as i write this under the shadow of the walls of saint jorge's castle in lisbon, two very bored jws are standing just five metres away from me with a literature cart .... in my journey away from jwism i accepted evolution as a fact.
i also became anti-religion, agnostic and apatheist.
and, while i lean towards the persuasion of the atheist arguments, there are a few reasons that make it difficult for me to completely discard the notion of an intelligent origin of life.
they still must surmount the enormous hurdle of explaining the origin of the first fully functional female and the first fully functional male necessary to begin the process
In more ways than one this is bollocks.
The article was obviously written by somebody who is obsessed with genitalia.
Think about mitochondria - that's your only clue for now.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
Very nice results Mandrake.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
Giles - Yes there was a lot of forgery throughout the history of coinage but it was especially bad in the late 18th century. There was a major - and very expensive - recoinage in 1799. That was a great thing to find by eyes only. Copper coins don't tend to survive very well. I must have over a hundred from around the early 1600s on and only a very few that are in decent condition. I will post a pic of a lovely George III penny that just happened to survive with a nice dark patina.
LUHE - I am always amazed to think what life was like at the time things I find were lost. I red quite a bit of history to try to get a feel for life at those times. This coin is probably worth about £30. I have never sold one as I enjoy collecting the history.
I have one coin that I think might have some proper value though. It is a Charles I threepence minted at York a few years before he was executed. It is so exceptional in the detail and the condition. It was made by a French moneyer called Briot. It was one of the last "hammered" coins before the advent of milling. I will post a pic below. I was new to detecting when I found it and had no idea how stunning it was. I will get it valued sometime.
BW500 - Thanks for the book suggestion. I love historical novels where the author has done their research. I will look out for that one.
The inscription on the reverse is "CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO" which means "I reign under the auspices of Christ". That was the attitude that got him beheaded!
The word about the shield is EBOR which is Latin for York.
The Obverse inscription stands for "Charles by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland". This truly is a stunning hammered silver coin. Once in a lifetime find. I found it about a hundred yards from where I am typing this.
Edited to add - Here is one with some damage that sold for $295
as i write this under the shadow of the walls of saint jorge's castle in lisbon, two very bored jws are standing just five metres away from me with a literature cart .... in my journey away from jwism i accepted evolution as a fact.
i also became anti-religion, agnostic and apatheist.
and, while i lean towards the persuasion of the atheist arguments, there are a few reasons that make it difficult for me to completely discard the notion of an intelligent origin of life.
Eden please summarise one or two main lines of evidence against the ability of evolution to invent sex. What have you done so far to find answers?
Have you researched the possible reasons for "the twofold cost of sex"? Do you know why there are 2 sexes for example?
If a designer was involved why did it take him 2 billion years to invent sex after he invented life?
arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....
Male and female is from creation and evolution can not produce different sexes.
Of course it can. Where on earth did you get that strange idea?
Do you know what the difference is between male and female biologically? Clue - it has nothing to do with plumbing. External genitalia is not an issue for evolution. The difference is far more fundamental.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
Ha! Yes you can walk onto St Cuthbert's Island at very low tide.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
I have a huge, worn, copper British penny from 1799 which I use as a paper weight. - Bonsai
Yes they were George III "Cartwheel" pennies. I have 4 or 5 of those, they tend to come out the ground very worn. There was also a twopence the biggest, heaviest coin ever made in England. I think the value of coin was still linked to the intrinsic value of the copper. - They give a signal on the headphones that don't have blast your eardrums!
Do you ever find anything Viking? - SBF
Sadly no. But I hope it will happen. I have a couple of Roman finds though.
Lindisfarne is very near my house. It is a wonderful place to visit. Just get the tides right or your car will end up floating off to the Tyne.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
Good thing the laws in Britain allow you to keep it
Yes in England the rules are very fair. It really belongs to the landowner but if anything valuable is found the value is split 50:50 with the finder. If two or more silver or gold coins are found together then they must be declared as treasure and handed in to the coroner. Eventually you will get a payment that a panel decides it is worth, which is always surprisingly low!
Any other object containing any gold or silver more than 300 years old must be handed in as well. In Scotland all coins have to be given up.
I have about 20+ silver coins now ranging from William The Lion 1180 to present day.
now the harvest is underway up north i can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening.
i am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and i have permission from the landowner to detect.. this is a coin that popped up last night.
it was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.. it is a silver penny of king henry iii.
Now the harvest is underway up north I can get out for a walk with the metal detector in the evening. I am lucky to live on a historic rural estate and I have permission from the landowner to detect.
This is a coin that popped up last night. It was only about 2 inches deep and had been tumbling around in the plough soil for the last 750 years.
It is a silver penny of King Henry III. He was son of King John (Magna Carta) and father of Edward I. He had a difficult and contentious reign with constant power struggles. He became king aged just nine.
The obverse shows the king wearing a crown and holding a sceptre in his chubby right hand. The inscription reads HENRICUS REX III.
The reverse is a voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. The legend reads DAVI ON LVNDEN meaning the coin was minted by David of London. It dates from around 1256. The coin is about 18mm in diameter. Pennies were the only denomination available in that period. If you wanted to spend half a penny you literally cut it in half (or quarter) along the cross. Most ordinary people would never use coinage at all.
Although most of what I find has little value it is a real buzz to hold something that nobody has seen for more than 7 centuries.
arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....
CJ - I have utter contempt for holocaust deniers. Either they are genuinely deluded, in which case they will dismiss all evidence because they think they are smarter than all the "sheeple". They are blind to their stunning level of ignorance.
Or they are actual racist, anti-semitic hate-mongers, in which case they are beyond help.
In either case I prefer that you just fuck off.
