you be able to point out where the design models are? When I look for the design of code I write I do not go to the actual code but rather the design models. I do not think that it is possible to see any such models. If you termed that which you see as 'intelligent construction' I'd understand more and maybe be able to discuss how order and function are evidently possible without anything more intelligent than chemistry and an energy source. If however, you wish to look at physics as evidence of some intelligence then perhaps we need to talk about 'intelligent requirements', boundary conditions and rules in which material change must occur; this deist style being would be a totally different discussion and would be evidenced by different things than the creator style being.

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Why did you stop believing in God?

by The Quiet One in

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Everyone always makes up a god in their own image who just happens to match the intellectual, social and emotional state they imagine is ideal however, their personal god never does , says or reveals anything that supersedes what that individual can do. To be fair though, my god truly was awesome ;)

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Growing old and broke... Need advice on making money! Ebay? Ideas?

by Greybeard in

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i was in business with my jw family and they took that over because i am now a worthless apostate.

i am 50 years old and need to make some moola.

i am good with ebay and i can build websites.

Qcmbr

This question has bugged me too. I've been in really great paying jobs and right now I'm in a well paid job ( for the UK) but it's only just covering all the bills and not allowing much beyond that. I've been wondering what I need to do for the next few years to give my wife and I a retirement with sufficient money. These are my thoughts so far.

1/ 95% of the time no one will get rich working for someone else.

2/ Rich people either have a niche skill (CEO, lawyer, brain surgeon) or have their own business.

3/ Most people who have their own business are not rich and work ferocious hours.

4/ Luck is a large part of wealth (a Bill Gates at school today does not get wealthy on operating systems). You have to have a product that is desirable and which you are heavily invested in Or you have to have goodwill which is recognition for a product or service built up over a long time and or with clever advertising. The right advert, the right idea, the right circumstances are more important than we realise.

5/ Expectations. People who expect to fail at school are more likely to. People from wealthy families are expected to be in a profession and are more likely to. When we settle for our current wage it begins to form an expectation in us. A person earning minimum wage is often very willing to accept a 20% pay rise of a few dollars, a person with high expectations is insulted and rejects it looking for the 200% higher paying job.

6/ Your most valuable resource is time. Money is a valuation of your time. If what you do earns no money or improves your earning very little (Tv watching) then you reduce your economic potential. If you know something and then , in Covey language, "sharpen the saw", you improve your earning potential. Work in havc? Get out some latest technical manuals and learn what's cutting edge, which are the cheapest to run, what is the main manufacturers roadmaps ( I.e. are there any game changers on the horizon) ; talk with knowledge about your area of expertise( fitting is a skill but it's not the one that potentially will pay the most.) You don't need university degrees to be an authority on a subject. Register on a few technical forums, get trade journals, contact hvac companies direct for tours, product demonstrations or to make design decisions , patent a few design improvements , a new valve design here, a new switching mechanism there.

Putting this all together:

Evaluate time , how much do you have (daily and until retirement) - what wastes it. Eliminate the waste and time box relaxation , family time and home chores. Make some time for your personal wealth creation project.

Is your area of expertise in an area that can make big money? A hvac expert might be able to make a killing in some niche area say Arizona military base aircraft hangers. A hvac expert will pick up on this due to research. If NOT reskill. Computers are quick to pick up but not easy to make cash from. Look for what is the current zeitgeist or even better whats likely to be. People want to save money at the moment and save the planet, how about buying a camera for taking photos of heat loss. Go around the neighbourhood and ask people if you can do a heat loss survey of their home so they know where they are losing the most cash. Set up a referral system with reputable insulators, solar panel installers( or do this as a side job cross skilling from hvac installation) and then do this as an evening job while holding down the day job. Keep the day job until it costs you more to go to work for someone else than you can make for yourself. Whatever you do be objective and ruthless. Think about yourself as an employee and then think, as a boss, how can you make money with this guy, what skills does he need, what does he suck at.

Dress the part , talk the part, think the part. Self made rich people eat healthy, dress smartly, talk well, have a gym membership, keep a tidy house etc. this discipline affects everything they do and feeds the self confidence that exudes from an independently wealthy individual. Don't be arrogant but be the best you you can be. Make your financial success a facet of your overall excellence rather than the sole goal of an average person.

Good luck, keep persevering, you will fail in many battles - often catastrophically- make sure you don't lose the war.

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Irritated with my sister in law who is trying to claim my baby girls clothes

by Butterflyleia85 in

irritated with my sister in law.

ok so i'm really happy and excited about having my baby girl january 31st!

the same week i learned my sister in law is having a baby due in october but will be having it delivered september.

Qcmbr

Multiple options: Sort out some stuff you don't mind passing on to her, sort out the stuff you want as keepsakes (first booties etc.), sort out the junk (stained, worn out) and the rest give to charity / other friends. When your sis asks why there isn't more you can explain the damaged/keepsake line and don't tell her about the charity / give to your friends stuff. Don't worry about confronting her, just keep nodding every time she lays claim to something and then do your own thing.

If she borrows something important take a phone pic of her with it - explain you can never remember who has borrowed stuff and this is a system you learnt from the internet. She cannot deny having them then, you remember what she has and if she breaks it you get to tell her where to get a replacement :)