rmt1:
As for life: The universe has made alcohol all on its own.
The universe also came up with people all on its own. It should have stopped before Miley Cyrus though.
Posts by Jeffro
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38Are we alone?
by Xanthippe inthe title of this thread is the title of a chapter in the book by richard dawkins that i'm really enjoying in spite of or perhaps because of it having been written for young people.
i thought i would share a couple of paragraphs on his theories of the kind of bodies aliens on other planets might have :-.
'let's exercise our imaginations a bit more.
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Jeffro
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Are we alone?
by Xanthippe inthe title of this thread is the title of a chapter in the book by richard dawkins that i'm really enjoying in spite of or perhaps because of it having been written for young people.
i thought i would share a couple of paragraphs on his theories of the kind of bodies aliens on other planets might have :-.
'let's exercise our imaginations a bit more.
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
What if they have been here and are responsible for religions Jeffro?
There's much more reasonable anthropological explanations for the development of religious belief systems without resorting to alien intervention.
Have you been reading Chariots of the Gods?
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Changing the Goalposts
by braincleaned increationists are not consistant with their otherwise apparant logic:.
nothing comes from nothing check .
everything has a beginning check .
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
They, as if by coincidence tske issue with evolution, the science of how dna changes over time
This website illustrates in a simple way how natural selection works. 'Cars' are randomly generated, and successive generations of 'car' randomly inherit traits from the most 'successful' ancestors. Settings such as track type and mutation frequency can be adjusted, but it's also interesting to watch with just the defaults. As with any 'organism', 'success' is defined as suitability for a particular environment.
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Changing the Goalposts
by braincleaned increationists are not consistant with their otherwise apparant logic:.
nothing comes from nothing check .
everything has a beginning check .
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
The man whos wife was made from his rib in the magic garden, until a talking snake convinced them to eat a special apple though..... That they have no problem with...
You're dismissing the historical account of dirt boy and rib girl?! Burn the heretic!
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Are we alone?
by Xanthippe inthe title of this thread is the title of a chapter in the book by richard dawkins that i'm really enjoying in spite of or perhaps because of it having been written for young people.
i thought i would share a couple of paragraphs on his theories of the kind of bodies aliens on other planets might have :-.
'let's exercise our imaginations a bit more.
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Jeffro
It's not so much a question of whether there is life in other parts of the universe, but whether they could or would ever encounter us. It seems more likely that any beings sufficiently sophisticated to be able to visit Earth would scarcely be interested.
And if they do, you'd better hope they're friendly.
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Jeffro
There's not one single thing that would wake up most JWs. Different personality types will have different triggers. For some, things that can be proved factually wrong through analysis (such as 607 and 1914) will do it. For others, it's doctrinal things rooted entirely in emotionalism or tradition such as beliefs about heaven or the trinity, or doctrinal flipflopping. Still others will be more affected by scandals such as the UN-DPI association or covering up child abuse. Others may be more affected by local problems in their own congregations. Some are so deeply entrenched and dependent on the religion that they will forgive any doctrinal or social shortcoming in the organisation.
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who signed your blood card?
by losingit intwo elders in my congregation signed mine bc hubby couldn't bear the repercussions of either 1- saving my life by allowing the blood transfusion, which would probably lead to him being df'd, and 2- me dying bc he did not allow the blood transfusion and having my parents call him a murderer.. isn't that so nice?
when i most wanted him to represent me, he didn't have the guts, even hypothetically.... so, who signed your blood card?.
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Jeffro
In Australia they handed out Enduring Power of Attorney documents (a booklet) that were pre-formatted with JW 'rules' about blood transfusions. Never filled one out.
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Changing the Goalposts
by braincleaned increationists are not consistant with their otherwise apparant logic:.
nothing comes from nothing check .
everything has a beginning check .
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
Again, it is not elitism!
It (the scientific method) is the exact opposite of elitism. Scientists will proudly state, "we don't yet know". Whereas elitist theists claim they do 'just know' things that 1) they can't possibly know and 2) stifle progress toward ever knowing.
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Changing the Goalposts
by braincleaned increationists are not consistant with their otherwise apparant logic:.
nothing comes from nothing check .
everything has a beginning check .
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
Do people here know that the big bang (i.e, a singularity that resulted in the formstion of our universe) is not a theory?
It is a theory. But most people don't seem to understand what theory means in a scientific context.
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Changing the Goalposts
by braincleaned increationists are not consistant with their otherwise apparant logic:.
nothing comes from nothing check .
everything has a beginning check .
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Jeffro
snare&racket:
It is actually far more complex than that....
True. But getting into detail about legitimate theories about the beginning of the universe is far more than is deserved by those who posit the only alternative as being 'God'.
Theists seem to expect atheists to have very detailed ideas about how the universe could begin without God, but at the same time, theists imagine that 'an intelligent omnipotent God always existed' is somehow a satisfying explanation .