ICK!!! Well, so far he is only accused. If convicted, he should have his nethers disconnected.
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Well, well, well.... How About It For The Self-Professed Pagan Friar?!
by Doubtfully Yours inhttp://www.newsnet5.com/news/5031214/detail.html?subid=22100405&qs=1;bp=t
we need vigilantes to take care of people like these.
so many of these scum of the earth out there!
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Hi everyone, so glad to be back
by dedpoet inhi everyone, i've not been around lately, some of you might even have missed me!
i had a holiday, then a few family problems, but everythings fine now, and i am back among you,.
dedpoet
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Welcome home! I have a fattened calf all ready for you. You aren't a vegan, are you?
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Its very strange-----------------
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Vitty,
I think the only ones who will wind up in here are the ones who caught on that it was a crap talk.
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Welcome to JWD Young Hearts, Be Free...
by under74 inglad to see you posting here and hope to see more from you.
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kwin: Why do I have visions in my head of Rue Paul dancing in Club 54?
Hey, whatever turns you on, man.
WELCOME TO THE FORUM, Young Hearts Be Free!!!!
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OldSoul
Nothing about the original Greek in that verse implies "learning" or "taking in knowledge." There is nothing to substantiate a rendering of "taking in." Even the Kingdom Interlinear Translation (KIT) has as literal translation "they may be knowing" which does not indicate an overt action of "learning" God and Jesus. To add that, the translators had to insert words that the Greek text did not contain.
Now, the translators may have reasoned that no one can know something they have not been taught. But as many Christians can anecdotally attest, the teacher is not necessarily a human or a book.
Matthew 23:13
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Whats the worst dish you ever served???
by Tez ini am a reasonable cook when i can be bothered (as paulj will hopefully confirm) but often resort to quick and easy methods, packet mixes, tins etc.. whereas my parner is a brilliant cook!!
leave him in the kitchen for a little while and he produces something from scratch that is delicious.
so today i decided to extend my culinary skills!
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One time I served this stuff that was supposed to be really good, but it turned out to be maggot-filled and disease ridden. It was called "Spiritual Food" so I figured it would be great. Boy, was I ever wrong!
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Not to say that accurate knowledge is unimportant, but the Scriptures also show the source of such knowledge.
John 14:15-17, 25-26
John 15:26-16:16
1 Corinthians 2 The source is not any organization. If you don't believe me, look it up. This being the case, the relationship has to be there first.
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As a whole, JWs are very sincere and have no clue that the ones running the show don't have authority from God. Even most of those who do know and play along anyway are doing it to keep friendships and family relationships intact.
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Why Fundyism is Irrational
by jgnat inlately i've been putting a lot of thought in to what is rational and what must be relegated to faith alone.
ever since the scientific method was discovered, humanity has attempted to put it to work in so many areas.
after all, discoveries exploded once we were set free from the shackles of tradition.
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jgnat,
I think I understand your question. If so then, yes, belief in that formula is ultimately the reason for the determined effort to find life outside of earth.
If you meant, "So that we can finally start viewing the probabilities realistically," sadly, no. The variables have all had values assigned, but the values are utter guesses. You can easily understand why there would be no "educated" guess available for how many stars there are, how many planets per solar system, how many of those planets are capable of sustaining carbon-based life (that assumption has always makes me laugh), of those how many actually would have developed life, of those that have developed life, how many would have developed intelligent life...
There is no way to make such an equation workable in a method even closely resembling the Scientifc Method without a MUCH more clearly established initial data set. But they plugged in numbers anyway, and got a lot of money for SETI by doing it. Not that I mind them looking, so long as our children's intelligence doesn't suffer because of it. It would be a shame if they finally found intelligent life and discovered that they didn't regard us as intelligent life.
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Why Fundyism is Irrational
by jgnat inlately i've been putting a lot of thought in to what is rational and what must be relegated to faith alone.
ever since the scientific method was discovered, humanity has attempted to put it to work in so many areas.
after all, discoveries exploded once we were set free from the shackles of tradition.
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As an example of pseudo-science, I submit Drake's Equation. Variables, upon variable, upon variables, upon variables, none of which have values assigned to them, are asserted to offer some sort of probability that there is intelligent life on other planets.
If you have ever wondered why we spend money on SETI, it is because of Drake's Equation. There is no rational cause for belief in life on other planets. Not until we observe life from or on another planet, at least.
Drake's Equation is couched in scientific terms, it is strung together prettily on paper, and in the end we have only one value that we can reliably plug into any variable in such an equation. We know of 1 planet with intelligent life. Mathmeticians, help me out here. Can you determine the probability of intelligent life on other planets from such an equation? Plainly, the answer is no.
It is scientific-sounding sophistry, pseudo-science, just like the attempts of theists to establish their beliefs on something more solid than faith.
OldSoul