Posts by Caedes

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Experiences, a rose by any other name.

by M*A*S*H in

every time a jw shares an 'experience' with me (in person or on jw.borg) it always strikes me that basically what they are describing are (alleged) miracles.

in my mind, i seem to remember i was taught that miracles do not occur in today's world and ended with jesus?

have i missed something here?.

Caedes

As long as you include 'angels' appearing in the form of big burly men to potential rapists!

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Where and What. . . IS THE EVIDENCE for "Mental ILLNESS"? ? ?

by Terry in

jw
friends

i have no interest whatsoever in stirring up controversy.. in fact, i find clashes of opinion to be debilitatingly negative.. so, i'd simply like to request that we narrow this discussion to evidence.. please watch this video which is tantalizingly titled :.

"there's no such thing as mental illness".. consider this data and listen to the presentation of cause vs. effects and give me your analysis and any evidence for conclusions you may draw.

we all have anecdotal tendencies, but i should remind you, anecdotal testimony isn't evidence, only opinion.________________________________________.

Caedes

Terry,

I am surprised you fell for this.

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Spreading the "Religion of Peace" in Europe

by freemindfade in

so sad.

i love europe.

i love going there not as a tourist, but just blending in and spending time with locals in non-touristy local gems.. islam seems to be spreading their religion of peace throughout the continent.

Caedes

Lets look at the facts and figures rather than appeals to fear and paranoia, one of the figures quoted in this thread is that 8% of muslims are extremists. I don't agree with that figure but suppose it is correct that would mean that there are over 200,000 muslim extremists in the UK.

According to the UK Government the security services here foiled seven terrorist plots last year, in addition there was a single terrorist incident in London last year where someone was stabbed.

This would suggest that either muslim terrorists are incredibly lazy and unmotivated or the quoted percentage is incredibly exaggerated. I suspect the latter.

Islam is no more peaceful than any other religion, criticizing sharia law is a good thing, criticizing religious ideas is something I do all the time. Should the security services be vigilant for islamic terrorists? Of course, nobody is blind to the very real threat that handful of terrorists pose.

We are saying that muslims in general are not peaceful and not desirable considering their views on our values.

maybe its time they admit that the religion is radical in nature and that gives them a vast network of "non-radicals" who actually help and support their cause.

What I don't do is tar and feather all members of a religion due to the actions of a tiny minority. You aren't criticizing bad ideas, you are arguing that all muslims are either terrorists or sympathizers. I think this sort of black and white thinking (Trump 'politics') is stupid and illogical.

You think I should be ashamed for criticizing Islam and their horrible human rights violating ideas, I think they should be ashamed for their ideas about the world around them. That is what is most dangerous

That isn't what I said at all, I criticize Islam for its theology all the time, what you should be ashamed for is assuming that all muslims (they are people just like you and I) can be lumped in with a very real threat like ISIS. I will never say the religious ideas cant be criticised.

Nobody answered my question, if muslims are either terrorists or sympathizers what does anyone suggest we do? Round them up? After all you can't watch all of them.

RedVIP, you should try reading what I actually said. I don't support any religion.

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Spreading the "Religion of Peace" in Europe

by freemindfade in

so sad.

i love europe.

i love going there not as a tourist, but just blending in and spending time with locals in non-touristy local gems.. islam seems to be spreading their religion of peace throughout the continent.

Caedes

A small percentage of giant number of people is still a lot of f-cking people

So what is the percentage of 1.6 billion muslims that are terrorists?

What exactly do you want to do to the remaining percentage of muslims who are entirely innocent?

I didn't tell you to stop insulting any religion, I was talking about your hatred and prejudice.

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Spreading the "Religion of Peace" in Europe

by freemindfade in

so sad.

i love europe.

i love going there not as a tourist, but just blending in and spending time with locals in non-touristy local gems.. islam seems to be spreading their religion of peace throughout the continent.

Caedes

What a load of rubbish, you should all be ashamed of yourselves. Every single one of the fear mongering points you have made have been debunked so many times it is ridiculous. The average muslim has exactly the same opinion of terrorism that anyone else does. It is a tiny minority of fundamentalists that commit acts of terrorism. They are no more responsible for terrorism than the average right winger is responsible for Anders Breivik or Robert Dear.

Personally as an atheist I think people have a right to practice their religion, the fact that there has been atrocities and genocide committed by atheists doesn't make me responsible for those either.

The cold hard facts are that if what you were saying is true then considering the millions of muslims there are in the world then there should be thousands of terrorist acts in nearly every country in the world every day.

Despite your claim that people who disagree with you are emotional and touchy feely is very hypocritical when your entire set of posts is based on fear, hysteria and paranoia, I think you should stop being so emotional and look at the facts and figures. Look up what percentage of muslims it is that commit these crimes.

The sad thing is ISIS love people like you, they want people like you to blame all muslims and to start patrolling muslim neighborhoods and making life difficult for innocent muslims because it plays into ISIS' propaganda. You are helping recruit people to ISIS so, no, I will not be helping you do that.

The very fact that refugees want to come to places not consumed in civil war says a lot more about how muslims feel about western (nominally Christian) countries and western culture than your hate filled invective does.

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Evolution is a Fact #31 - Ten Questions for Creationists

by cofty in

i thought this would be a good time to pose some questions based on the series so far.. if creationism is true these should be easy.

answers that don't involve copy-paste would be really interesting to read.. ... .

1. since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts?

Caedes

I always find it funny when someone says "evolution is a fact".... Which evolution are you referring to?

I always find it funny when people ask stupid questions that clearly show they haven't even read let alone understood the OP.

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Evolution is a Fact #31 - Ten Questions for Creationists

by cofty in

i thought this would be a good time to pose some questions based on the series so far.. if creationism is true these should be easy.

answers that don't involve copy-paste would be really interesting to read.. ... .

1. since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts?

Caedes

4. Why does human chromosome 2 consist of two primate chromosomes joined end-to-end? 6

Perhaps as a secondary question, given that we have two fused primate chromosomes why do we have two less chromosomes than other primates?

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After leaving what did you Major in?

by Luther bertrand in

i am curious if my observations are correct.

i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.

i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.

Caedes

Mechanical engineering, I do research and design on tools for energy companies. Mainly oil and gas although starting to see more and more green energy companies now. Doing quite a bit with safety systems and wave energy at the moment.

If i could do something different possibly paleontology or archeology.

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Evolution is a Fact #28 - Something Darwin Didn't Say

by cofty in

one of my friends posted an inspirational picture on facebook this morning.

even before i checked i knew that it was a fictional quote.

it was written by somebody who has not grasped a basic fact about evolution.. darwin did not say this.... it is a common misunderstanding that evolution favours individuals who are able to adapt to their environment.

Caedes

no amount of empirical evidence will make a difference if the basic understanding of evolution is narrow and somewhat flawed.

oh the irony.

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Evolution is a Fact #28 - Something Darwin Didn't Say

by cofty in

one of my friends posted an inspirational picture on facebook this morning.

even before i checked i knew that it was a fictional quote.

it was written by somebody who has not grasped a basic fact about evolution.. darwin did not say this.... it is a common misunderstanding that evolution favours individuals who are able to adapt to their environment.

Caedes

I think Cofty respects empirical facts, perhaps you could try some of those?