Posts by cantleave

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DF'ed and Confused...

by Stumbeline in

so i think the title pretty much says it all.

i have a tendancy to be long winded about things, so i'll just give a general introduction and maybe tell things as i go along.

i don't even really know what i want from this site (ironically i remember jehovahs-witness.net mentioned from the platform as a site not to go to).

Abiogenesis takes another step forward.....

by snare&racket in

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spark of life: metabolism appears in lab without cells19:42 25 april 2014 by linda geddesfor similar stories, visit the evolution and human evolution topic guidesmetabolic processes that underpin life on earth have arisen spontaneously outside of cells.

the serendipitous finding that metabolism the cascade of reactions in all cells that provides them with the raw materials they need to survive can happen in such simple conditions provides fresh insights into how the first life formed.

it also suggests that the complex processes needed for life may have surprisingly humble origins.. "people have said that these pathways look so complex they couldn't form by environmental chemistry alone," says markus ralser at the university of cambridge who supervised the research.. but his findings suggest that many of these reactions could have occurred spontaneously in earth's early oceans, catalysed by metal ions rather than the enzymes that drive them in cells today.. the origin of metabolism is a major gap in our understanding of theemergence of life.

cantleave

Thanks for sharing snare.

Some of the catalyzation required for the early biochemistry has been demonstrated in FeS2 alkaline thermal vents.

I think we moving closer to understanding some of the mechanisms required to form nucleotides without the need for magic! The next few decades could see the emergence of some strong theories.

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Do you think there is magic/spirit forces in voodoo, ju ju men etc?

by quellycatface in

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what do you think?.

cantleave

voo doo schmoo doo.

Scooby doo was real though.

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Are JEhovah's Witnesses reaching out to the Gay community ?

by Watchtower-Free in

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apostate & ex-jehovalarious meme collection.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.

cantleave

LOL

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Is my clinging on to a belief in a Creator doing me any harm?

by KateWild in

i use the word clinging, as i feel that is what i am doing.

as far as my knowledge of science, namely chemistry is concerned, i am satisfied there is evidence of a creator.

i am happy to believe this.

cantleave

Bloody hell that website link is more "culty" than JW.org. What idiot would direct anyone to that?

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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.

they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.

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cantleave

Am I right in thining they only have to do 30 hours? If so that is hardly onerous.

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The Fossil Record: vs God Allowing Pain & Suffering

by Shanagirl in

what a man does with the fossil record tells a lot about his worldview.

is it the result of a world-covering deluge?

or did this sorry chronicle of pain, suffering, and death precede humans (and the reign of death) by millions of years?

cantleave

If you are asking why there is a difference in chromosome number between the two species, you have to remember that chromosomes can fuse or break, for example Humans have less chromosomes than other great apes (23 instead of 24) due to fusion in our evolutionary past.

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The Fossil Record: vs God Allowing Pain & Suffering

by Shanagirl in

what a man does with the fossil record tells a lot about his worldview.

is it the result of a world-covering deluge?

or did this sorry chronicle of pain, suffering, and death precede humans (and the reign of death) by millions of years?

cantleave

aquafrenta are you talikng about chromosomes or base pairs? Are you talking about the fact that horses have 64 chromosomes and donkeys have 62.

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What Do I Do With This RED Book?

by Cold Steel in

some guys visited me a couple of times, and i asked them about the book of revelation.

one of them brought me a red book with a lot of illustrations and at the end of every page or so the guy had dated the day he had read it.

he also marked certain passages.

cantleave

Dump it along with your mormon cult books.

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The Governing Body told two Elders to call !!!!

by Phizzy in

a friend from the other end of the country just 'phoned and told me that a couple of days ago two elders knocked on his door.

he has been out for four or more years.. they told him it was c.o's visit, and the governing body have asked them to call on those whom they no longer see at the k.hall.. i guess this is an easier "field" than knocking on doors that never open, or where they are told "not interested".. my friend bill though, was not such an easy call.

apparently he managed to get in about 1914 being rubbish, the bible not being the word of god, because we cannot trust it, 1919 being rubbish as to the choosing of the fds and several other telling points.. i liked particularly that he said to them they were rather hypocritical asking householders to examine their faith, when jw's were simply not allowed to !.

cantleave

They are told to call on DF'd once a year, unless they were DF'd for apostasy (Hmmmm I wonder why that is?)