scientific american runs an article rebutting some of the most common creationist arguments.
short and to the point.. this is the first page.
click for the following ones.. see http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=000d4fec-7d5b-1d07-8e49809ec588eedf&catid=2.
An interesting set of articles that I shall bookmark and read through.
I do believe in creation JanH, but also throw in the possibility for a species to adapt due to circumstance etc ... evolve if you like in order to survive.
At a very base level there is complex mathematics at work within the universe and I still believe that this math shows intelligent design at some stage. I can't completely move away from this thought and dismiss a creative entity.
please don't be turned off because this is rather creepy and has "reference" only to the occult.
because the information was found on a website that i got from a post on this forum.
i was curious.
Those are utterly pathetic - sorry mate! A desperate attempt to read something into nothing.
I have an S shaped mark on my arse, does that mean that I am part of a Satanic cult ?
as one sees the facts of science and learns that evolution is a fact one then begins to look at the collateral effects and circumstances of the human situation and as one of the sojourners who has come down this path i find myself looking at things in a new context.
first the basis of my position is that evolution is true and that the darwinist viewpoint holds true that it is all about survival.
with everything being about survival how do i view the world?
EVOLUTION - a fact ?
i know that this topic has been discussed at great length many times before but i would like to share with you my experiences with jws that knock on my door when i have presented them with this hypothetical situation.. "just suppose that you have two children, one has haemophilia and is being treated with factor v111 which is derived from blood and permissable according to the wtbts as an act of conscience, taken and stored from a worldly person possibly even an apostate, permissable because it is a small fraction even though it takes litres of blood to extract this factor v111.
you also have another child that because of an accident is in danger of bleeding to death and needs oxygen carrying red blood cells to buy this child time until the bleeding has been brought under control the blood comes from the same source and also stored, but is not permissable by the wtbts would your conscience tell you to let this second child die".
# 1 jw frantically starts seaching through their little black bag "oh i am sure i have an answer to this in here, oh well, maybe i came without it" says to # 2 jw "do you have it by any chance" .
I would say its a matter of conscience myself. I never felt easy with the blood issue and never will.
There is good science going into this area now - there have been warnings put out in the UK about the poor state of the medical blood supply and this will no doubt firm the WTS argument. Non-blood alternatives become more desirable (although can prove expensive I believe).
In reality though, it is an emotive issue and best left with the individual to decide - not the WTS !
and no i don't mean the man, the poster animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
although he is loveable............... i love animals, i have two dogs, a black lab named snoopy and a pug, named pug.
sometimes we call him pig, or dig, or mama's little baby.
Tar very much for the offer :o)
By the way shes a he .....
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and no i don't mean the man, the poster animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
although he is loveable............... i love animals, i have two dogs, a black lab named snoopy and a pug, named pug.
sometimes we call him pig, or dig, or mama's little baby.
Yes - love animals, avoid eating them infact :o)
Have two cats - Dizzy & Emma -
+ a garden full of birds / bees / ants etc
Would like a spider monkey, but would never take one out of the wild.
i have a gap in my knowledge re some of the procedures that come into play when someone decides that they simply don't want to be a witness any more.
just to explain:.
in my dub years, there were any number of ex-witnesses around.
One silly way to do it, would be to turn up at the hall naked and drunk and urinate at the back of the hall.
One sensible way to do it, would be to write a letter a DA yourself if you feel you want to.
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humans cant be trusted thats my attitude!!!!
i say this because its true, think about it takes years to get to know someone, maybe 10 years later you may say i really trust this person or persons,but all sudden those you thought you could trust do something to hurt you,betrayal,theft,backstabbing,assault,dishonesty,liar,deception,etc.even on here i dont really know any of you, all i do is just type and that suits me, you seem to be people of all walks of life some upset,confused,happy etc.but that doesnt mean what you say in your words reflects the "real you" .whether you belive in god or evolution etc it makes no difference we all have imperfect desires in us and give it the right moment and they may be unleashed,you may think im paranoid but "im not" i just dont have much trust for humans good or bad and i dont even trust myself sometimes.
Sorry dude, but you make no sense whatsoever.
Seek therapy.
I've had this paranoia off the back of a bad acid trip years ago. You'll get over it.
personally, i do not believe god ever has or ever will exist.
i have my reasons -- i guess i could be considered an agnostic, rather than an athiest.
i was curious to see what the larger part of the former borg community believed, now looking from the outside in, rather than the opposite.
Yes, I believe in creation and a creator.
just a quickie, as far as the date - 1975 - is concerned, was there ever a printed document through the wts that stated that this year would be the absolute final date for the big a ?.
or was it just rumours amongst the brothers ?.
just interested (sorry if this has been mentioned 1000 times before, but i'm new here you see & all that).. .
Thanks for the info' ....
