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  Endosymbiosis --- A challenge to Dawkins' Universal Darwinism

  by hamilcarr in

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  inspired by dawkins' notion of universal darwinism, biologists have been trying to prove that all sorts of evolution can be explained by a simple paradigm of random mutation and natural selection.

  because of dawkins' ardor to spread the word, many have no idea there's far more to discover about evolutionary mechanisms beyond natural selection.. one of these challenges to dawkins' universal darwinism is called the endosymbiotic theory, popularized by lynn margulis in the 90s.

  she's known for her bold rejection of some neo-darwinian interpretations.

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  Ah, so it's a challenge to a belief that nobody actually holds. No big deal, then.

  Miniscule and exponentially manifest organismic response to environmental pressures is only predicted in a system where the organism strives to survive.

  "Natural selection", as explained by Dawkins and as initially suggested by Darwin to explain the obvious commonality he saw, requires that the organism cares whether it survives. It also requires that there be an empirically demonstrable acquisition of new code (or activation of dormant code) that is beneficial to a species in order to be proved.

  Margulis' theory utterly solves the problem of "new code". But this is, in my opinion, merely incidental to the true beauty of her theory and its potential to unify our comprehension of several fields of science which have been relatively bad bedfellows to date.
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  Endosymbiosis --- A challenge to Dawkins' Universal Darwinism

  by hamilcarr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  inspired by dawkins' notion of universal darwinism, biologists have been trying to prove that all sorts of evolution can be explained by a simple paradigm of random mutation and natural selection.

  because of dawkins' ardor to spread the word, many have no idea there's far more to discover about evolutionary mechanisms beyond natural selection.. one of these challenges to dawkins' universal darwinism is called the endosymbiotic theory, popularized by lynn margulis in the 90s.

  she's known for her bold rejection of some neo-darwinian interpretations.

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  It isn't technically a challenge to Darwinism, Funky Derek. It is a challenge to Dawkinsian Neo-Darwinism which suggests that each organism is engaged in a separate, segregated fight to survive. Darwin didn't put this idea forward any more than Jesus promoted the notion that a European style government needed to be spread to the entire world. According to Margulis, it was an idea promoted by those who absorbed and incorrectly interpreted Darwin's ideas.
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  An Interesting YouTube debate I had with a JW

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so most of you have probably seen my youtube video what you should know about jehovah's witnesses, which can be found here.

  naturally, this draws quite a negative response from the jw community, but this particular person decided to send me a personal message.. you wanna talk smack about witnesses or anyone in general you better have your facts straight.

  everything you said is taken almost enitrly out of context to our true practices.

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  What Does the Bible Really Teach? (2005)

  pp. 215-218

  1914—A Significant Year in Bible Prophecy

  "The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E., when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and the Davidic king was taken off his throne. The period ended in October 1914. At that time, "the appointed times of the nations" ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God’s heavenly King.—Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14."

  This is their current primary study publication for newly interested ones. The footnote on the above says:

  " From October 607 B.C.E. to October 1 B.C.E. is 606 years. Since there is no zero year, from October 1 B.C.E. to October 1914 C.E. is 1,914 years. By adding 606 years and 1,914 years, we get 2,520 years. For information on Jerusalem’s fall in 607 B.C.E., see the article 'Chronology' in InsightontheScriptures, published by Jehovah’s Witnesses."

  This means the book Insight on the Scriptures has the most current doctrinal information on this point. The diagram and picture on page 216 is unmistakable. This JW sounds extremely flaky to me.
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  My Wife Is Getting A Sheparding Call

  by sacolton in

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  i've disassociated myself since february.

  i made no secret of my disapproval of the wtbts and was very vocal to my doubts of it being god's true organization on earth to the po.

  now, the po and another elder has scheduled to talk with my wife tonight for a sheparding call at the home of the book study.

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  My dad (congregation PO) tried to encourage my wife to separate from me.
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  My Wife Is Getting A Sheparding Call

  by sacolton in

  1. jw
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  i've disassociated myself since february.

  i made no secret of my disapproval of the wtbts and was very vocal to my doubts of it being god's true organization on earth to the po.

  now, the po and another elder has scheduled to talk with my wife tonight for a sheparding call at the home of the book study.

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  You might preemptively explain to them that interfering with your comunication with you wife in any way might be construed as alienation of affection and that you would happily pursue a tort claim along those lines in court.

  You can watch them squirm if you do it in person.

  If they are at your house you can politely offer to let them use your phone to call the Legal Department, reminding them they are required to do so if anyone mentions bringing a lawsuit.

  I did that with my dad.
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  Personal Experience I've Never Shared - I Hope it Helps Some Here !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  o. k. how do i start ?

  i will preface the start of this first by saying this happened many years ago - in 1985 when i had just become a new father myself to my dear son flipper junior, i'll call him.

  when i explain this to you, some of this may appear comical, in fact, now that i overcame it years ago, i can laugh at it, but when you see the totality of the story- when it happened then to me- it was no laughing matter.

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  Just think . . . some guys pay money to be treated that way.

  I had a similar thing happen when I was about 15. My uncle let my younger cousin whip me with a belt. I bounced my uncle off me after a couple of swings and left the room, raging to the point that later I couldn't even remember leaving the room. My cousin followed to jump on my back. I was out of it, he said I just kept saying, "I told you not to follow me. Why did you follow me, [Cousin]? I told you not to follow me," in sort of a dead voice. According to him, I was using my back as a rack to stretch his spine. He says he still has back trouble from that.

  It is very humiliating and enraging.
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  United Nations....1 more time.

  by yknot in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  muney's thread got me thinking....... the legal department does things that are no-no by r&fstandards for 2 reasons.. 1. because they thought (before the information age) it would never see the light of day.. 2. because they think it is a bullsh*t doctrine/interpretation.. so which is the un?

  did they think it would never come out or is it because the un is the beast no more?.

  do any of yall think it is the beast?.

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  I say the beast will be Walmart

  That's just silly talk! Everyone who has seen Idiocracy knows the beast is CostCo!

  
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  If the FDS was appointed in 33 C.E., then why did Jesus inspect in 1918?

  by Olin Moyles Ghost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, some background: when i first began to have doubts about whether the jw religion was "the truth," i performed quite a bit of research on the faithful and discreet slave doctrine...in the society's literature, of course.

  like many of us, i had never really examined the doctrine.

  well, needless to say (but i'll say it anyway), i found major flaws in the society's interpretation of the parable of the faithful and discreet slave.

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  Jesus makes a clear distinction between a group faithful slave who feeds and a group who are fed, between appointees a faithful slave who receives a reward upon his future arrival and the "belongings" over whom they are this slave is appointed.

  We don't disagree on this at all. Jesus never once indicates there would be more than one faithful slave, although I agree that this can be interpreted into the text, as long as the interpreter is well aware of their action and doesn't presume to teach others that this is what the Scriptures say. Jesus never once indicates that even one must be found.

  If you disagree with that, please show why, Scripturally. I have had enough human interpretation read into the Scriptures and called truth to last me three lifetimes.
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  June 1st Noah Cover for your artistic efforts Re-title Have fun!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  here is a copy of the june 1st wt blanked for your editing purposes.

  have fun.:.

  i'll try to do another fun with covers if we get enough responses here, w.once.

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  DC 2008 - New Release - Young People Ask , Answers That Work Volume TWO

  by BBOARD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  credit goes to jw freak for bringing out that "young people ask , answers that work vol 2" will be coming out this dc.

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  lets talk .... .

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  Young People Ask: What Do I Do About Feelings of Doubt?

  Lisa reports that her mother Marge, married and mother of three, said the following about feelings, "Well it doesn't matter how you feel inside, you know? It's what shows up on the surface that counts. That's what my mother taught me. Take all your bad feelings and push them down, all the way down, past your knees until you're almost walking on them. And then you'll fit in . . . and happiness will follow." Surely, the wise course would be to listen to such motherly advice. (Proverbs 1:8; 6:20; 31:1)