Topics Started by Cadellin

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"When Was the Bible Written?" June 1, 2011 Public Edition--Oh, Wow!
by Cadellin in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i say, "oh, wow!

" because this article is a showcase for all of the ways that the writing dept.

has lost any shred of authoritative ethos or credibility.
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What is it with all the men waking up but the wives stay in? Why is it the opposite for me?
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is something i've thought about for a while now.

it seems like the same story on this board over and over--the husband, who also might be an elder, ms, etc.--starts having doubts and researching, aka miseryloveselders and franklin massey and others.

he starts to smell the coffee and realizes that this organization isn't what it claims to be.
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Origin of Life Brochure--Excellent Video re how life may have originated
by Cadellin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi, folks--i'm not sure if this vid has been posted before but its worth watching for a simple (and likely simplistic) hypothesis on the formation of life.

as many of you know, one of the (numerous) difficulties with the latest wt brochure the origin of life, five questions worth asking is the way it conflates evolution with abiogenesis, then quotes scientists like robert shapiro who say that, for instance, the rna world hypothesis won't work because of thus and such.

then, the wt (somewhat dishonestly) uses those words as "proof" that any kind of naturalistic origin is impossible (instead of revealing what shapiro, in this case, is really saying--that while the rna world hypothesis has problems, there are other hypotheses that overcome those problems).. at any rate, this is worth watching, both for the easy to understand explanation of one possible hypothesis from a harvard scientist and for the cool way the text is calibrated with the final movement of beethoven's 9th symphony.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojsflhx7ts.
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Even Mermaids Get the Blues
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. experiences
feeling particularly down today--got an email sent to me showing a pic of a friend of mine (not close but we knew each other well when kids) w/her aging parents, standing proudly beside her 11 year old daughter who had just got baptized (3 generations--parents, nearing 80, my friend late 40's and her 11 year old daughter).

they're all beaming wildly, dressed up in their best dist assem.

clothes.
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Latest SAD--More Higher Ed Bashing. Did you know it's one of Satan's False Refuges?
by Cadellin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well, folks, this little mermaid just got back from the sad she had to attend w/her husband so as to keep a measure of peace (we're in the process of working out compromises...you know how it goes) i was pretty mad by the end of the day (thank god it ended at 4:00) mostly because i learned some new things that i would never have guessed in a million years.. did you know that satan is setting up artificial "refuges" as a counterfeit to jehovah's "true refuge"which is...his organization???

now satan's "false refuges" are pretty damn bad, like, for instance, "independent thinking.

" no, siree bob, we don't want none of that!!
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Odd Deconstructive Moment in the Dec 2010 Awake
by Cadellin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i saw the article, "more major earthquakes expected" in page 20, my first thought was wtf?

haven't they learned their lesson about predicting increases in earthquakes?

then i read the article, which shies away from any explicit claim that seismic activity is on the increase.
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This Year's DC--the First One Concluded Today--Any News?
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. experiences
the first dc here in the us concluded today (sunday) in nyc (queens assembly hall, i think).

anyone go or here anything about it?

there was supposed to be a new brochure about creation released and i'm curious....
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Cadellin Gets Confronted by Parents
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. experiences
well, i knew it was only a matter of time before my parents confronted me on my "loss of spirituality" (their term).

i love them dearly and would rather cut off an arm than hurt them, so i was hoping (naively) that my so far successful fade might escape their notice.

we live about an hour apart so my lack of theocratic activity would go unnoticed.
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Where's Cadellin?
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. friends
okay, i was just thinking about that lawn ornament gnome that ends up having its picture taken in all these exotic places and i realized that my poster name is kinda like that.

in how many exotic, far flung places does my poster name appear on someone's computer when he or she checks into jwn to see the latest and thinks to him/herself, "oh, look, cadellin posted less than a minute ago!

tell me where "cadellin the name" is right now... .
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Howdy from a long time lurker
by Cadellin in
1. jw
2. friends
greetings all:.

i just want to say howdy and thank you .

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