Posts by HintOfLime

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Is the Bible Really Scientifically Accurate?

by FreeAtLast1914 in

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the society (and others) love to quote job 26:7 where it says that "[god] suspends the earth over nothing" and isaiah 40:22, where it speaks of "the circle of the earth".

they use these scriptures to boast about the incredible scientific accuracy of the bible, proving god had a direct hand in everything written in it.. the trouble is that elsewhere in the scriptures, opposing views are put forth explaining then-unexplainable physics and geographical notions.

one is job 26:11: "the pillars of heaven tremble.

HintOfLime

But, there is absolutle no doubt that humans coexisted with dinosaurs.

Oh really?

Dr. Peterson is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Medicine and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. He is a past president of the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians.

He had a full-time family practice in Edmond for over 26 years and is a past Chief of Staff of the Edmond Hospital. ... Dr. Peterson speaks regularly on subjects related to health and nutrition.

Ugh... not even verified not by a paleontologist - but by a family doctor. You've got to be kidding me.

Beyond that, I couldn't find any references to it in any published papers - and no carbon dating to verify it's age. According to talk.orgins, the finger was not found in situ (there is no matching hole in the rock formation to establish that where it was in the timeline). Someone basically found a something that looks kinda like a human finger laying on the ground somewhere, and a Family Medical Doctor took it on his buddies Christian radio show and said "Yep! I know it to be true! And the rock nearby has 60-million year old dinosaur footprints... so it MUST be as old as they are!"

No in depth testing, no peer review, nothing - for something that purports 'shakes the roots of evolution'. Just the opinion of a single nutritional expert.

There are of course other potential explanations - much better than family doctor Peterson can offer (being generally unfamiliar with anything except human anatomy), and not nearly so glamorous - that it could be a Ophiomorpha or Thalassinoides shrimp burrow.

Unless a finger was found completely encased in stone, it is highly unlikely that a whole human finger would be fossilized rather than just the bones anyway... making it further suspicious.

So... pretty weak, dude. If Peterson was so sure - he would have it peer reviewed and get that Nobel Prize.

- Lime

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Second most pleasurable thing?

by ldrnomo in

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so what do you think is the second most pleasurable activity a human being can do?.

i reserved the 1st for the obvious.. .

ld.

HintOfLime

I reserve at least the first 1000 for the obvious thing.

At least. You know there are several books on how to do a different variation of the obvious thing each day of the year? And they still leave out most of it because they don't want to scare off the timid readers.

#1331 is laying in bed, eating a snack, while a special friend reads a good sci-fi/fantasy book to me... wearing sexy pajamas. So... not quite the obvious thing.

- Lime

12

Do you consider yourself to be a grownup?

by highdose in

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although tecnicaly i am, i'm afraid i don't feel like it.

wondered if i was in the minority or majority?.

HintOfLime

You're not a grown-up until you learn to stop leaning on and/or seeking the approval of other people, and stand up completely on your own two feet.

Especially when it comes to conditional-love JW parents. :P

- Lime

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Climate Change (nee Global Warming) Strkes Again!!

by slipnslidemaster in

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the mid-atlantic states were completely white on sunday, december 20, 2009, in the wake of a record-breaking snow storm.

the storm deposited between 12 and 30 inches of snow in virginia, maryland, and washington, d.c. on december 19, according to the national weather service.

for many locations, the snowfall totals broke records for the most snow to fall in a single december day.. the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (modis) on nasas aqua satellite captured this view of the chesapeake bay region as the clouds were clearing on december 20. the snow highlights the courses of the potomac and susquehanna rivers from the appalachian mountains to the chesapeake bay.

HintOfLime

Humans are part of nature. So.. if humans cause the earth to heat up - it's nature. :P

If we humans kill ourselves... it's nature. It's not like we'd be the first species to do ourselves in. Just another evolutionary dead-end.

As for the alarmist/extremists on both sides... the facts lay somewhere in the middle. Are we changing the climate? Probably. Will that mean species die? Probably, but species die all the time anyway. Is the sky falling? Probably not.

Should we take no action at all? Probably not.

- Lime

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Is the Bible Really Scientifically Accurate?

by FreeAtLast1914 in

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friends

the society (and others) love to quote job 26:7 where it says that "[god] suspends the earth over nothing" and isaiah 40:22, where it speaks of "the circle of the earth".

they use these scriptures to boast about the incredible scientific accuracy of the bible, proving god had a direct hand in everything written in it.. the trouble is that elsewhere in the scriptures, opposing views are put forth explaining then-unexplainable physics and geographical notions.

one is job 26:11: "the pillars of heaven tremble.

HintOfLime

As far as other savior Gods, like Perry said there is simply none like Jesus.

For one, I don't believe that for a second..."messianic" stories have been popping up for thousands of years... maybe 'horus' is a bad example, maybe he's not. It's all your word against theirs. (And Christian hands aren't exactly clean when it comes to killing people with opposing ideas and stories... removing evidence as it were. That IS documented.)

Secondly... there are no "saviors" like Frodo Baggins. No one else in all of literature carried the One Ring to Mount Dhoom along side Samwise Gamgee! It does not follow that because a story is 'original' (which I don't think it is) that it is thus the infallible word of god.

So really.. the point is - none of this matters in the least!

It's still just a historical fiction with no solid evidence that the miracles really happened or the prophecies happend as foretold and were not recorded after-the-fact, and were not shot-gun style (select books to include the bible that happened to get it right after-the-fact). We KNOW there was plenty of material written back then that didn't 'make the cut' in the Council of Trent.

"God" seems to have built the bible on a foundation of sand.

- Lime

PS: Heh heh. I love debating this stuff. You learn stuff, and it can be fun!

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Thanks to everyone here!!!

by 2pink in

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i don't post much, but i read here everyday.

i just wanted to thank everyone here for always replying to my posts with sincerity and good advice .

i always feel better after coming here and reading the threads.

HintOfLime

You were given Crab Hands..

So you Don`t Play with your "Willy!"

Ha ha, freaking awesome. Simon must want to save those kittens!

- Lime (The winking pink spider with snake hair, tv antennas and a pig-nose.)

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Is the GB Bloodguilty?

by LostGeneration in

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no not about the blood issue, though i would say yes to that.. what i'm talking about is in regard to the preaching work.

i recently commented on a thread that i thought field service was an inconvenient necessity when you are a witness.

many active ones probably feel the same way today, as it is their ticket to paradise earth.

HintOfLime

According to the bible, if a person 'sumbles' another out of the 'faith' - then I'm pretty sure that can make you bloodguilty (that scripture alone is the basis of dozens of little nonsense 'rules', such as beards and tatoos and whatnot.)

So, based on that.. and the GB's false prophecy regarding 1914, 1925, 1975.., and the multitude that have been stumbled over those or the 'generation' change, blood change, etc....

PRETTY DAMN GUILTY.

- Lime

PS: But don't point that completely obvious bit out to my dad or he'll FLIP OUT at your "apostate propoganda" and start crying (WTF?).

21

How's your decade been?

by jookbeard in

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for me positives;.

getting married again.

having a lovely baby daughter.

HintOfLime

@Leolaia

I just call it the 00's (or if aloud, I'll say the "2000's"). It seems to be what the radios are doing as well.

At least you only have to worry about it for a few more days, then it'll be the 10's.

- Lime

21

How's your decade been?

by jookbeard in

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for me positives;.

getting married again.

having a lovely baby daughter.

HintOfLime

Assuming "that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger...." it's been a good very good decade for me. I learned a lot of hard lessons at the cost of nearly everyone I love - but somehow I do feel stronger for it.

Sometimes you need a good fight.

- Lime

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Is the Bible Really Scientifically Accurate?

by FreeAtLast1914 in

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friends

the society (and others) love to quote job 26:7 where it says that "[god] suspends the earth over nothing" and isaiah 40:22, where it speaks of "the circle of the earth".

they use these scriptures to boast about the incredible scientific accuracy of the bible, proving god had a direct hand in everything written in it.. the trouble is that elsewhere in the scriptures, opposing views are put forth explaining then-unexplainable physics and geographical notions.

one is job 26:11: "the pillars of heaven tremble.

HintOfLime

I take the Horus stuff with a grain of salt - you usually find it on youtube videos posted by 'some guy' with no references and the claims just seem too incredible. I'm sure there are a few loose corelations to be found (like between anything) - maybe there was some influence from the story transferred to the biblical account.. maybe not. Probably not a good example.

At any rate, the story of a 'god' or 'chosen one' being born amoung men to save them is by no means an original plot amoung holy writings.

- Lime