in 300 years or so, the majority of the population of Africa could be immune to AIDS. Such is the beauty/horror of evolution. Evolutions needs death and usually pretty nastys deaths to work. Death is the tool by which the errors are stamped out and only the prime cuts get to pass on genes.
bboyneko
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If evolution is true ?
by D wiltshire inif evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
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If evolution is true ?
by D wiltshire inif evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.
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if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.
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Life is a very rare thing, as far as we have observed. Therefore, there is very little of it in the galaxy. The universe if filled mostly with vacuum and dust and gases.
Also, the vacuum of space is inhospitable to life. It seems to only exsists on planets with some form of water and a relativley stable weather pattern, and of course, atomsphere.
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Shunning Or Refusing Blood - Which Is Worse?
by Englishman inmost persons who die through lack of blood have made that choice for themselves.
the consequences of such a course of action (often death) generally have an effect which is limited primarily to the individual who is refusing treatment.. however, the victim of a decision to shun has no input into that decision.
therefore the 'victim' of shunning is a helpless recipient of that policy.
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you'd have a hard time proving that shunning is worse than death in a court of law.
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My niece's change of heart.....
by Tatiana inin my never-ending task of trying to get my niece out of jws clutches, i have good news.
just a brief history.
my lifetime jw mom raised my niece from the age of 9 due to my sister's alcohol and drug abuse.
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Congrats..the process of leaving is so painful it almost feels wrong to have them leave. Like getting someone off heroin, they go thru the worst pains eimaginable in withdrawl. But like I said, feels almost wrong. :) Congrats again..
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Mary with the Cherry
by bboyneko inthe new priest .
a new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak.
after mass he asked the monsignor how he had done.
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The New Priest
A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."
So the next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon return to his office after mass, he found the following note on his door:
1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp.
2. There are 10 commandments, not 12.
3. There are 12 disciples, not 10.
4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior, and the Spook.
8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.
9. When David was hit by a rock and knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.
10.We do not refer to the cross as the Big T!
11.When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "Take this and eat it, for it is my body", he did not say, "Eat me."
12.The Virgin Mary is not referred to as the, "Mary with the Cherry".
13.The recommended grace before a meal is not: "Rub-A-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yeah God".
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14.Next Sunday there will be a taffy-pulling contest at St.Peter's, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's.
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Pet pics?
by Introspection inif anyone care to post some of their own pets, here is one of my cats, mona.
thanks seven for the recent pics!.
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What R U Reading lately?
by Tina ini'm interested in finding out what everyone is reading these days.. or what books have had an impact on your worldview since leaving the org.. what have you found helpful in re-constructing and broadening the way you think and feel?.
what have you found to be particularly enlightening on 'your journey?'.
thanks in advance,luv to all.tina.
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I read like 95% non-fiction, I usually hate fiction.
For some reason, I have been reading alot about communist Russia. I read MIG PILOT, it's the true story of Viktor Ivanovish Belenko, an elite military MIG Fighter Pilot. He defected to Japan with the plane in the mid 70's. It was a huge incident. At the time, the MIG fighter jet was feared as a faster, more lethal jet than anything the US had. The truth was, it was a elmon put together with bubble-gum and staples.
The US learned alot from this though, since the soviets had little money to work with they came up with ingenius ways of building a jet that was light yet strong.
Right now I'm reading a book called Klass, about the class syetem in soviet russia. It's very interesting to read in light of my JW experience.
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How long it took you to find out
by one inhow longo it took you to find out your mate was cheating you, kidding.
really how long it took you to find out the truth about the truth or at least to become really distrust about the whole thing, and why.. to start i just knew, by summer 1974, that big a was not comming on 1975. the oil embargo, nixon etc kept me worry for a while.
i even resigned a very lucrative and promising job to piooner.
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from the time I realized the 607 date was wrong until I actually handed in my lette of DA, 1 year. From age 17-18,
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Family member coming around
by TweetieBird ini went out to eat last night with my neice.
we had a few drinks and started talking.
before i knew it the conversation turned to the subject of doubts about the organization and if i recall correctly (hard when you've had a couple) she is the one that brought the conversation up.
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bboyneko
tweetie bird, she was more likley crying because she finally has somone to tell these things tom an outlet. I doubt the UN thing was so devastting she cryed just because of it. That's jus my opinion tho and I could be wrong. I hope she gets out of the box soon.
