TheClarinetist

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  Evolution in Action: Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists

  by Elsewhere in

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  what more do the creationists want?

  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/speciation-in-action/.

  on one of the galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young charles darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.. in many ways, the split followed predictable patterns, requiring a hybrid newcomer whod already taken baby steps down a new evolutionary path.

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  I wasn't referring to inability to produce a zygote, but inability of the child to itself produce a child... Although I've heard that ligers can occasionally breed with tigers. :-/ Bleh!
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  Evolution in Action: Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what more do the creationists want?

  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/speciation-in-action/.

  on one of the galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young charles darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.. in many ways, the split followed predictable patterns, requiring a hybrid newcomer whod already taken baby steps down a new evolutionary path.

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  Its an easily testable hypothesis. Force them to breed in a laboratory environment. IF the child can interbreed, they're the same species.
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  Evolution in Action: Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what more do the creationists want?

  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/speciation-in-action/.

  on one of the galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young charles darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.. in many ways, the split followed predictable patterns, requiring a hybrid newcomer whod already taken baby steps down a new evolutionary path.

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  There is an exact rule. It is considered a different species if the offspring of the two similar animals is not viable, similar to a mule. As far as I know, the Galapagos finches are actually a subspecies of the same species of Finch.

  (As far as the rule is concerned, that is almost verbatim what was taught in my college Biology class I took last sememster. The thing about the finches I heard second hand and do NOT consider it a reputible source)
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  I'm 43 Today

  by cantleave in

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  and it's my first birthday.

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  Happy Birthday!
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  I stumbled upon this anagrams website....

  by lisavegas420 in

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  i typed in:.

  jehovah's witnesses .

  and it came back:.

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  I apparently am Charcoal and Calm.
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  Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles

  by Elsewhere in

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  what's scary is that a few minutes before i found this article, i was doing the exact same thing as the guy in the pic below.

  tv, laptop and iphone... all out at the same time.

  http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_90_of_waking_hours_spent.

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  ROFLMAO!!! And here I thought "The Onion" didn't ever do truthful news.
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  After 3 yrs, 2 mos......MY WIFE HAS AWAKENED!!! JOIN US IN A TOAST!

  by Open mind in

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  words fail me.. .

  om & wife!.

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  Hurray!
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  Chinese pollution

  by John Doe in

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  http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/.

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  then next time you gripe about the epa, take a look at this site..

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  TheClarinetist

  Ditto. Dark...
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  JACKSON FAMILY TO HOST FIRST CHRISTMAS

  by Gayle in

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  2. entertainment

  michael's sister la toya, says, "we grew up as jehovah's witnesses and so didn't celebrate christmas.

  but i think it's very important that michael's children celebrate it, because that's what he did with them.

  i want them to continue to have that.

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  I don't think she would be ignored. They would most likely be more afraid of losing a large number of current JWs if they DIDN'T punish her. MJ was disfellowshipped, for instance (at least at one point)
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  Ethics of Attaining Perfection

  by TheClarinetist in

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  i just had an interesting dinner with my parents which ended with them giving me money .

  given (and yes, i know these are faulty assumptions):.

  1. the jw religion is "the truth".

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  I just had an interesting dinner with my parents which ended with them giving me money . But during the actual lunch, the topic of Michael Jackson came up, and an old family friend said the old JW standby "Well, this is the only way he would've gotten into the New World, so its good he died". This led me to think of an interesting question I wanted to present here...

  GIVEN (and yes, I know these are faulty assumptions):

  1. The JW religion is "The Truth"

  2. Michael Jackson is a child molester.

  3. Said child molestation results from a mental illness related to MJ's upbringing.

  4. Michael Jackson will be resurrected.

  4. In the New World, physical ailments, including mental disorders, are cured.

  Here's my question... By curing MJ (or a fictional character who this might also apply to), wouldn't that change who he was as a person through divine intervention, thereby robbing him of his God-given right to free will? If a psychopath WANTED to be a psycopath, yet wanted it because they had something physically wrong with their brain, would it be robbing them of their free will to heal that illness?

  Anyway, just a thought...