And the entire explanation just goes zoom right past them.
Like I said: The human race is a questionable investment. But I've got nowhere else to go.
Posts by Grout
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46Explain THIS!!
by MrMoe inok, now before you read this and speculate please note i knew very little if any of mayan culture or pink amazon dolphin.
some of you here on the board know about my dreams but i feel it is time to get some feedback from the rest of you.
i have other dreams, but am far too lazy to type them up.
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DOES A CHICKEN EAT WITH HIS PECKER?
by BONEZZ inthat is my current favorite phrase or retort when wishing to reinforce an obvious statement or question, like, "is the pope catholic?
", "does a bear poop in the woods?
", "is the sky blue?
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Hm, I see your point. I'm given to understand that genuine MPD is actually quite rare, but, well, it's a big Internet.
Simon could disprove the theory by checking IPs, but I somehow doubt he'll bother to help us here. No, we must find another way to test the theory.
Ideas?
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Explain THIS!!
by MrMoe inok, now before you read this and speculate please note i knew very little if any of mayan culture or pink amazon dolphin.
some of you here on the board know about my dreams but i feel it is time to get some feedback from the rest of you.
i have other dreams, but am far too lazy to type them up.
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I do, however, take exception to you criticizing those who do believe what, by your own admission, cannot be disproved.
Apparently you missed the point. I do not criticize the belief per se, but its flimsy basis.
I'm open to any possibility that is indicated by repeatable observation and/or experiment. Maybe somebody will someday repeatably demonstrate psychic powers. If that happens, I'll be the first to sign up for lessons. But, in the meantime, to affirmatively believe that psychic powers actually do exist -- without solid repeatable observations as a basis -- is to invite well-deserved ridicule.
The number of things that cannot be disproved is infinite. It is not a religious axiom but a practical requirement of science that any theory, in order to earn the name "theory", must be disprovable. Otherwise, science would be overrun with nonsense.
And here's the key: Each individual mind faces the same choice: Either discard theories that cannot be disproven, or be overrun with nonsense. I have chosen the former. It is sad how many choose the latter.
Edited by - grout on 13 June 2002 16:43:16
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DOES A CHICKEN EAT WITH HIS PECKER?
by BONEZZ inthat is my current favorite phrase or retort when wishing to reinforce an obvious statement or question, like, "is the pope catholic?
", "does a bear poop in the woods?
", "is the sky blue?
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But their formatting habits are so distinct. That's a serious problem for the theory.
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Love for WBTS would not withstand "divinat...
by IslandWoman in(the title of this thread is: love for wbts would not withstand "divination"!
for some reason it did not show up the way i typed it in) .
most publishers would stick with the society through almost anything: .
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Naw, the R&F would accept it given the precedent of casting lots for Judas's replacement.
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Sex Church Crisis
by Bleep ina little bit off the subject not being from the watchtower but should a change come to be soon or will it stay the same?
will the bishops do something?
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Bleep seems like a bit of a troll, no? Else why post long excerpts from the CDs and now an apparent attempt to attract attention away from the JW pedo issues?
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DEAR GOV BODY'S LAWYERS
by crawdad2 inhi lawyers of the gov body!.......how are you?.........by now there must be at least one of you that realizes the gov body's position on this issue is morally wrong........they are harboring pedophiles, and children are being molested and victimized........and you are defending them!........do you feel jehovah wants you to do that?...........think of the little children.........and what jehovah wants you to do.......... do you feel a loyalty to the gov body because they put you through law school?
who should you be loyal to?........
the gov body, or god?
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A lawyer is in ethical hot water if he doesn't do whatever he can (within the law) in behalf of his client. Even if the client is scum.
Crawdad2, I think you're barking up a dead horse.
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Explain THIS!!
by MrMoe inok, now before you read this and speculate please note i knew very little if any of mayan culture or pink amazon dolphin.
some of you here on the board know about my dreams but i feel it is time to get some feedback from the rest of you.
i have other dreams, but am far too lazy to type them up.
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Grout
What is it that makes a person self-aware?
Well, science narrowed it down to the brain some time ago, and has by a process of elimination excluded quite a lot of the brain from being a seat of self-awareness. I'm not up on the latest research, but I seem to recall that there were a few substructures in the brain that are candidates, and laboratory tests are underway.
I cannot prove that there are no psychic powers, any more than you can prove that there is not an invisible dragon in my garage. That's a straw man. But a person of science will not believe that something exists without repeatable evidence.
And don't even bother with that "understanding how it works" crap. Many great insights start with unexplained observations. The key is that the observations must be REPEATABLE. In lieu of repeatable observations, psychic friends substitute handwaving and anecdotes. Any rational being should be ashamed to be associated with such frippery.
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WHY THE PRESENT CRISIS IS UNIQUE
by You Know inthanx for your perspective yk.
often i've tried to explain the last days....but i'm not very good at self-expression.. i have a great fear for mankind.
we are so cruel to each other.
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Geez, what's up with this "bleep" person? Cut & Paste doth not a discussion make.
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Did the Resurrection really happen?
by thinker inwas written next and makes a brief mention of the resurrection and ascension; which includes a conspiracy theory about the body being stolen (matt.
where did jesus first appear?
where else did jesus appear?
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Double Edge:
Science is not a body of knowledge. Science is the method of gathering and testing that knowledge.
Faith is "I believe".
Science is "I produced these test results in an experiment that was duplicated by other people with whom I have no connections. Here's how I did it. Try it for yourself."
Totally different.
Edited by - grout on 13 June 2002 15:51:3