Posts by Not Feeling It

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Earthquakes increase in number? Prove it.

by Not Feeling It in

so i saw a jw last days 1914-2009 alert email today.

this one was trumpeting the following link and associating it with wts last days prophesy around "earthquakes in one place after another".

heads up if you get this fear mail.

Not Feeling It

"there shall be car crashes in one place after another."

Comedy. Good thing that isn't what it says -- is it? -- 'cause I hear lots of people die from car crashes every year. They should be regulated or something.

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Are They Numbers or Are They People

by AllTimeJeff in

i am thinking of this for my latest blog, but it's good to share it with you all.. .

i imagine that those who have never been jehovah's witnesses and just hear about them or perhaps "know" a couple must wonder, "why all the fuss?".

since we have moved into the internet age, everyone is an expert.

Not Feeling It

That's gotta hurt. Sorry you had to learn a lesson on shunning the hard way. I'm glad you had some contact with him before he was lost.

--NFI

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Earthquakes increase in number? Prove it.

by Not Feeling It in

so i saw a jw last days 1914-2009 alert email today.

this one was trumpeting the following link and associating it with wts last days prophesy around "earthquakes in one place after another".

heads up if you get this fear mail.

So I saw a JW Last Days ©1914-2009 alert email today. This one was trumpeting the following link and associating it with WTS last days prophesy around "earthquakes in one place after another". Heads up if you get this fear mail. They spread like missing fingers in a leper colony.

I haven’t fully analyzed the data from the link claiming there are so many more (http://www.thehorizonproject.com/earthquakes.cfm) but it seems The Horizon Project is a sensationalist organization.

Any takes on the dramatic increase shown in the past ~10 years? USGS indicates better monitoring, but is this the case since 1999 too?

From the USGS:

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/faq.php?categoryID=6&faqID=110

I plotted the last 150 or so years. Earthquake *magnitude* has stayed the same. However, the USGS seems to attribute this to more and more seismometers in more remote places. See the link for more detail.

This topic has been rehashed thouroughly here in the past and recently with the "Yellowstone gonna blow up -- Sho' 'Nuff" thread.

Mark Twain said, “figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” Sounds appropos enough.

-- Not Quaking It

28

IMAGE: The Ham Sandwich Blood Policy

by V in

i have always thought the "ham sandwich" was an apt simile for the jw policy of allowing blood fractions but not whole blood.

i created the graphic below to illustrate this in the watchtower comments video "question jws: blood" (see below).. i had a request for this image and thought i would share it with you all.

right-click to download.

Not Feeling It

Hey V,

I like your analogy for comedic value. I'm going to shamelessly post my take on it here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/170121/1/Blood-Fractions-Policy-and-Milk-Products-compared

While not as comical, I think it is more logical. Besides all that, I didn't take the time to create and host a snazzy mock graphic on the WTS blood diagram for dummies.

If I did, it'd look something like this (Excuse my crap ASCII table):

I included Havarti as a tribute to V. BTW: This totally made me hungry! Mmmmm... Butterfat.

BTW: I made a pun on whey. See if you get it. Or if anyone cares. Free gift to anyone who does:

-- Not Creaming It

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Blood, Fractions Policy and Milk Products compared

by Not Feeling It in

this is my first post on the new site so here goes.... .

i was reading the post a while back from "v" on blood policy and fractions where it was compared to a ham sandwich.

this was a good illustration, but i thought it lacking a bit in that the components exist on their own as food items rather than derivatives.

Not Feeling It

Undercover,

I like your argument! It's either wholly sacred or it ain't. Thier own policy is so logically flawed as to be its own undoing. A little lactose anaphylactically shocks the whole lump.

Natas,

Pasteurization involves heating the milk briefly to a temperature sufficient to kill pathogens without causing great changes in the flavor or qulaity of the milk. It wouldn't remove any blood cells present, because it is not a filter.

Agreed. I wasn't sure if the process destroyed biological entities other than said pathogens. The FDA is pretty anal about the ingredients of food down to the hundreth of a percent. I guess white blood cells are not necessary to list perhaps. Not sure there.

Do Jews drink milk? I have a friend who is Jewish. I'll have to ask him. Since they are forbidden from eating blood (a much more reasonable application of the scripture) I wonder if they'd be concerned with the WBC component of dairy.

-- Not Cheesing It

27

we are getting ice

by purplesofa in

jw
friends

wow, just the other day i was outside at night in shortsleeves and sandels and today we have freezing rain.. it is very pretty out here in the country.. hopefully tomorrow the sun will shine some and i can get some pics of it.. and hopefully i won't lose internet connection!!!.

cooked a big pot of beans and cornbread, staying warm.. .

ok, as long as the power stays on.. .

Not Feeling It

You must be close to us. Freezing rain in southwest TN. Fun stuff. I swear I saw an iceberg float down Old Man River a few weeks back. Pretty cold for just turning winter!

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Blood, Fractions Policy and Milk Products compared

by Not Feeling It in

this is my first post on the new site so here goes.... .

i was reading the post a while back from "v" on blood policy and fractions where it was compared to a ham sandwich.

this was a good illustration, but i thought it lacking a bit in that the components exist on their own as food items rather than derivatives.

Not Feeling It

Yes, I think raw milk would contain white blood cells. I'm not sure if pastuerization removes that.

Breast milk definitely does but that would be a problem, eh?

-- Not Bleeding It

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Blood, Fractions Policy and Milk Products compared

by Not Feeling It in

this is my first post on the new site so here goes.... .

i was reading the post a while back from "v" on blood policy and fractions where it was compared to a ham sandwich.

this was a good illustration, but i thought it lacking a bit in that the components exist on their own as food items rather than derivatives.

Not Feeling It

Hi,

This is my first post on the new site so here goes...

I was reading the post a while back from "V" on blood policy and fractions where it was compared to a ham sandwich. This was a good illustration, but I thought it lacking a bit in that the components exist on their own as food items rather than derivatives. So, I got to thinking about what we use as a whole and a part.

Cow's milk came to mind. We use it as a raw product (albeit pasteurized) and as butter, cream, cheese, soured, cultured, and curds and whey (at least Miss Muffett did). Anyway, here is a well known product where you can use specific components.

I wrote up the detailed components of milk below but the blood policy would be akin to not drinking whole or skim milk but perhaps accepting cream cheeses or the amino acids or phospholipids derived from milk. Much like blood, the major component of milk is water.

I'm sure there are further analogies to be drawn in that it requires dairy farmers to produce milk but a JW philosophy in this illustration would forbid the collection of their own milk, they could only conscientiously get it from someone else.

Enjoy,

-- Not Milking It

// Here's the data on milk details if you really feel like geeking out.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl

Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat

1. Milk – Simple

1.1. Butterfat Globules

1.1.1. Phospholipids

1.1.1.1. Vitamins A, D, E, K

1.1.2. Protein

1.2. Water-based Fluid

1.2.1. Casein

1.2.2. Enzymes

2. Milk - Complex (major components in blue)

2.1. Water - 88.32%

2.2. Carbohydrate (Sugars) - 5.26%

2.2.1. Lactose

2.3. Fat (Lipids) - 3.25%

2.3.1. Fatty acids, saturated

2.3.2. Fatty acids, total saturated

2.3.3. Fatty acids, total monounsaturated

2.3.4. Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated

2.3.5. Cholesterol

2.4. Protein (Amino Acids) - 3.22%

2.4.1. Tryptophan

2.4.2. Threonine

2.4.3. Isoleucine

2.4.4. Leucine

2.4.5. Lysine

2.4.6. Methionine

2.4.7. Cystine

2.4.8. Phenylalanine

2.4.9. Tyrosine

2.4.10. Valine

2.4.11. Arginine

2.4.12. Histidine

2.4.13. Alanine

2.4.14. Aspartic acid

2.4.15. Glutamic acid

2.4.16. Glycine

2.4.17. Proline

2.4.18. Serine

2.5. Minerals - 0.01%

2.5.1. Calcium

2.5.2. Iron

2.5.3. Magnesium

2.5.4. Phosphorus

2.5.5. Potassium

2.5.6. Sodium

2.5.7. Zinc

2.5.8. Copper

2.5.9. Manganese

2.5.10. Selenium

2.6. Vitamins - 0.01%

2.6.1. Thiamin

2.6.2. Riboflavin

2.6.3. Niacin

2.6.4. Pantothenic acid

2.6.5. Vitamin B-6

2.6.6. Folate

2.6.7. Betaine

2.6.8. Vitamin B-12

2.6.9. Carotene, beta

2.6.10. Vitamin A, IU

2.6.11. Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)

2.6.12. Tocopherol, gamma

2.6.13. Vitamin D

2.6.14. Vitamin K (phylloquinone)

57

You gotta check this guys photos at Bethel, etc ....................

by WingCommander in

i came across this local guys photo albums on flickr while searching for someone i know.

found them, and then this guys albums.

apparently he's a "pro" if you can call taking photos of local girls' sports teams, witness weddings, dc's, and bethel photography.

Not Feeling It

This man is also putting out all of their personal information...ie...who these girls are, where they live and how to find them. example: "This girl also plays for Norlanco volleyball club team, and her sister coaches one of the teams. Another nice pair! The sister also used to coach the Manheim Township girls volleyball team, but stopped when she had a baby." Sexy Girls Galleries: Beautifull Girls Gallaries http://girlsgalleries.blogspot.com/2008/10/beautifull-girls-galleries_22.html

Me thinks this post needs to be revived (not bumped 'cause that offends teh Innernets). This is profoundly creepy and pretty uncool. Decidedly untheocratic AND certainly unprofessional of our brother. I think he needs a back room beating about his web browsing habits. I'm sure the brothers from Mount Joy congregation would like to see this.

// Mount Joy is a hilarious pun right now.

-- Not Leering It

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You gotta check this guys photos at Bethel, etc ....................

by WingCommander in

i came across this local guys photo albums on flickr while searching for someone i know.

found them, and then this guys albums.

apparently he's a "pro" if you can call taking photos of local girls' sports teams, witness weddings, dc's, and bethel photography.

Not Feeling It

The guy so totally is a JW. He deleted his Bethel library but his Old Pics section definitely has JW content. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjhfoto/sets/72157607389612481/

Regarding his coaching chess, that is interesting. It's nice he does that. I guess some congregations may have frowned on that but I've never heard of it. Wouldn't be the first time congregations made local rules.