Posts by whereami

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November 2010 Awake argument against evolution: does it make sense?

by behemot in

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the november 2010 issue of awake (downloadable here: http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=nbzr) contains an article about a czeck scientist (frantisek vyskocil) who became a jw.. he relates that one of the things that made him rethink his position about evolution was something he was told by an unnamed famous russian scientist and professor in the early 1970s.

the argument runs like this:.

simple bacteria can divide about every 20 minutes and have many hundreds of different proteins, each containing 20 types of amino acids arranged in chains that might be several hundred long.

whereami

Thanks for the mention of the PBS docu "What Darwin Never Knew"

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Dawkins lays the smack down on the Pope

by whereami in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3fn0jmn_uk.

whereami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FN0JMn_Uk

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Reflection. I think some of you will like this.

by whereami in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmyafhcf07y&feature=player_embedded.

lyrics :.

again, awareness starts to peak ,.

whereami

lol!!!

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Does this link set off any of your cult bells?

by Libelle in

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http://www.ellerslie.com/home.html.

i know this isn't specifically a jw thing, but it does seem cultish to me, so i thought i'd ask you.

a family member is considering going, and it's just ringing all sorts of bells to me.

whereami

WOW!!! It felt like I was listening to Aguest rambling on.

If this this isn't proof positive that religion is wacky I don't know what is.

"This is about Jesus Christ" bla bla bla. Yeah right!!

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Reflection. I think some of you will like this.

by whereami in

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friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmyafhcf07y&feature=player_embedded.

lyrics :.

again, awareness starts to peak ,.

whereami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmyAFHcF07Y&feature=player_embedded

LYRICS :

Again, awareness starts to peak ,
another day breaks in
It always takes me by surprise,
throwing me in the spin ...
...of things
Not knowing what it brings,
I do embrace it, even if, its not something I asked for
And even if , for all I get, I know I will pay more
For every life will end in death
And there is pain for every breath
You ever take, and you will break
In thousands of pieces,
As consciousness releases ,
Its side effects
it injects you with addictions,
Afflictions for which there is no pill
I am alive so I am ill
Because I am , therefore I feel
I dont just think about what thinking means
But also feel for other feeling things
And end up with a bleeding heart
Watching us tear this world apart
Can we stop now before alls gone ?
Can we undo the damage done ?

Yes, I am part of the game
And though I know Im part to blame
For all of this
I still see hope under the mess
And beauty in the Universe
I ponder on it in silence
Wonder what will be left of us
Before our sun finally bursts
And ends our cry and joy and lust
Before we all become star dust ...
again
Will we destroy ourselves by then ?
And leave behind just pain and shame
Or will we ever find the ways to win the game
The ways
to earn our place
as the enlightened consciousness
That creates art and conquers space
I hope theres hope for us ... but how ?
Look at us now ....

We invent Gods who bless our wars
And justify the hatred flooding our pores
We feed on life and kill our kind
Yet we pretend we were designed ...
intelligently ?!
Consequently, we find reasons
to commit evils
By falling on our knees
and asking God to please
Help us make bombs and do violent acts
To serve religions of peace
While trusting our kids to pedophile priests
This is us!

We close our eyes and praise the skies
Anesthetize our minds and fill our hearts with lies
About eternal paradise in afterlife
While we give birth to Hell on Earth
Is it worth it ?

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-19-10 WT Study (HARVEST)

by blondie in

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ours is the privilege to.

plenty to do in this harvest work?1 cor.. 15:58.. .

did russell expect there still to be harvesting today?.

whereami

Blondie thanks so much for you hard work. I don't know how you do it sometimes.

Reading this stuff make me sick.

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What prayers does God answer?

by jwfacts in

i have always struggled to understand what prayers god answers and which ones he avoids.

most religions teach that god answers prayers, so people must feel that their prayers are being answered, yet the type of prayers seem to be very selective.. .

if god answered broad based prayers, then children in third world countries would not be starving, so he does not seem to interfere in global issues.